This question, coming from the SurveyWorks questionnaire that goes to educators and administrators every year, measures the percentage of administrators and educators that answered favorably (Agree or Strongly Agree) to the statement: “I feel confident in my ability to respond to students who are experiencing mental health problems”. The data shows how teachers, administrators, and support staff answered, in the whole state, district wide, and separated by school. The data can be further split by respondent’s race and ethnicity, or gender identity. One thing to note is that not every administrator, teacher, and support staff member answers this questionnaire, so this data only represents the feelings of those who responded to the survey.  

Teachers in the state as a whole responded very favorably (43%) that they feel confident about their training to support students with mental health challenges, while that number is lower in Providence (38%). Once the data is broken down by school, we see significant differences. For example, only 8% of Kizirian Elementary teachers surveyed felt confident in their training to support students with mental health problems, Esek Hopkins Middle school had 6%. Other schools seem to fare much better, with A-Venture Academy having 82% of teachers responding favorably, as well as 89% of support staff at Classical High School. Note that while every school surveyed teachers, not all schools list support staff numbers and no school reported administrator responses. While some schools did not collect responses from these groups, many schools did receive responses but could not report them to protect the anonymity of the respondent.

Teachers in the state as a whole responded very favorably (86%) that they feel confident about their training to support students with mental health challenges, while that number is lower in Providence (76%). Once the data is broken down by school, we see significant differences. For example, only 8% of Kizirian Elementary teachers surveyed felt confident in their training to support students with mental health problems, Esek Hopkins Middle school had 6%. Other schools seem to fare much better, with A-Venture Academy having 82% of teachers responding favorably, as well as 89% of support staff at Classical High School. Note that while every school surveyed teachers, they did not all have support staff and/or administrators respond.