California Healthy Kids Survey

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California Healthy Kids Survey

• CHKS Administration Training
• 2008/09

888-841-7536 www.wested.org/chks
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Todays Highlights

• The Website
• CHKS Overview
• Active vs. Passive Consent
• Staff Survey (School Climate Survey)
• CHKS Requirements
• Administration process
• General Survey Changes (2007/08 and 2008/09)

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The Webstie
Getting the results
Getting ready to survey
Using your results
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California Healthy Kids Survey

• A comprehensive health-risk and
• resilience data collection system

• Mandated by CDE
• Every 2 years (grades 5, 7, 9, 11 and NT
  schools)
• District, charter and private schools

• Customized to meet local needs
• Full-service regional Technical Assistance
• Pre Survey, Ongoing, Next Steps.

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Survey Versions

• School-level version

• Elementary school (Grade 5)
• Middle school (Grade 7)
• High school (Grades 9, 11, NT)

Languages

• English
• Spanish
• Bilingual English/Spanish
• Others available via Listserv

Separate answer sheets and survey
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Survey Content

• Core Module (Required)
• Risk Resilience

• Demographics
• Resilience Youth Development (external
  assets)
• ATOD use, attitudes, and perceived norms
• Violence and safety
• Wording, content and length change
• between Grade 5 Core, MS and HS Core

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Content Continued

• Elementary
• Complete the Core
• and possibly 4 questions from DASM
• Secondary
• Complete the Core
• Plus any additional Modules B-H
• B - RYDM (Resilience Youth Development -
  Internal)
• C - AOD Use
• D - Tobacco Use
• E - Physical Health
• F - Sexual Behavior
• G - Custom Module (differs by school/district/coun
  ty)
• H - DASM (District After-School Module)
• Under Download Surveys on website

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Customizing Your CHKS

• Modify sample size or design
• Administer annually
• Administer pre/post to program participants
• Existing questions from other modules
• Questions can be customized to suit your school,
  programs, etc
• Under Custom Module on the website

Add custom questions - Module G
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Active Consent

• MUST be used in grades below seven
• No child can be surveyed without written
  permission from the parent
• The challenge with active consent is ensuring
  that parents receive and return the forms to the
  school
• With active consent, the teacher is the key
• Provides extra protection against surveying a
  student whose parents do not approve

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Passive Consent

• Optional for 7th grade and above must do active
  for 5th grade
• Written notice is sent to parents about the
  survey, who in turn notify the school only if
  they do NOT want their child to participate
• The challenge with passive consent is ensuring
  that parents are fully notified
• Need District Board policy
• With passive consent, the school-level contact is
  very important

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CDE Guidelines Assessing Data Representativeness

• 100 of selected schools participate
• Appropriate class subject or period (if sampling)
• 100 of classrooms participated (if sampling only
  those selected with participate)
• Minimum 70 returned consent forms (active
  consent)
• 5. Minimum 60 useable answer sheets

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School Climate Survey

• District MUST give the SCS

In all schools in the CHKS sample To all
certificated staff working grades
5-12 Especially, all personnel working in the
areas of health, prevention, and
safety Encourage staff participation to at least
60 Different ways to encourage
Staff participation is VOLUNTARY
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SCS Topics

• Staff-student relationships
• Student risk behaviors (staff perceptions)
• School connectedness and external assets
• Parental involvement
• After School Programs and Student Assistance
  Programs

Efforts to reduce risk factors Resources
available to students Staff and student
safety Learning supports and barriers
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How the SCS Works

• Sign up for the SCS when you sign up for the CHKS
  
• Online survey given in same time frame as CHKS

You will receive survey instructions sheets for
staff that include logins and passwords Logins
valid for a 30-day survey window Monitor response
rates and get reports online
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Customizing Your SCS

• Add custom questions
• School improvement
• Program evaluation (identify problems and
  barriers
• Take two surveys at once by adding another staff
  survey to the end of the SCS
• Modify design or analysis
• Administer annually
• Pre and Post tests
• Ask for a Comparison of CHKS SCS results

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First Steps for Administering the CHKS

• Select
• Survey modules and items
• Dates
• Classrooms
• Choose a consent option Passive or Active
• Confirm school board consent policy
• Develop, distribute and monitor letters to
  parents
• Make the survey available to the public (Front
  office hard copy, School website, District
  website)

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Call Your Regional CHKS Center

• Contact your CHKS Regional Coordinator
  888-841-7536
• Submit (MOU) Memorandum of Understanding
• Request answer sheets and materials
• Begin District Purchase Order process
• Answer sheets will be sent in transmittal
  envelopes
• SCS materials will be sent via mail or email

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Train and Inform Staff

• Decide teachers, staff, or outside proctors
• Review Instructions
• Via website Tools then Instructions
• Vary by consent type
• Include logs for tracking consents
• Include Proctor Script Assurance of
  Confidentiality
• Make sure everyone is familiar with consent
  procedures and all materials, especially the
  Transmittal Envelopes.
• Explain SCS and 30-day window

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Conduct Survey

• Finalize who can/cant take the survey
• Distribute CHKS materials
• Conduct surveys and make-ups
• Return answer sheets (by June 15th)
• Submit ASRC (Answer Sheet Return Checklist)
• Receive district CHKS report (8 weeks)

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Review Responsibilities

• Local site coordination and survey scheduling
• Distribution, collection, tracking of parent
  consent forms
• Printing of surveys
• Staff training

Mailing of answer sheets to the local CHKS
Center Receive, read and understand the
report Spread the word about the results at local
level Provision of data for aggregated state
dataset
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Basic Services Provided

• Master copies of all materials
• Answer sheets and classroom transmittal envelopes
• Data Scanning, analysis, and district reports
• Technical Assistance including
• Phone consultation and monthly trainings
• Survey planning and sample selection
• Consultation on obtaining local buy-in and
  increasing return rates
• Assistance in interpretation of survey results
  and the data reports

• Surveys
• Parent Consent Forms, Guidebooks, MOU
• School, Proctor, Teacher Instructions

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Basic Fees

• CHKS 30 cents/student in the sample plan
• This price is based on the target sample (either
  enrollment or
• randomized sample) NOT the resulting number of
  students
• taking the survey
• SCS Free if done online at the same time as the
  CHKS

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Reports on Website

• Since Nov. 2005 all KEY FINDINGS have been posted
• Starting Nov. 2007 all TECHNICAL REPORTS will be
  posted along with the KEY FINDINGS
• Under Reports on website
• Search for reports by county/district

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Survey Changes

• No changes were made to the Elementary Survey
• Changes to Secondary Added questions to align to
  YRBS and National Survey on Drug Use Health
• Reorganization Core is now ALL that is required
  for Middle and High School!
• Physical Health All questions have been moved to
  Module E

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Reorganization of Secondary Survey

• Has meant
• Adding questions to Core Module A
• Deleting/moving questions to make room
• Replacing or modifying questions that measured
  similar areas

All Required RYDM moved to Core (23 items) E.g.
I feel close to people at this school All
Physical Health moved to Module E (10
items) Exercisethe past 7 days Food eaten
last 24 hours Asthma (except breakfast
today question)
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Additional Core Questions

• New Questions
• Where do you live?
• Questions on 6 types of prescription pills
• Likelihood of working for employer that conducts
  drug-testing
• Were you part of the Migrant Education Program or
  family moved to find work in agriculture
• Reworded questions
• Friends disapproval of AOD use/weapons etc
  changed to new personal disapproval series
• Wording on several AOD use questions to suit
  NOMS
• Overall length is similar to 0607 but reworking
  has reduced it from 14 pages to 12 pages.

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Changes to Modules B E Overview

• Resilience Youth Development Module B

Now comprised only of the optional
questions Internal Assets (e.g. goal-setting,
empathy, cooperation) Peer and Home (external
assets)
Physical Health Module E

• Now comprised of all physical health related
  questions
• moved from Module A