Student Voice in Action: Strengthening Teaching Performance

A structured teacher survey that combined teachers’ ratings of their own performance with student feedback.

Overview

Within the education sector, schools are increasingly required to balance accountability, teaching quality, and learner outcomes in a complex and high-pressure environment. While examination results and traditional performance evaluations remain important indicators, they often provide limited insight into how teaching is experienced by students on a day-to-day basis, particularly in relation to classroom practice, teacher– student interactions, and learner engagement.

To address this challenge, a group of independent schools partnered with Omnicor to implement a structured teacher survey that combined teachers’ ratings of their own performance with student feedback. The initiative was designed to strengthen teaching impact, enhance the student experience, and support consistent preparation for IEB matric examinations, while equipping school leadership with reliable, actionable insight to inform decision-making.