Superintendent shares Employee Survey results

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Thank you for taking the opportunity to fill out the District survey.  This information is valuable for us as we continue to find ways to keep LT an amazing district not only for our students, but also for our staff.  We want to take this opportunity to share with you some great information from these survey results in an easy to review format.

Information regarding the survey:

  • We received responses from 589 of approximately 1380 current employees

  • The survey was available for completion from February 8 to February 24

A small sampling of praises and things staff appreciate from the survey:

  • Like getting food

  • Like  swag and other appreciation items

  • Admin PLC’s, New and Advanced Admin Bootcamps

  • Staff shout outs on campus newsletters/district newsletters

  • Bonuses, pay increases

  • Thankful for PTO/PTA groups and all they do

  • Admin being supportive and visible

  • Handwritten notes/thank you notes

  • CDC program

  • Campus/department activities and events

  • Not having to make up bad weather days

  • Support from team/departments

  • Great colleagues!

  • Great students!

  • Sunshine/Wellness committee!

A sampling of opportunities that were mentioned in the survey:

  • Want more time for collaboration, planning, especially on PD days

  • More jean days or just jeans all the time

  • Pay increases and more one-time incentives/bonuses

  • Training for non-instructional staff 

  • More staff shout outs in campus newsletter

  • More hand written notes

  • Increased staff technology access

  • Staff having more of a voice in decision making

  • More staff discounts including free tickets to fine arts and athletic events and discounted gym memberships

  • Staff workout facility

  • Survey staff regarding PD planning

  • Child care for children of staff on PD days

I also want to share with you some of the graph results from some of the survey questions.  This gives us a great barometer of how the LT Family feels about our district and each other:

As you can see from these results, we have a lot of great things happening in Lake Travis and we also have some opportunities for growth.  As we plan for the upcoming school year and beyond, we will keep these things in mind as to how we can improve our district by campus/department as well as the entire district.