2024 AASB School Climate & Connectedness Survey

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Kami Moore, School Climate & Connectedness Coordinator

Building and maintaining a positive school climate is essential for creating a school setting that cultivates learning, academic achievement, and student growth. The School Climate and Connectedness Survey (SCCS) provides a unique opportunity to measure student, staff and family perceptions on school climate. 

Topics measured by SCCS include but are not limited to: 

  • How students, staff and families view school climate
  • How connected students feel to adults and peers
  • Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
  • Family/school Partnerships

A positive school climate is linked to student and family engagement, academic achievement, and staff retention. Data from SCCS can be used as a first step to improving and strengthening school environments, relationships, and connections between students, staff, and families. By identifying areas of strength and opportunities to improve, schools can implement more targeted strategies to build connections and positive climates. Participating in SCCS also opens up additional opportunities for grant programs through AASB to support initiatives to improve school climate. 

2024 Statewide SCCS Window: January 22 – March 15

Districts select 1 four-week window for students & staff

We invite all school districts to participate in the 2024 School Climate & Connectedness Survey (SCCS). A designated staff (typically the Superintendent) can choose from the following options when signing up. 

Available Survey options: 

  • Student Grades 6-12 & Staff (taken by all participating districts) 
  • Student Grades 3-5 (Add-on) 
  • Family (Add-on) 

Survey costs are based on student enrollment – For 2024 Fee Information Click Here

REGISTER HERE

Why take SCCS? 

The School Climate and Connectedness Survey is a nationally recognized and research-based survey that collects perception data to better understand and build a positive school climate in your school district. Participating districts can use SCCS to: 

  • Measure student, staff and family perceptions on school climate that are linked to academic outcomes. 
  • Review data trends over time.
  • Compare school and district results to statewide data, and urban or rural results. 
  • Identify opportunities for strength and growth to build connection and positive climates.
  • Receive ongoing technical assistance including webinars, 1:1 support, and survey proctor guides.
  • Get support on how to use survey results, including in-person or virtual workshops.

SCCS’s interactive survey platform makes survey administration, reporting and analysis interactive and user friendly.

Platform Features include: 

  • Real-time dashboard for participation.
  • Online interactive school & district reports to explore data in a variety of ways.
  • Ability to explore responses by grade level, gender, ethnicity, and other student groups. 
  • See trends over time.
  • See responses by group (students, staff, families).

For more information on SCCS visit https://aasb.org/school-climate/

Contact the School Climate team at sccs@aasb.org with any questions.

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