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Dear Teacher: Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this teacher survey for the Rural Professional Learning Network. Your responses will inform your district’s work in the Rural Professional Learning Network (RPLN). At Pivot Learning Partners, we believe every child deserves a great education regardless of their location. Every school and district deserves the highest level of support and attention to improve teaching and learning regardless of their size. Pivot Learning Partners is privileged to have the support of the Cowell Foundation and the California Education Policy Fund to build this partnership with your district. Through the RPLN, we hope to better understand and support your unique needs and focus the attention of policymakers on the hundreds of districts and millions of students in rural California. We are excited to work with your districts to identify the innovative supports and technology solutions that can connect leaders and educators across your district and to partner with your district to build capacity to ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed in college and career. All responses to the questions will be confidential. If you have any questions about your participation in this survey, please contact the RPLN project manager, Amy Westberg, at [email protected], or 510-250-2546. |
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| Have there been any recent changes in your school’s student population that impact instruction and learning? Please describe. | | |
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| How diverse are your students in terms of academic performance? (Approximately what is the range in reading levels, for example?) | | |
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| In general, how much teacher turnover has your school or district recently experienced? (Please consider the last 2-3 years.) | | |
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| Have there been any recent changes in the teaching faculty that impact implementation of Common Core? If so, in what ways? | | |
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| Student Engagement in School and the Classroom |
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| Do the teachers at your school have high expectations for student academic success? |
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| How are teachers at your school held accountable for high academic standards? | | |
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| Do you use instructional technology in your classroom? |
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| Which instructional technology tools do you use most frequently and how do you use them? | | |
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| What are the barriers or challenges to using instructional technology in your classroom? | | |
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| Does your school have a systematic (and data-driven) approach to identify students who are not meeting California Common Core State Standards? Please describe. | | |
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| What indicators do you and your colleagues use to identify students who may be at-risk? | | |
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| How effective is your school at addressing the academic needs of students not meeting Common Core State Standards? Please explain, and list examples of classes, support, programs, and/or services that address students’ academic needs. | | |
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| Currently, what are the major goals in implementing the California Common Core State Standards that your school is working toward? How would you describe your school’s progress towards meeting these goals? | | |
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| Does your school have the resources and personnel needed to address the Common Core goals? If not, what resources are most needed? | | |
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| For English/Language Arts and Math, how are Common Core Pacing Guides, Units, and Lesson Plans developed? | | |
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| Does your school have a system to ensure vertical and horizontal alignment of instruction students are receiving across grade levels and or departments at your school? Please describe. | | |
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| Does your district have a system to ensure vertical and horizontal alignment of instruction students are receiving across schools in your district? Please describe. | | |
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| What type of feedback do you receive on your implementation of Common Core? Please explain. | | |
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| What type of feedback about implementation of Common Core is, or would be, most helpful to teachers? Please explain. | | |
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| Is data used to inform curricular changes to Pacing Guides, Unit, and Lesson Plans? What does this process look like? | | |
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| Teacher Professional Development |
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| Have teachers at your district/school received professional development for implementation of California Common Core State Standards? |
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| What type of professional development would be most helpful to you now in implementing Common Core? What would other teachers at your school site say? | | |
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| Does professional development for teachers have a particular emphasis this year? What is it? | | |
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| Why was this emphasis selected? | | |
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| By whom was this emphasis selected? | | |
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| Are there professional development sessions that teachers must attend? Which ones? Why must teachers attend? | | |
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| How well, and in what ways, are teachers in your school or district supported to develop professionally? | | |
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| What opportunities do teachers have to collaborate at your school site? | | |
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| What opportunities do teachers have to collaborate across your district? | | |
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| What is the primary purpose of teacher collaboration? | | |
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| Who determines that purpose? | | |
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| In what ways is teacher collaboration communicated and shared with site administration? | | |
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| How effective is collaborative time? | | |
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| To what extent do you incorporate the concepts and skills learned in professional development sessions into your teaching practices? | | |
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| When you have questions or are seeking support about Common Core content, where are you most likely to look? |
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| When you have questions or are seeking support about instructional practices, where are you most likely to look? |
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| How many years have you served as a teacher at your school? What other roles have you served in the school/district? | | |
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| How many years in total have you worked in schools and/or districts? | | |
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| Is there anything else you would like us to know? | | |
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