2011-2012 District Professional Development Survey

Each year, the District Professional Development Committee surveys the district staff in order to:
1. analyze how professional development money was used or not used AND 2. to help the District Professional Development Committee plan activities for next year.

Questions 1-9 address objective #1, which questions 10-15 address objective #2. Please remember that this is simply a survey and there are no right or wrong answers.
Name: 


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. Please indicate your building assignment.  *


  1. Did you use any professional development funds this school year?*
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you feel professional development policies and procedures are clearly defined and easy to manage?
    *
    Yes
    No


  1. Do you feel that professional development activities are important and that days need to be built into the district calendar to provide professional development activities to the district staff? *
    Yes
    No


  1. There is:
    just the right amount of professional development time built into the calendar.
    NOT enough professional development time built into the calendar.
    too much professional development time built into the calendar.


  1. Did you attend any RCET workshops or trainings this school year?*
    Yes- proceed to question #7
    No- proceed to question #


  1. If you answered yes to question #6, how many RCET workshops did you attend?


  1. Did you attend any workshops, conferences, or trainings provided by Southwest RPDC this school year?*
    Yes- proceed to question #9
    No- proceed to question #10


  1. If you answered yes to question #8, how many workshops, conferences, or trainings provided by Southwest RPDC did you attend?


  1. In regard to collaboration time, please indicate your preferred activity.
    I prefer subject area/grade level collaboration time.
    I prefer vertical teaming collaboration time.
    I prefer both subject area/grade level AND vertical teaming collaboration time.


  1. Rate the importance of the following professional development topics:*

            1 2 3 4      
      Anti-Bullying Training/Social Injustice Training Not Important Very Important  
      Brain Based Learning Not Important Very Important  
      Common Assessments Not Important Very Important  
      Common Core Not Important Very Important  
      Comprehensive Literacy/MRI Not Important Very Important  
      Curriculum Development Not Important Very Important  
      DOK (Depth of Knowledge) Not Important Very Important  
      Intentional Non-Learners/Unmotivated Students Not Important Very Important  
      Positive Behavioral Support (PBS) Not Important Very Important  
      Response to Intervention (RTI) Not Important Very Important  
      Special Education Training Not Important Very Important  
      Subject Area Conference Not Important Very Important  
      Technology Training Not Important Very Important  


  1. Are there other topics not listed in question #11 that you feel are of great importance?


  1. Rate your level of comfort and understanding to the following:*

            1 2 3 4      
      Adjusting my instruction to different learning styles. Low High  
      Aligning my classroom assessments to performance standards. Low High  
      Using authentic assessment strategies. Low High  
      Integrating "reading/writing across the disciplines." Low High  
      Using projects as learning activities/assignments/assessments. Low High  
      Designing constructed response assessments. Low High  
      Teaching for higher order thinking skills. Low High  
      Grading for mastery rather than grading based on assignments/behavior/following directions/etc. Low High  
      Integrating numeracy in classroom activities/assessments. Low High  


  1. Of all of the professional development activities you attended this year, both in-district and out-of-of district, what was most beneficial to you and why?*


  1. What type of PD would you like to see during the 2012-2013 school year?*





Amanda Badgett