Annual School Leader Engagement Surveys

Each year since 2014, we invite all of Chicago’s public school principals to participate in our annual Principal Engagement Survey. The survey, which is available for eight to 11 weeks for any Chicago public school principal to complete, gauges principal experience during the previous school year to better understand principals’ needs citywide. We then use the survey results to inform our program and policy work to support Chicago’s school leaders. Please find the high-level results for 2024 below.

In 2022, we introduced the Assistant Principal (AP) Engagement Survey. The survey similarly seeks to understand the experiences and needs of all of Chicago's public school APs. The findings help inform our current programming and improve the supports we provide to APs throughout the year. The survey results also shape our aspiring principal pipeline strategy. Please find the high-level results for 2024 below.