Teacher Survey
Name: 


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. How has your common planning period TYPICALLY been used this year? (check all that apply)*
    content area meeting led by a teacher
    content area meeting led by an administrator
    grading and assessment done as a team
    grading and assessment done individually
    professional development led by a school staff member
    professional development led by a staff developer
    administrative tasks/duties (e.g. paperwork, test info, routines/procedures, discipline, attendance)
    no meeting - individual prep separately


  1. Where is student work displayed at your school?*
    hallways
    on walls (in classrooms)
    in binders (in classrooms)
    sent home to parents
    nowhere


  1. How closely do the pace, content, grading methods and academic success of your writing classes match those of your co-teacher and/or other ELA teachers?*
    very similar
    somewhat similar
    different
    not sure (don't know the pace, content, etc. of other ELA teachers)


  1. As an ELA team, we analyze student work together . *


  1. Do you show exemplars at the beginning of a writing unit?*
    yes
    no, but I show them later
    no, I don't believe in using exemplars
    no, I don't use them because I'm a new teacher and don't have any
    no, I don't use them because I choose not to save them
    no, because I am not familiar with exemplars


  1. I use to score finished writing work.
    *


  1. How often do administrators assess student work or assist you in assessing student work?*
    daily
    weekly
    monthly
    rarely
    never


  1. When my co-teachers/ELA team and I are grading writing work and projects, . *


  1. I provide my student with a rubric at the of a writing unit. *


  1. What are you assessing when you grade writing (check all that apply)?*
    grammar
    spelling
    content/ideas
    role/voice
    word choice/vocabulary
    audience
    length of piece
    organization
    other





Miss Jennifer Whitney
Reading Specialist
Ross Global Academy
New York, NY