Leadership Survey 022709

Please reflect on out first three weeks together and answer these questions honestly. The survey questions are designed to not only provide me with important information from a variety of student/leader perspectives, but also illuminate you with information I feel is important. Your feedback may lead to changes in how we progress through this semester.

Be sure to include your Last Name and First Name
Name: 


  1. Why did you join Leadership? Think back to the first time you considered becoming part of our school leadership team. Share with me what your desire was.


  1. Describe TWO passions you have for activities for the remainder of the year at our school. These activities could be something we have already done or tried to do (Puma Pass events), or something you would like to have us consider. Specifically highlight your ideal project for the remainder of this year.


  1. Updated NETWORKING question. What occupations do your parents/guardians have (what do they do)? List their jobs and also their job titles. What can I do with this info? NETWORKING!! Think about opportunities for our school, students, classrooms, etc. if we have parents/guardians that have specific job functions or talents that would improve our learning environment.


  1. Do you need a Syllabus, Constitution, and other important Leadership handouts? Hint - you should all be answering yes on this question and then someone should take the lead next week and begin to compile these documents electronically.
    Yes
    No


  1. Have you been to class before 7:00 AM EVERY day this semester?
    Yes
    No


  1. Have you been prepared for LEADERSHIP at the beginning of each period, or have there been slight distractions? (you were tuning out our President, myself, thinking about non-Leadership stuff like homework, socializing, etc.)
    Yes
    No


  1. From what you have learned about my teaching/advising style in the LEADERSHIP CLASS, how would you rank my expectations for Leadership students? 


  1. Based on Question 7, where do you feel your performance is TODAY?
    I have HIGH expecations for myself and constantly strive for consistency and gradual improvement in ALL areas
    My self-expectations are high but I allow some leeway as I am a struggling student-leaders
    I accept much deviation from the Advisors direction, and need counsel to guide me
    I tolerate my own not-performance and remain ambivalent towards my progress
    I have LOW expecations myself and would like to be left alone to do as I please


  1. To date, I have participated TO A LARGE EXTENT, in the following activities: SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
    Was one of the TOP THREE students who led the Valentine's Day effort
    accepted a new role of Commissioner for a Spring Event
    participated in the construction of the Valentine's Arch
    participated in the construction of the Valentine's stage
    designed, made, hung-taped-stapled-tacked-glued-cut out any signage
    designed via technology any communication for an event (puma pass, rally, athletics, dance, fashion show, etc.)
    classroom organization - supplies, storage room, paper, tape, Haywood's non-Leadership stuff
    arranged Valentine's day flowers
    lunch ticket distribution to Advisories
    sold warm cocoa the morning of Valentine's event
    promoting our school to non-Leadership students in ADVISORY
    promoting our school to non-Leadership students in general
    thinking about Leadership activities outside of Leadership classtime (during regular school, at home, on the weekends, out on a date, etc.)
    stressing about Leadership activities outside of Leadership classtime (during regular school, at home, on the weekends, out on a date, etc.)
    FREAKING-OUT about Leadership activities outside of Leadership classtime (during regular school, at home, on the weekends, out on a date, etc.)
    talking with other teachers about my role as a Leadership student
    talking with our Administrators about my role as a Leadership student
    talking with my parent/guardian about my role as a Leadership student
    wondering in front of myself or other Leadership students about how to make our school better, if only by small increments
    wondering in front of myself or other Leadership students about how to make our time in LEADERSHIP PERIOD better, if only by small increments
    campus beautification (removed old posters/signage, blue tape, other club's posters, old-moldy-t-shirts, shoes, etc)
    planned an upcoming event with to-do list to show Mr. H on Monday
    planned an upcoming event without a to-do list to show Mr. H on Monday
    promoting the upcoming Puma Pass Sales and Party
    performed the wedding unions on Valentine's day
    operated the cash-control box for any event in February
    any situation or task requested by Mr. Haywood on behalf of an Administrator
    any situation or task requested by Mr. Haywood
    volunteered for Monday night's (3/2) Welcome New Parents event in the MPR
    prepared the table for Puma Pass sales during Nutrition and Lunch on Friday 2/27
    Looking forward to setting up the table, chairs, and cash box with passes for Puma Pass sales during Nutrition and Lunch week of March 2
    Looking forward to setting up the table, chairs, and cash box with passes for Puma Pass sales during Nutrition and Lunch week of March 9
    Looking forward to setting up the table, chairs, and cash box with passes for Puma Pass sales during Nutrition and Lunch week of March 16
    Looking forward to setting up the table, chairs, and cash box with passes for Puma Pass sales prior to Thursday evening's Academy Awards between 5:30 and 6:00pm
    Media commercial for Puma Pass Sales
    Communication to fellow students for Puma Pass Sales
    already set aside or asked Parent/Guardian for purchas of Puma Pass
    organized any storage in school or in parking garage
    some distracting behavior while our President/Mr. Haywood have been addressing the class


  1. Alright, so it's already 10:00am on Saturday and I am not quite finished on this survey. Based on the previous multiple select question, what have you been contributing to in our class that I missed?


  1. Evaluate Mr. Haywood on the following:

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Attention to the details Excellent  Poor  
      Willingness to challenge what "they" say Leadership "can't" do Excellent  Poor  
      Ability to explain clearly Excellent  Poor  
      Genuine concern for students' learning Excellent  Poor  
      Willingness to answer questions Excellent  Poor  
      Accessibility outside of class Excellent  Poor  
      Tolerance of non-performing Leadership students Excellent  Poor  
      Sensitivity to students with "issues" outside of Leadership Excellent  Poor  
      Organization and follow-through Excellent  Poor  
      Ability to offer suggestions for improvement/efficiency gains Excellent  Poor  
      Creativity in communications Excellent  Poor  
      Creativity in fund raising idea generation Excellent  Poor  
      Outside-the-box thinking/reflecting Excellent  Poor  
      Honoring NAHS LCPs Excellent  Poor  
      Attention to NAHS ESLRs Excellent  Poor  


  1. Identify three Leadership students who have made a contribution to the class that Mr. Haywood is PROBABLY not aware of. Be specific in describing what the students' contribution has been. DO NOT INFORM MR. HAYWOOD ON SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUS, INFORM MR. HAYWOOD ON WHAT YOU HAVE PERSONALLY OBSERVED THAT I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT.


  1. Inform Mr. Haywood on any issue you feel is important for him to be aware of. These responses will be kept in confidence.


  1. If you went to yourhomework.com before 10:00 am on Saturday morning there was important information I inserted into the assignment. What was that important information?


  1. What remaining Leadership event do you "Own"? This means that YOU are the primary person responsible for Chairing the event. YOU are the Commissioner of the event. i.e. Veronica OWNS the Puma Pass Party, Syvlia OWNS the St. Patrick's Day Grams, and Karyll OWNS the Sock Hop Spring Dance.


  1. Who OWNS the Puma Pass Sales, Promotions, and record-keeping?


  1. Indicate SPECIFICALLY what you have contributed to the Puma Pass promotion during the past week. If you applied a sign somewhere at NAHS, where can I find your poster Monday morning?


  1. Estimate the number of Puma Pass Promotion Posters I will be find still applied early Monday morning on 3/2, then - estimate the number I will find on the floor because we have not effectively communicated poster application strategies that will secure a poster, regardless of its size, to a single location for more than 6 hours.


  1. Indicate your understanding of the proper way to apply a poster to our painted surfaces with 2" blue tape.


  1. Recall what the Leadership classroom looked like at 7:54 Friday morning, 2/27 and reflect if you feel the room would pass a Fire Safety Inspection AND give the impression to Economics students that the teacher was organized and prepared to teach an important lesson.


  1. Understanding there is a MAJOR Fire Safety Inspection schoolwide on Tuesday, March 3, what are you prepared to do first thing Monday morning to assure the Leadership Class recieves a high rating for compliance with LAUSD Fire Safety protocol in Room 427, Third Floor storage room, underground garage, MPR, Room 70B, Stage Storage in Fire Access Room under Boys Locker Room, etc.


  1. I keep learning that Leadership has props, materials, inventory, supplies, accessories, and other "stuff" that I wasn't previously aware of. These would include the following I learned about this week: 2 packages of checkered "Sock Hop" plastic covering 5' x 40', a box of Marti Gras beads, a box of 36" glass vases.

    What "stuff" do you have first-hand knowledge of hidden (or hiding in plain sight) that I may not be aware of. Use this forum to create a master list.


  1. Alright, final response. So now you can see there are a number of "areas of concern" I have on a go-forward basis with our class. Too many students are arriving late, not enough of the class appears to be on-task at least 85% of the time, we are not utilizing our resources to their best advantage (wasting blue tape), and we have a number of activities planned for the next four weeks, if not the remainder of the semester.

    Indicate five (5) students that you feel, based on your impression of what makes an "ideal" Leadership student, who are not making their BEST efforts in our class. Be specific with the students name and what you have personally observed that you want to make me aware of. The purpose of this question is two-fold: 1) inform the teacher because I simply cannot be in all areas at one time - if I am in the garage and one or more students are outside room 427 sitting on the floor doing what appears to be nothing I cannot see that, if there is a student in our classroom working on a non-Leadership activity I cannot tell that from how I utilize my Advisor time with the multitude of students who need information (Mr. Haywood, Mr. Haywood, Mr. Haywood, etc) and #2) as Leaders you will be faced with the unpleasand task in your futures of "trimming the rose bush so the beautiful blossoms will emerge in the Spring", this sometimes means you have to remove a friend because they're simply not showing the dedication and comittment you are.

    Your responses will be culled (look it up in the dictionary) and discussed with the Executive Committee later in the week.





Mr. Haywood
Leadership Advisor, Government/Economics, and Economics in Society
Northridge Academy High School
Northridge, CA