Administration Support
Welcome to the 2025 Delaware School Climate Survey (DSCS) administration support page for district and building survey coordinators.
DSCS Directions: To ensure the Staff, Student and Home surveys are administered properly, please use the following administration directions and tips. NOTE: Survey LINKS are included in the directions documents.
- STAFF survey directions
- STUDENT survey directions (includes scripted instructions)
- HOME survey directions
Parent/Caregiver Letters: We strongly encourage that schools include a signed letter/message with the parent/caregiver survey link to explain the purpose and procedures of the survey. Sample letters in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole have been provided for schools to send out to parents/caregiver informing them of the home survey.
- Parent/caregiver message for Home Survey (English)
- Parent/caregiver message for Home Survey (Spanish)
- Parent/caregiver message for Home Survey (Haitian Creole) and a Haitian Creole version of the Home School Climate Survey is available to print, copy and provide to parents/caregiver as needed.
Increase your school’s completion rates!
- Click on this flyer and consider personalizing the information to your school and distributing (electronically or via paper) to parents/caregivers. Last year’s school climate data report includes the percentage of parents/caregivers who completed the survey.
- In your HOME report, look on the page before the graphs. At the bottom of page 4, you will see “Survey Completion Information” and the percentage of parents/caregivers in your school who completed the survey.
- At the bottom of the flyer, you can insert directions for parents/caregivers to complete the survey.
- Coming soon:Check out our Delaware School Climate Survey – Home Survey Tips document for more advice and tips on how to increase your Home Survey completion.
2025 Delaware School Climate Survey Items (for reference only, not intended for participants):
There are three separate surveys: Student, Teacher/Staff, and Home. Schools can choose to survey one, two, or three populations. Whereas the Teacher/Staff and Home surveys are appropriate for all grade levels, the Student survey is for grades 3-12.
- 2025 Student Survey Grades 3-5
- 2025 Student Survey Grades 6-12
- 2025 Home Survey – (English)
- 2025 Teacher/Staff Survey