La Salle, T. P., McIntosh, K., & Eliason, B. M. (2018). School climate survey suite administration manual. Eugene, OR: OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. University of Oregon.

Survey Descriptions

Completing the School Climate Survey

Pre-Implementation of the SCS

As with any survey, school staff should be aware of the nature, contents, language of the survey as well as all of the survey items within the instrument. Schools that find any of the survey material inappropriate for their setting should consider other options to gather this data. To see the survey protocol including response items and sample parental notification letters, please refer to the School Climate Survey Suite Administration Manual.

SCS Video Tutorials

• SCS Administration Part 1: Preparation

• SCS Administration Part 2: Reports

• SCS Administration Part 3: Action Planning

To log into PBIS Assessments, please follow these instructions:

• 1. From your preferred internet browser, log into www.pbisapps.org to access the SAS.

  2. Once at PBIS Apps, click on the PBIS Applications Login located in teh black bar at the top fo the screen.

  3. Enter the email address and password associated with the PBIS Assessment account. Please note the following

     1. If you currently have access to SWIS, your login email address for www.pbisapps.org is the same as your SWIS login.

     2. If you do not have access to SWIS, you were added to your school’s PBIS Apps account and should have received an “Welcome to PBIS Assessment” e-mail indicating you had 48 hours to setup your password. If you were unable to setup your password within that time frame, you can setup your password by: Clicking on the PBIS Application Login and Clicking “Change Password”

     3. Contact your consultant if you have difficulty with the login process.

  4. Login.

  5. Once logged in, click on PBIS Assessments on the left side of the black bar at the top of the page. You will be taken to the Dashboard showing all PBIS surveys.

To access and share the SCS links,

• 1. Click the appropriate School Climate Survey (elementary, middle/high, personnel, family) from the Open Survey Windows section. If you do not see the survey you desire in the Open Survey Windows section, contact your consultant.

  2. Across from your school name click Link.

  3. Highlight the URL and copy it, or click the Copy URL button to copy the link to your clipboard.

  4. Paste the copied link in an email or social media to anyone invited to submit a survey response.

  5. To take the survey yourself either paste the copied URL into any internet browser or click the Take Survey link in the dialog box. Don't to forget click the Submit Survey button at the end of the survey to save your resonses.

Analyzing your School Climate Survey Results

You will be able to access your SCS data approximately 24 hours after the SCS window closes. If you’d like to view your SCS data prior to the close of the window, please contact your consultant to close your window. To view your SCS data in both table and graph form go to www.pbisapps.org and use your login information. Follow these instructions to view your SAS data graphs:

• 1. Login to PBIS Apps as instructed above.

  2. Click the Report menu at the top of the screen.

  3. Select Report Options from the left hand side of the screen.

  4. Select the appropriate SCS from the drop down list.

  5. Click Generate.

Report Options Include:

• 1. Select Surveys: Select a survey about which to report from the drop-down menu.

  2. Report Type: Select Total Score, Scores by Gender, Scores by Grade, Scores by Items, Scores by Race/Ethnicity, Items, or Download from the drop-down menu to define which data to display related to the selected survey.

  3. From Date: Select a school year from the drop-down menu as the starting school year from which data will be included in the report.

  4. To Date: Select a school year from the drop-down menu as the last school year from which data will be included in the reports. Note: This school year must be the same as or after the selected From Date.

  5. Click Generate each time you change a report option.

For all surveys, higher scores represent more positive school climate perceptions. Results of the surveys can be viewed for all respondents or by grade, gender, or race/ethnicity. Reports include: Total Score, Items Score, and Subscale Score (Subscale reports are available for the School Personnel and Family surveys only). The individual responses can also be downloaded for further analysis.

Note: To preserve anonymity of respondents, if a racial or ethnic subgroup has fewer than 5 respondents in a school, results cannot be viewed for that group (or have their subgroup identified in the data download). However, these responses will be included in the overall reports.