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KEY FINDINGS FROM THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY
• 90% of faculty and staff indicate that they are a proud member
of the Havergal community.
• 82% of the faculty feel that they have the freedom to be
innovative in the classroom.
• When asked to rate their satisfaction with specific school-
life elements, employees rated: campus security (96%);
maintenance of facilities (90%); and access for faculty/staff to
technological resources (83%) as their top three choices.
• Those areas in which teachers believe the school’s contribution
to student growth is most successful are critical thinking (92%)
and the ability to work collaboratively (94%).
KEY FINDINGS FROM THE OLD GIRLS SURVEY
• 90% of Old Girls believe that Havergal is an excellent
educational institution and one that they are proud to say they
attended.
• 85% of Old Girls were very satisfied with their student
experience at Havergal.
• 82% of Old Girls reported that there were faculty, staff, coaches
or administrators who were a favourable influence on their
Havergal student experience.
• 74% reported that they were enthusiastically involved in co-
curricular activities while at Havergal.
• 73% of Old Girls are very satisfied with the Old Girls publication
The Chronicle
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We have now shared the survey results with our constituents: Upper
School students had an assembly to review the student survey
results on October 12 with Social Science teacher Ina Szekely
and Head of Upper School Sarah Bruce; the Board of Governors
had a full presentation of the survey results with Kevin Graham
from Lookout Management on September 24; faculty and staff
had two presentations on the employee survey — on June 22 with
Mr. Graham and on August 22 with the Principal. Old Girls survey
results have been shared on the Old Girls Online Community. Mr.
Graham will provide an overview of the parent survey results on
December 4—invitations were sent to parents in November.
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