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Create an Engaging and Inclusive Workplace for Educators

Give teachers, faculty, staff and leaders the support and development they need to have a lasting impact on students' lives.

Our Approach

Analytics and Advice for Measurable Outcomes in Education

For more than 30 years, Gallup has studied how to help employees use their CliftonStrengths® to grow within their roles and achieve institution-wide goals.

We partner with hundreds of universities and school districts to create positive learning cultures by:

  • identifying and overcoming barriers to improving engagement and inclusion
  • helping organizations understand and build on their unique strengths
  • empowering leaders to manage through disruption
  • developing high-potential leaders and managers
  • providing validated benchmarks to help institutions know their unique strengths and opportunities
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Highly engaged educators and staff members produce more engaged and emotionally attached students, with lower levels of absenteeism, higher academic achievement and greater levels of on-time completion.

Higher Education Solutions

Put Thriving, Engaged Educators at the Core of the Student Experience

Staff and faculty engagement is one of the greatest predictors of student success, but higher education employees have some of the lowest levels of engagement in all the industries Gallup measures.

At Gallup, our approach is to strategize, measure and provide evidence-based solutions to improve student persistence, engagement and academic performance by focusing on helping educators feel fulfilled in their roles.

34%
of faculty and staff within higher education are engaged at work.

38%
of faculty strongly agree that they are treated with respect at work.

16%
of faculty say their institution is committed to building employees' strengths.


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Staff and Faculty Engagement in Higher Education

Gallup provides leaders with the vital data and advice they need to create actionable plans for improving engagement -- and with it, transforming their campus culture.


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CliftonStrengths for Students (for Educators)

When educators and staff apply their strengths and appreciate individuals' differences, they create exceptional environments for learning while improving engagement and wellbeing.


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Courses for Learning and Development

Gallup's transformational learning is a one-of-a-kind resource for supporting leaders and educators in developing their own strengths and those of every individual on campus.


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Additional Learning: How to Improve Student and Educator Wellbeing

Why is wellbeing important in education? Because educators and students deserve healthier places to learn, work and live.

"Our greatest contribution is to be sure there is a teacher in every classroom who cares that every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being."
-- Don Clifton, Father of Strengths Psychology and Inventor of CliftonStrengths

K-12 School System Solutions

Build an Engaging Workplace at School

We tailor our proven strengths-based strategies to each school and district we serve -- working within each unique culture to support happier, healthier, more resilient educators who nurture the best in students.

Gallup helps leaders:

  • fit people to the roles where they'll do their best work
  • develop the strengths of every employee
  • focus on engagement to retain top talent
  • develop the high-potential educators and staff who can best support engaged school communities
Teachers who are engaged are 62% less likely to leaveabout teacher engagement their district, compared with teachers who are not engaged or are actively disengaged.

Top-talent teachers are 2.8 times more likely than their lower-talent counterparts to be engaged in their classroomsabout teacher talent, which boosts teacher performance and lowers absenteeism.

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Leader, Teacher and Staff Engagement

Gallup provides leaders with the vital data and advice they need to create actionable plans for improving engagement -- and with it, transforming their districts and school systems.


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CliftonStrengths for Students (for Educators)

When educators and staff apply their strengths and appreciate individuals' differences, they create exceptional environments for learning while improving engagement and wellbeing.


The Gallup Student Poll

The Gallup Student Poll is a student engagement survey that has captured over 6 million voices over the past decade. Use it to measure the hope, engagement, belonging, and social and emotional learning of your students and accelerate your efforts to support their success.


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Courses for Learning and Development

Gallup's transformational learning is a one-of-a-kind resource for supporting leaders and educators in developing their own strengths and those of every individual on campus.


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Talent-Based Hiring

Start with an exceptional fit from the beginning. Gallup's TeacherInsight, PrincipalInsight and SupportInsight assessments measure potential talent to ensure you have the best person for the job.

Start developing your greatest asset.

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