Welcome to the Ohio Teaching & Learning Conditions Survey!

The survey deadline has ended. Thank you to all who contributed to this effort.

The business sector has long recognized and responded to the linkage between employee working conditions and productivity. Yet, while business industries have designed and invested in innovative tools and measures to focus on employee satisfaction, many schools struggle to address critical working conditions. Ohio school systems and the policymakers that govern them are now attempting to measure, recognize and respond to the direct impact these conditions have on teacher attrition and student achievement.

The Ohio Teacher & Learning Conditions Survey is about hearing from those who know best about what is happening in schools – educators themselves. The survey provides all educators with the opportunity to privately and anonymously provide input on critical issues such as time, facilities and resources, empowerment, leadership and professional development – all of which have been shown to have an impact on whether teachers stay in schools and most importantly, on whether students learn. Let your voice be heard!

The online survey will be available from

April 14, 2006 – Extended to May 27, 2006

“This survey will inform decisions about improving teaching and learning conditions across the state. Research demonstrates that school working conditions—time, teacher empowerment, school leadership, professional development, and facilities and resources—are critical to increasing student achievement and retaining teachers. This survey will provide you, your school and your district with valuable information about the status of working conditions.”

- Susan Tave Zelman
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ohio Department of Education

If you have any questions about the teacher working conditions initiative or problems with survey (accessing the instrument, lost code, etc.) please call a special help desk at 1-877-644-6338 X53578 (staffed from 9am-5pm) or email Leona.Skunza-Keith@ode.state.oh.us for assistance or to request a new code. If you would like to learn more about teacher working conditions and ways to improve them in your school, please visit:

www.teacherworkingconditions.org.