Our school uses the Utah State Board of Education’s School Climate Survey to identify potential school climate issues within our schools and district. The survey is for K-12 students, parents/families, administrators, teachers and school resource officers. Student surveys include a varying number of items based on the developmental age of the students. The survey is completely anonymous, but parents/families are required to opt-in for participation. Responses are housed securely in an anonymous format with the Utah State Board of Education in compliance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, (343 CFR 99.31 (6)) and human subjects regulations (Protection of Human Subjects 45 CFR 46).
This survey guides us in understanding student perceptions relative to their classroom and school climate experiences. Questions include student perception of fair treatment within the school, respect among students and staff, sense of belonging and feeling of safety.
Adults can participate in the survey that aligns with their role. Adults survey versions are: administrator, faculty and staff, school resource officer, and parent.
The results of the surveys are used to help our school and the district identify perceptions of school climate issues. As with any organization, we continually strive to improve what we do with respect to supporting our students and their families. Feedback is an essential component of this process.
Data collected for the School Climate Survey is housed by Qualtrics, while access to the data is managed by the district and the Utah State Board of Education. Information about Qualtrics and Merkle can be found at:
Your child will be asked to complete the online surveys during school hours. In younger grades, teachers will read the questions to the children as they participate. Please click here if you would like to see the actual survey questions. Click on the tab that corresponds to the grade level of your child. Each survey version can also be viewed on the School Safety Center data page.
Each student’s response will be anonymous with no name associated with their response. However, several entities will have access to those anonymous individual-level responses as listed below:
Weber School District does not have a contract with any person or governmental entity to receive the data on a regular ongoing basis.
Your child will be asked to complete the online surveys during school hours. All surveys are reasonably short and are completely confidential. Students who have been excluded from participation in the surveys will be given an educationally relevant activity to engage in while the other students are completing the surveys.
The surveys will be offered in April/May of each odd-numbered year.
Weber School District values the partnership we have with parents in educating their children. If you approve of your child’s participation in these surveys, indicate your consent by indicating in the appropriate place in the registration materials on PowerSchool.
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services and Weber School District ask permission for your child to take the Student Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) survey.
The Utah Student Health and Risk Prevention (SHARP) Survey is a collaborative, multi-agency initiative designed to consolidate youth prevention/health survey projects into one biannual survey administration. SHARP has been conducted in the spring of odd-numbered years in the State of Utah since 2003. The survey focuses primarily on grades 6, 8, 10, and 12.
The SHARP survey will be given to 6th through 12th grade students. It’s anonymous and asks questions about physical, social, and mental health; substance use; social connections; basic demographics; risky or harmful behaviors—and what protects kids from these things.
The questions your child gets depend on the grade they are in. Sixth graders do not get the same survey as older students. It's taken during school and takes about 30-45 minutes. You can find the survey questions at https://sharp.utah.gov or in the school office.
The SHARP survey has provided insight into things affecting our kids for more than 20 years. It helps parents know what to talk about with their kids, like vaping. It also helps school administrators, teachers, parents, public health, and community leaders work together to help Utah students with increasing protective factors and decreasing risk factors.
All responses are anonymous and confidential. We don’t collect any information that could identify your child or your family. Students are not asked for identifying information, like their name or student ID. Results are reported at a local level and available to parents online. Results are also shared with your local school district, health department, and researchers.
Schools are given a unique URL. Students who have permission to take the survey use the URL specific to their school. The online survey does not require students to log in and does not track any identifying information or data associated with their device (like their computer or tablet).
Utah law requires permission for your child to participate in the survey. Your child may stop the survey at any time or skip questions if they choose. They will not be penalized for not participating.
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services reviews the data in aggregate to learn about potentially harmful student behaviors. Reports with aggregate data at the state, region, and demographics level are made available online. These reports do not contain any identifying information about students. Local health departments, local prevention coalitions, local schools and school districts, superintendents, health systems, public health professionals, and most importantly, parents use these reports to develop programs and services to help Utah youth and families.
School district or school-level data reports are not shared publicly online. These reports are only available from your local school district or school. District authorities (like superintendents or lead administrators of charter schools) have password-protected access to see their district-level data in the webtool. These reports do not contain any identifying information about students.
We do not release data in any of these reports unless there are a minimum of 20 students. This helps protect the confidentiality and data privacy of students and school districts.
The raw data is very limited in who can or can't use it and is protected under strict Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Institutional Review Board (IRB) controls. The DHHS IRB controls any data sharing agreements for the raw data files. Only respected researchers in good standing and who are expanding the general sphere of knowledge are considered for data sharing agreements. Individuals wanting to use the raw data for their own purposes are not considered. However, no identifying information about a student is collected in the SHARP survey.
Other than the DHHS, whose survey it is, Weber School District does not have a contract with any person or governmental entity to receive the data on a regular ongoing basis.
Students who have been excluded from participation in the surveys will be given an educationally relevant activity to engage in while the other students are completing the surveys.
The survey will be offered in the February-March 2025.
For questions about the SHARP survey, contact Ryan Carrier (801-889-8710 ), Mary Johnstun (801-842-2682 ), or the DHHS Institutional Review Board .
Weber School District values the partnership we have with parents in educating their children. If you approve of your child’s participation in this surveys, indicate your consent indicating in the appropriate place in the registration materials on PowerSchool.
Our school uses Panorama as an all-in-one data platform to support student learning. The tool helps teachers and administrators visualize and interpret data to directly improve student outcomes. We use the platform to monitor academic and behavioral progress with students as well as to raise awareness of their overall well-being. Panorama serves as an early warning system to help us provide a wide range of just-in-time information and related support to ensure high levels of success for all students.
This survey guides us in understanding student perceptions relative to their classroom and school experiences. It covers 19 key components from teaching effectiveness to student engagement and growth mindset. It is administered in both the fall and spring.
This survey helps us measure and support your child’s soft skills, including growth mindset, self-efficacy, social awareness and self-management. It is also administered in both the fall and spring.
This survey instrument provides feedback from students on their experiences in school. This information will help us create support systems for students so they feel safe, included and empowered to achieve. It is given only once per year (in the spring) to secondary students.
The results of the surveys are used to help our teachers, counselors, and administrators identify strengths and weaknesses, ensure appropriate student support, develop improvement plans and monitor progress. As with any organization, we continually strive to improve what we do with respect to supporting our students and their families. Thus, information gathered will be used at a district level to evaluate support and resource needs. The feedback from your child is an essential component of this process. All information collected will be maintained as educational records protected by HIPAA.
Panorama upholds and affirms several core commitments, which are in alignment with our status as a signatory to the Student Privacy Pledge.
Identifiable student level data is considered an education record and, pursuant to Utah Code 63G-2-107, is governed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 34 C.F.R. Part 99.
Other than the Utah State Board of Education, Weber School District does not have a contract with any person or governmental entity to receive the data on a regular ongoing basis.
Your child will be asked to complete the online surveys during school hours. For comparison purposes, they took the same surveys last fall and spring. Students in junior high and high school will also take the Student Equity and Inclusion Survey in the spring. All surveys are reasonably short and are completely confidential. Please click here if you would like to see the actual survey questions. Students who have been excluded from participation in the surveys will be given an educationally relevant activity to engage in while the other students are completing the surveys.
The surveys will be offered in October and April of each year and your child will complete them during the school day.
Weber School District values the partnership we have with parents in educating their children. If you approve of your child’s participation in these surveys, indicate your consent by indicating in the appropriate place in the registration materials on PowerSchool.
