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Accreditation Teacher Survey
This survey is being used to clarify some issues which have been discussed during accreditation meetings. They do not necessarily mean that a particular idea is being considered for implementation or change. Remember that implementation of any suggestion could take as long as five years.
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- Achievement - One approach to engage at-risk students better is by teaming teachers of two different subjects, like science and math or social studies and English. They could have up to 150 students (6 sections) in common. The two teachers would collaborate to reinforce each other's standards, vocabulary, units and eventually, maybe even develop units or activities together. Which of the following statements expresses your feelings about participating in something like this?
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- Teacher teaming can include more teachers as well. One group of 150 students could share a "team" of core teachers who collaborate together to align their curriculums. They also get a chance to "connect" as a team with a smaller group of students as mentors or just an informal support group. Which of the following statements expresses your feelings about participating in something like this?
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- Later start times are thought to support better learning in teenagers. Would you support the idea of a later start time? This means that school would also get out at a later time.
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- Some schools have created team-taught, project-based "small learning communities" to address the needs of at-risk students. These students might be taught a different curriculum than other students and they might have a very different school schedule. They might even do some of their work at home or online. Which of the following statements expresses your feelings about this?
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- We currently have 62 students who are failing at least 4 classes, many of whom have percentages so low there is no mathematical possibility of them earning credit in those classes. Which of the following should we do in situations like this? You can select more than one answer.
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- Which of the following would best address the needs of freshman at Carson High School? You may select multiple answers.
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- Do you need more training on using and understanding Common Core Standards effectively?
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- Do you need more training on using and understanding DOKs (Depth of Knowledge)?
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- Do you know how to use and do you choose to use the reading, science and math scores (MAP scores) to help the students in your class?
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- How would you rate your ability to support poor readers and writers in your classes? You may select more than one answer.
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- If you could give a reason why some of the changes we are considering through accreditation might worry you, what would it be?
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- It has been suggested that we try to increase our CTE courses and organize them (to some degree) into Career Academies (School Within a School). Teams of core teachers would work with the CTE teachers within a certain academy on curriculum, projects and activities. Academies can be things like Culinary Arts, Law and the Justice System, Green Technology, etc. Which of the following statements expresses your feelings about participating in something like this?
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- Members of business and industry and of the community would like to partner with teachers to make career-related units and applied activites. They would like to work with teams of teachers as guest speakers, mentors, curriculum designers or to facilitate work experiences. Which of the following statements expresses your feelings about participating in something like this?
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- One of the concerns with our current school and schedule is the lack of time for teachers to collaborate. Implementing team teaching, interdisciplinary projects, or Career Academies will require a large amount of collaboration time. One way to structure this needed time is by scheduling in monitored collaboration time for teachers who choose to participate in those programs. Teachers who did not have the monitored collaboration time could choose to have reduced student contacts or reduced course preps (not as many different courses to prepare for). Would that seem equitable to you?
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- We have many ideas concerning ways to improve test scores, reduce failure rates, and reduce dropout rates. We also have many ideas concerning ways to improve college and career readiness as well as communication. What are your feelings about our current 6-period A/B schedule concerning these ideas or implementations? This information may be used to guide the Action Plans a few years down the road, if necessary.
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- If we ended up having flexible schedules where some students and teachers could choose to start school at 9:30 for A3/ B4 but would stay for a 7th period until 3:30, would you be interested in teaching the late schedule? Please see the image provided.
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- If some teachers taught a period of Study Hall, Freshman Seminar, or Career Exploration/ Work Readiness, and other teachers taught an additional period of their regular courses, would that seem equitable to you? Each teacher would still end up with basically the same number of student contacts.
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- How often do you have your students do sustained reading (20 minutes) with higher level questions in your classes?
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- How often do you have your students write formal assignments of a paragraph or more (a paragraph being 7 sentences minimum) and you give feedback based upon writing structure as well as content? Please check all that apply.
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- When considering failure rates, what is the MAIN reason while students fail your classes? You may select multiple answers.
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- Approximately how many times do you "engage" your students in your curriculum? Use this definition of "engagement": having students actively think about the subject and how it might impact them, their future, or their world. Having them do group discussions, problem-solving acitivites, categorizing concepts, answering thought-provoking problems, make products, or any of those many other engaging activities.
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- How often do you do activities or have conversations with your students that are intended to link your curriculum to job skills or a career area? For instance, you give them a specific math problem with a specific work scenario or they write a memo to "employees" about a work-related issue.
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- Would it be helpful to have busines and industry volunteers collaborate with you to create more real-life, work-related activities and problems?
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- Would it be helpful to have a literacy specialist work with your department to help integrate reading comprehension and writing into your subject matter?
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- If Carson High hired a literacy specialist, what would you like to see that person do for your department?
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- Which of the following might help us increase the rigor of all our courses?
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- Which of these methods do you currently use for communicating with your parents? Check all that apply.
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- Which of these methods would you like to learn how to use in order to better communicate with your parents? Check all that apply.
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- Which of the following would you be willing to teach during that 45-minute extra period next year or possibly the year after? Some of these may not be available this year, so be thinking of possiblities for the next year as well.
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- If we can get enough students to sign up for WNC courses, what WNC courses would you like to see offered within the scope of your department? Remember, it cannot be anything that is already offered at our campus.
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- One of the areas of research discussed is using Project-Based Learning for more authentic, student-centered experiences. This is much more complicated than simply having students do projects. There is a pretty specific format for PBL. We saw it in action during the High Tech High videos we watched in January. Would you be interested in getting training on PBL?
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- Free Response: Please write any information that would help clarify a previous answer.
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- Is there any area of professional development or training you would like to see offered that may not have been suggested already?
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