::NewPage:: Welcome to the Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning Toolkit School Leader Survey!

What is the purpose of this survey? This survey is part of the Measuring and Improving Student-Centered Learning (MISCL) Toolkit. The Toolkit includes a suite of instruments - including this school leader survey - intended to measure the extent of "student-centered learning" (SCL) in high schools. The Toolkit was developed by the RAND Corporation in partnership with the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. There is no expectation that your school or teachers should be engaged in all these practices or engaged in them to a great extent. Many of the practices addressed in this survey may not be possible or practical for your school. This survey is not intended to be used as a tool to evaluate you or your school. Instead, it is intended to provide data for reflection among you and your colleagues about supports for student-centered learning (SCL) at your school - what those supports look like and what you think they should look like. With these considerations in mind, please give your honest opinion in response to survey questions. There are no right or wrong answers. Results from this survey are intended to be used as part of a process for measuring SCL that is explained in the Toolkit. That process includes other surveys for instructional staff and district leaders, as well as students. Taken together, results from these surveys and the Toolkit process are intended to provide a snapshot of SCL supports at your high school(s) and processes for helping school staff reflect on the data and make any improvement plans related to SCL. How long will the survey take? This survey should take 20 to 30 minutes to complete. How is "student- centered learning" (SCL) defined for this survey? This survey focuses on a small set of strategies that define SCL, based on input from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, which supported the development of this survey, as well as educators and education experts who helped develop and test the survey. The five SCL strategies are: Learning is personalized to align with students' needs, interests, and pace. Learning is challenging, engaging, and meets students where they are in a competency-based framework. Learning happens anytime, anywhere. Learning opportunities promote student agency and ownership. Learning is informed by data. These strategies are not the only way to define SCL, and the definition used here may differ from your personal definition or the definition used by most people in your school district. Furthermore, these practices are not all essential elements of good instruction. Teachers may not be engaged in many of the practices included in this survey and still be providing high-quality instruction. This survey is intended to help you and your school district investigate the extent of SCL in your high school(s), as defined in this survey, and reflect upon whether to plan for any improvements in these defined areas. Use of the word "school district" is meant to encompass both non-charter school districts and charter school systems. Will my answers be kept confidential? Yes, your answers will be kept confidential and your individual responses will not be connected with you. Any reports that summarize survey responses will be combined across individuals. Do I have to participate? This survey is voluntary. You do not have to respond to the survey, and you do not have to respond to every item.