LSEA Membership Survey
Name (optional): 


Your position can best be described as:
Elementary
Secondary
Non-Classroom Staff


Your years of service to the district:
1-3 years
4-9 years
10 – 20 years
21 or more years


Please rank-order the following by choosing the 7 MOST IMPORTANT areas (Where 1 is most important).
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Pay Raise  
Lower class sizes  
Maintaining present dental benefits  
Improved long-term disability policy  
Improved school autonomy language  
Increased support for materials  
Stronger language supporting class size limits  
More computerssssss  
sdggsdg  


It is solely administration’s responsibility to monitor Lansing teachers; the LSEA is responsible for supporting its members without judgment
  1 2 3 4 5  
Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


I would be willing to consider an alternative insurance package that provided similar benefits to our MESSA policy.
  1 2 3 4 5  
Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


Our autonomy language should allow SITs the authority to modify LSEA positions (e.g., eliminate positions, change job descriptions).
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


We have become too concerned with raising achievement scores and are spending too much time testing.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


We should spend more time teaching non-academic skills students need to succeed as adults, e.g., socialization skills, ethics, tolerance of diversity.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I feel well supported by administration when dealing with student discipline issues.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The LSEA should adopt a strict contract interpretation and assertive approach when working with administration and the Board
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The LSEA represents all ethnic groups equally.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The LSEA represents all genders equally.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The LSEA and our contract represent the various sub-groups fairly, e.g. elementary, secondary, support staff, counselors, library media staff, etc.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The LSEA should compromise with management on issues in order to avoid alienating our parents and community.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I would rather do my class preparation on my own time than keep longer hours at school.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The district should subcontract for professional services if it offers a cheaper or better way to service students.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The LSEA should strive to engage in collaborative or interest based bargaining with management (as opposed to traditional, position based bargaining).
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


Teachers should be evaluated by their peers in addition to being evaluated by their administrators
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I am getting a significant number of students who have not learned the skills they need to have to succeed in my program.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


If, for no foreseeable reason, the District does not receive expected funding, the LSEA should make compromises to maintain a balanced budget.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


Teachers should have a major role in the allocation of financial resources.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


Teachers need to work cooperatively in order to successfully meet students’ needs.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I would not support a legal job action.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


Attendance remains a significant problem for a number of my students.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The Lansing School District Quarterly Assessment Test results provide statistically sound evidence of student achievement.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The Lansing School District Quarterly Assessment Test results provide statistically sound evidence of teacher performance.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


The Lansing School District Quarterly Assessment Tests appropriately test student knowledge of skills and information from the pacing guides.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I am open to contract language that encourages innovative teaching practices through the use of incentives/rewards.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I would be willing to work a longer school year if I were given more time to collaborate with peers and given more time to prepare for my classes.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


Building SIT teams should have an increased role in allocating internal building funds (and thereby reduce the role of the building administrators in this process).
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I believe that the LSEA should play a larger role in the district wide budgeting process (i.e. deciding how much money each building receives, deciding which initiatives should be centrally funded, …)
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


Central administration has too much power over decisions that need to be made at my school.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


We have effectively aligned the curriculum in the Lansing School District to the state standards.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I have sufficient training to deliver the curriculum successfully.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I feel we must recognize the financial resources of the district and attempt to live within those limits.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


Administration is doing a good job of enforcing the board approved student code of conduct.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


Is a COLA (cost of living adjustment) a satisfactory salary increase (2.6% this year)?
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


School facilities infrastructures are poor, overall, and need repairs, updates, and general improvement.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I would be willing to give up pay or benefits so that more money could be allocated to school facilities and infrastructure.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I would be willing to deal with larger class sizes so that more money could be allocated to school facilities and infrastructure.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I believe lowering the number of years (steps) it takes to max out on the pay scale is important (it currently takes 22 years for a teacher with a Master’s to max out – many more years than comparable districts).
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I believe the formula for calculating “bonus pay” for student enrollment should be changed so all teachers, regardless of number of years of service, should receive the SAME BONUS (currently the bonus is a percentage of your base pay).
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I believe the step differentials should be changed to “front load” the contract (higher raises over the first half of a teacher’s career rather than the last half).
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I would support a legal job action if I have to face a cut in pay.
 
  1 2 3 4 5  
1  5


I would support a legal job action if standardized testing were to play a role in teacher performance assessment.
1 2 3 4 5


I would support a legal job action if we lose our SIT teams.
1 2 3 4 5


I would support a legal job action if administration gets more freedom to hire and fire as they see fit.
1 2 3 4 5


I would support a legal job action if the LSEA Board recommends one.
1 2 3 4 5


I am in support of linking an extra wage increase to not only enrollment figures, but also to student performance as measured by test scores (i.e. quarterly assessments and/or MEAP).
1 2 3 4 5


I believe we should bargain to receive district contributions to 403b accounts (tax deferred retirement savings) in partial lieu of cash salary increases to reduce taxes.
1 2 3 4 5


I don’t care about reducing my taxable income – I think any and all pay increases should go only to increasing my salary.
1 2 3 4 5


I am currently or soon plan to seek employment in another district due to working conditions, salary, benefits, other
1 2 3 4 5