

The questions found in the surveys are included below.

The survey is not designed to gather physical health or medical information and will not be used in any way to prescribe medical treatments. The student survey will cover the following topics: Challenging Feelings, Positive Feelings, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Grit, Learning Strategies, School Engagement and Valuing School, School Climate, Sense of Belonging, Teacher-Student Relationships. The measures selected by the SCCPSS district SEL team for the surveys are: If a child inadvertently responds to the survey when a parent seeks to opt-out, the survey information obtained will be deleted from the survey platform. Any parent who seeks to opt out of the survey for their child(ren) may do so. Within categories, there are also “recommended" and “supplemental" scales. The scales are grouped into student competencies, student supports and environment, and teacher skills and perspectives. To meet the needs of school communities, school districts select which SEL measures to use by selecting the scales that seem most important to their community. There are also optional questions for teachers of these students.

Questions and prompts are designed for two groups: students in grades 3-5 and students in grades 6-12. TH E SURVEY PROCESS: All student data is owned by SCCPSS. Panorama's products include student, family, and staff surveys to support school climate and social-emotional learning and a platform to help district leaders and educators understand how their students are doing and take action to support them. Schools and districts use Panorama's products and services to help support their operations and improve outcomes for their students. Panorama Education was founded in 2012 and serves 1,500 school districts today. The questions and prompts are created to be broadly applicable in school districts. Panorama's SEL measures help educators understand student competencies and their perceptions of how supported they are in their school environment. Panorama Education is an independent education technology company that partners with schools and districts to support student literacy and social-emotional learning (SEL). SCCPSS will add a survey platform through Panorama Education to remain responsive to student needs. Other popular programs in our school district include Character Counts, Conscious Discipline, EVERFI, Leader in Me, Sanford Harmony, as well as Second Step. Throughout the academic year, schools will also use a variety of other resources to provide support. The responses and information are used to identify areas of strength and those that need improvement to help educators ensure all students experience a positive and supportive school environment. School districts across the nation utilize surveys to assess students' social-emotional learning and well-being needs.

Students who experience tailored supports that help them respond to problems in a responsive, creative, positive manner are better able to navigate challenging situations such as learning during a pandemic or losing a loved one to COVID-19. Skills learned through a focused SEL approach have shown that students are better able to cope with emotional stress, implement problem solving skills, and stand up to the pressures that can often lead to harmful activities or destructive choices. Why is Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Important? In support of the District's strategic goals to ensure student success, academic achievement and life readiness, SCCPSS has implemented a survey mechanism for engaging students that will provide tailored supports to enhance learning recovery, social-emotional learning, and life-skill development.
