The School Improvement Surveys are key tools that provide the College with data from staff, students, and parents to assist in understanding how well our College is operating. The information provides an insight into the College climate and culture at a particular time. It is a window into how we are understanding our operations with focuses on organisational climate, teaching climate and student behaviour and wellbeing. It is coordinated through the Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited using a third-party company Insight SRC as the survey provider.

Randomly sampled parents and students are asked to complete the survey in the window between July 26th – August 6th, 2021. All staff members will also be completing the survey in this window.

Supporting our Damascus College Be.My.Best focus, the School Improvement Student survey measures five different socio-emotional learning (SEL) for students. These include Emotional Wellbeing, Teacher Relationships, Engagement in Learning, Faith-Based Behaviours, and Student Relationships. It is important, however, to consider these socio-emotional outcomes in conjunction with academic achievement data, such as the school's NAPLAN results and other assessment regimes at the college.

The School Improvement Surveys are valuable tools and decision-making aids, particularly when used in conjunction with other information about your school’s performance.

Parents / guardians who have been randomly selected will be contacted by email with details of how to complete the anonymous survey, just prior to the opening of the online survey instrument. We thank you in advance for a speedy turn around.