Survey+Questions

 12/10/09 Hey Guys, Please look this over and see if you like the wording. Jenn will be posting a final draft on Zoomerang, so please try to take it and see if you can suggest any modifications. Thanks! 

**- - FINAL DRAFT - -** **Strongly Agree (SA) Agree (A) Not Sure (NS) Disagree (D) Strongly Disagree (SD) Does not Apply (DNA)**

1.) I am familiar with the purpose of a professional learning community. SA A NS D SD  DNA 2.) I have planned and/or developed lessons collaboratively with other teachers at WOHS SA A NS D SD DNA 3.) I would like to work collaboratively with other teachers to improve teaching strategies at WOHS SA A NS D SD DNA 4.) The culture of WOHS provides teachers with a structure that encourages and enables teachers to work collaboratively. SA A NS D SD DNA 5.) I would like visit other teacher’s classrooms to improve or enhance my teaching strategies SA A NS D SD DNA 6.) I am willing to allow another teacher to visit to my classroom, in a non-evaluative manner, to share effective teaching strategies to enhance student achievement. SA A NS D SD DNA 7.) My teaching schedule allows me the freedom to visit teacher’s classrooms and/or work collaboratively with other teachers. SA A NS D SD DNA 8.) I feel that students would benefit academically from teachers planning and working collaboratively. SA A NS D SD DNA 9.) The culture of WOHS is that most teachers are working in isolation and rarely share and collaborate with their colleagues. SA A NS D SD DNA 10.) Types of teaching strategies you would like to work with other teachers


 * Classroom management
 * Alternative assessment strategies
 * Summative assessments
 * Formative assessments
 * Portfolios
 * Scaffolding
 * Lesson openers
 * Questioning techniques
 * Wait time
 * Closure
 * Cooperative learning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;">Differentiated instruction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;">Other:



SURVEY QUESTIONS: by Dan

Strongly Agree (SA) Agree (A) Not Sure (NS) Disagree (D) Strongly Disagree (SD) Does not Apply (DNA)

I understand how PLC's work. (SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA) I would like to participate in a PLC. (SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA) I would like to plan with my colleagues about lessons, projects, lab work, etc. (SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA)** I would like to share evidence of learing / student success with colleagues that I have found to be successful with my students I would like to see a culture, that is a common thead, among staff and adminstration which demonstratesthe collaborative learning team effort where there are norms of teaching strategies which guides student for great success/ achievement in the classroom. (SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA)**
 * I need to be trained how PLC’s work.(SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA)
 * I would like to write lesson plans with my colleagues. (SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA)**
 * I feel that PLC’s are a fad in education and will disappear in a year or two from now. (SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA)**
 * I would like teachers / colleagues to visit my classroom in a non evaluative manner as a means of support (SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA)**
 * I would like an administrator or a supervisor visit my classroom as a supportive.(SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA)**
 * I would like to take on a leadership role regarding teaching strategies by working with other teachers. (SA) (A) (NS) (D) (SD) (DNA)

I will be dedicated to the culture of PCL's as a supportive means of PD as a collaborative effort.

//Short answer. Which teaching strategies do you fine most effective / least effective in the classroom?

Which teaching stratgies would you be willing to share with others that you find most effective?

Which teaching strategies would you like to know more about//

Use Dan's rating from above.
 * >>>Tagen's Survey question options:**

1. Would you be interested in learning about other teacher's effective teaching strategies and possibly implement them into your classroom? 2. Would you be interested in sharing your effective teaching strategies that you implement with other teachers? 3. Indicate the teaching strategies below in which you currently use.

(I have another copy, which is aligned better.) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;"> materials ||  || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;">_flexible grouping tiered lessons _tiered centers tiered products _scaffolding learning contracts _small-group <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;">instruction ||   || <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;">4mat _varied questioning <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;">strategies interest centers _interest groups varied homework _compacting varied journal prompts || <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; msobidifontsize: 10.0ptmsoBidiFontSize;">_literature circles pre-assessment _group investigation orbitals _independent study complex instruction _exit cards ___think-pair-share ||
 * varied supplementary

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Survey Questions for the general population for all teachers at WOHS On the survey teachers indicate #yrs experience Use Likert rating scale (1 to 5) for data collection purposes

the survey questions need to reflect student learning and or achievment or student success -Are you willing to share your most effective teaching strategies with novice and veteran teachers? -Would you be open to learning and trying new teaching strategies?

-What type of an environmet would you like to participate?

Experience question:

Tenurned

Non-Tentured

Think about questions and put it on the wiki site Read and review sections 3 and 8 in tool kit

All, I posted the survey questions on the home page, Dan

What are they doing Are you willing to share TS with other others? peer or mentor or adminstrative support

Leadership role culture of collaborative effort How many quesitons??? 15 ish one two open ende d