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“A 58 per cent engagement score is very low for an organization whose mission is to inspire children.

“We would have hoped the organization is in the top quartile of 75 to 100 per cent, or at least at the 63 per cent level for other organizations with more than 10,000 employees.”

The breakdown of the results showed high agreement on employees’ work tasks with good enjoyment of their day-to-day tasks and the collaborative working relationship with others. Up to 8,000 employees — teachers and administrators combined — were surveyed.

But there is less engagement around empowerment and influence, enabling work, and leadership.

“This exactly mirrors what we have heard from the vast majority of CBE employees we meet out door-knocking,” Davis added.

“There is a high level of frustration with their ability to impact the resources that are making it into the schools.”

Davis said there is also a lack of agreement about spending decisions that result in a high proportion of funding being withheld from the school level.

“We know that our plan to get millions more in funding into schools will have a dramatic impact on this measurement, as teachers get the support they need to fully support their students.

“We need to ensure that 8,000 employees who participated in this survey are deserving of an analysis that provides in depth details of their feedback — something I am committed to doing. “

CBE spokeswoman Megan Geyer said the 58 per cent engagement score illustrates that employees surveyed are moderately engaged.