F2N2+Survey



It's 9:51 and I'm going in...to finish this survey...okay, maybe not finish, but make some progress.

1:30 Holly's given us some good input. After talking to her, here is a suggested structure for the survey. 1. Intro (same as we talked about) 2. Demographic questions (same as we...) 3. Personal response questions (2-3) These would be questions kind of easy for a parent to answer because they'd speak to their personal experience with their child(re) and their school(s). They would convey from the start that we're interested in their opinion/experience [rather than our driving our agenda--know what I mean?]. Question A: about relationships... Which statement best describes the relationship between your child and their teacher/school: A. Teacher/school recognizes my child's needs/interests/strengths/weaknesses and makes regular attempts to ensure that they learn/are successful.. B. C. D. Question B: about...I don't know...prosocial skills or development of interpersonal skills, for example… A B C D 4. Close-ended questions (change from our idea to start with open-ended) Multiple choice; forced ranking…

5. Open-ended questions (her thinking is that...if your average busy parent is right away asked open-ended question it might be hard for them to think of what to say. But the close-ended questions will get people focused on topic, get ideas flowing, help them think about what's important to them.)

Here is a incomplete and random list of possible topics for individual or groups of questions. 1. Subjects matter/classes parents would like to see · Career development class/unit · A greater emphasis on helping my child see the connection between different subjects (i.e.math to science) 2. Homework 3. Structure of the school day · Block scheduling · Coring (does this fit here?) 4. Technology skills parents would like kids to graduate with 5. 21C Skills/Global Achievement Gap skills/Necessary workforce skills (see below for an idea of how to fit this into the survey) 6. Jobs of the future (Maybe something like, These are the top ____ jobs of the future according to ___. Which of these are you/your child most interested in pursuing? Possible way to combine 5 and 6:  These are the jobs of the future…  These are the skills (according to research)  Question: Please comment on which of these skills your child is currently learning/developing.  OR  Please comment on or rank which of these skills you want your child to learn more about.  OR  Please comment on which of these skills your child is not currently learning