{"id":277,"date":"2019-10-03T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T19:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:55:51","slug":"essentialsofschools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/essentialsofschools\/","title":{"rendered":"Essentials of Schools Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>The Essentials of Schools is a project our office has been doing with the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) since 2014-15. Each year we work with MPS to administer the Essentials of School Culture and Climate (ESCC) survey to all staff and fourth- through twelfth-grade students. The ESCC is a research-based instrument loosely based on the 5Essentials Survey, designed by the Consortium of School Research at the University of Chicago. Each year, we provide all participating schools with reports of how their staff and students responded to the ESCC questions. These data are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/essentialsofschools.com\/\">Essentials of Schools website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:sreed_info@uwm.edu\">sreed_info@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-information-letters-for-parents\"><strong>Information Letters for Parents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Letters to parents about the survey are available in seven languages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/school-climate-survey-parent-info-letter-arabic.pdf\">Parent Information Letter in Arabic (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/school-climate-survey-parent-info-letter-burmese.pdf\">Parent Information Letter in Burmese (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/school-climate-survey-parent-info-letter-eng.pdf\">Parent Information Letter in English (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/school-climate-survey-parent-info-letter-hmong.pdf\">Parent Information Letter in Hmong (PDF<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/school-climate-survey-parent-info-letter-karen.pdf\">Parent Information Letter in Karen (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/school-climate-survey-parent-info-letter-somali.pdf\">Parent Information Letter in Somali (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/school-climate-survey-parent-info-letter-spanish.pdf\">Parent Information Letter in Spanish (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-copies-of-survey-questions\">Copies of Survey Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Copies of the questions that are asked in the survey are provided below for informational purposes. Links for students and staff to take the survey are provided to the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/4th-5th-grade-survey-english.pdf\">Survey Questions for 4th-5th Grade Students in English (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/School_Climate-4th-5th-Spanish.pdf\">Survey Questions for 4th-5th Grade Students in Spanish (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-u-pt-30\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/6th-12th-grade-survey-english.pdf\">Survey Questions for 6th-12th Grade Students in English (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/School_Climate-6th-12th-Spanish.pdf\">Survey Questions for 6th-12th Grade Students in Spanish (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sreed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/502\/2019\/12\/mps-staff-school-climate-survey.pdf\">MPS Staff Climate Survey Questions (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Survey Links<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4\" id=\"h-for-sudents\">For Sudents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--outline uwm-c-button--full uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/milwaukee.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_a5d7Wo4CcSVXhxH\" rel=\"\">4th &amp; 5th Grade<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--outline uwm-c-button--full uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/milwaukee.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_7ORgNKE3DfuIVzD\" rel=\"\">6th &#8211; 12th Grade<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4\" id=\"h-for-mps-staff\">For MPS Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--outline uwm-c-button--full uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/milwaukee.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_0SLY7PY0MViXHr7\" rel=\"\">MPS Staff Survey<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1266,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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