Take the TELL Mass Survey

The TELL Mass Survey is your opportunity to provide meaningful feedback on the teaching and learning conditions in your school. The TELL Mass survey, which is available to all licensed public school educators in the state, is confidential and cannot be traced back to the individual respondent. The results of this survey in the past in Massachusetts and in other states have led to changes in policy and legislation in support of improving educator working conditions and student learning conditions.

The state distributed survey codes to districts last week with instructions that principals should distribute the codes randomly to their teachers and administrators by March 13.

Schools in Race to the Top Districts are required to participate. All other schools are required to give teachers the option to participate.

If you got a code and completed the survey, THANK YOU. Urge your co-workers to do the same. Click here to track the response rate by school.

If you got a code and haven't taken the survey, PLEASE TAKE IT ASAP. You can take the survey from any computer you choose. The responses are completely confidential.
If you weren't given a code, you or your building rep should ask the principal to distribute the codes ASAP. Call the state-sponsored Help Desk at 888-601-5826 to report if codes have not been distributed. Ask how you and all the other teachers in your school can get your codes. In addition, please call the MTA Help Desk at 800-277-8170 or e-mail us at tellmass@massteacher.org to tell us about the problem. Include the name of the school and the principal. Your name will be kept in confidence.

Your help and active participation are needed to reach the 50 percent participation rate needed to release results to the school community so that together you can analyze the responses and, if necessary, figure out how to improve working conditions in your school.