Project CLEAR VOICE!

July 07 - Breaking News:
Interim Survey Report Documents the Impact of Teacher Working Conditions on Student Learning and Teacher Retention [click here to view .pdf]

Even the most dedicated and professional Mississippi educators will struggle to improve student learning without a set of school conditions conducive to teaching and learning. Recent teacher working conditions research reveals powerful empirical links between teacher working conditions and student achievement. Data collected and analyzed from surveys of more than 150,000 educators in states across the country indicate that time, facilities and resources, empowerment, professional development and leadership are central to teachers’ well-being and satisfaction, as well as important to the success of their students.

Mississippi school districts and the stakeholders and policymakers that help govern them have now created an important initiative to measure and respond to the impact these critical working conditions have on teacher attrition and student achievement. Project CLEAR Voice (Cultivate Learning Environments to Accelerate Recruitment and Retention) provides every licensed Mississippi educator the opportunity to positively impact the lives of Mississippi students, teachers, and administrators.

Project CLEAR Voice 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 the conditions that matter most in determining whether teachers stay in schools and most importantly, on whether students learn. Let your voice be heard!

The online survey will be available from
February 5, 2007 – March 5, 2007

“Mississippi is committed to increasing student achievement; therefore, we are equally committed to collecting the data that we need to understand and respond to the issues that matter most to our teachers. We must know and understand the needs of our teachers so that we can provide them with the tools and resources they need to help our students succeed. This survey is a vital method for us to utilize to gain anonymous feedback from teachers across the state. I hope all Mississippi teachers will participate.”

– Dr. Hank Bounds, State Superintendent of Education

If you have any questions about Project CLEAR Voice, or any technical problems with the survey, please call the Helpdesk at 888-383-6802. If you would like to learn more about teacher working conditions and ways to improve them in your school, please visit www.teacherworkingconditions.org. You will be directed to that website upon submission of the survey.

Your Voice Counts!