Ranking highest impact improvement based on MG, focused on students’ school experiences
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principals’ views* | Ranking based on MG (overall growth score ) | Principals’ views** | Ranking based on MG (overall growth score ) | Principals’ views*** | Ranking based on MG (overall growth score ) | |
| 1st Rank | Culture and climate | Student-led learning (2.16) | Educator trust | Educator trust (2.29) | Trust and relationships (8 mentions) | Teacher interactions (2.32) |
| 2nd Rank | Belonging | Educator trust (2.10) | Culture and Climate | Teacher interactions (2.16) | Building community (2 mentions) | Educator trust (2.18) |
| 3rd Rank | Relevancy of schoolwork | Peer interactions (2.04) | Sense of belonging | Relevancy of schoolwork (2.02) | Empathy (2 mentions) | Belonging (2.09) |
| 4th Rank | Student-led learning | Culture and climate (2.03) | Safety | Belonging (1.99) | Finding back happiness and passion (2 mentions) | Culture and climate (2.01) |
| 5th Rank | Safety | Teacher interactions (2.02) | Teacher interactions | Peer interactions (1.96) | Social and emotional support in the classroom (1 mention) | Student-led learning (1.99) |
| 6th Rank | Teacher interactions | Belonging (1.97) | Peer interactions | Student-led learning (1.91) | Student engagement (1 mention) | Peer interactions (1.81) |
| 7th Rank | Educator trust | Relevancy of schoolwork (1.75) | Student-led learning | Culture and climate (1.88) | Meeting student needs (1 mention) | Relevancy of schoolwork (1.80) |
| 8th Rank | Peer interactions | Usefulness of mobile devices (1.71) | Relevancy of schoolwork | Safety (1.16) | Welcoming attitude (1 mention) | Usefulness of mobile devices (1.58) |
| 9th Rank | Usefulness of mobile devices | Safety (1.41) | Usefulness of mobile devices | Usefulness of mobile devices (1.50) | Safety (1.51) | |
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principals’ views* | Ranking based on MG (overall growth score | Principals’ views** | Ranking based on MG (overall growth score | Principals’ views*** | Ranking based on MG (overall growth score | |
| 1st Rank | Culture and climate | |||||
| 2nd Rank | Belonging | Culture and Climate | Building community (2 mentions) | |||
| 3rd Rank | Relevancy of schoolwork | Sense of belonging | Empathy (2 mentions) | |||
| 4th Rank | Culture and climate (2.03) | Safety | Belonging (1.99) | Finding back happiness and passion (2 mentions) | Culture and climate (2.01) | |
| 5th Rank | Safety | Teacher interactions (2.02) | Peer interactions (1.96) | Social and emotional support in the classroom (1 mention) | Student-led learning (1.99) | |
| 6th Rank | Teacher interactions | Belonging (1.97) | Peer interactions | Student-led learning (1.91) | Student engagement (1 mention) | Peer interactions (1.81) |
| 7th Rank | Relevancy of schoolwork (1.75) | Student-led learning | Culture and climate (1.88) | Meeting student needs (1 mention) | Relevancy of schoolwork (1.80) | |
| 8th Rank | Usefulness of mobile devices (1.71) | Safety (1.16) | Welcoming attitude (1 mention) | Usefulness of mobile devices (1.58) | ||
| 9th Rank | Usefulness of mobile devices | Safety (1.41) | Usefulness of mobile devices | Usefulness of mobile devices (1.50) | Safety (1.51) | |
Note(s): For comparison, the three top-ranked areas according to the MG functions are presented in bold as well as corresponding areas in the ranking based on principals’ views
*Each site administrator was asked to individually send in the top three highest impact improvements and based on fifteen responses a ranking was distilled based on a point system. Each first choice (i.e. the top one) received three points, each second choice received two points and each third choice received one point. Improvement areas that were not chosen received zero points. The ranking was based on the total of points per area based on the 15 responses. The number of points was unique for each area and the area with the highest score was ranked first and so on
**Principals were given a survey with the nine areas included in the student survey and asked to rank these in the order of having the highest to the lowest impact on students’ overall school experiences. In addition, principals were provided with the opportunity to include a 10th area of their own choice. The only area mentioned in addition to the areas included in the student survey was “support from home during virtual learning,” which was ranked in the tenth place
***In the 2021 summer interviews, all principals were again presented with the questions of which areas have the overall highest impact on students’ school experiences. The areas are ranked by the number of mentions across principal interviews
Source(s): Authors’ own work
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