Welcome to the Support for Personalized Learning Parent Survey
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WVDE-CIS-108 Welcome to the Support for Personalized Learning Parent Survey Thank you for taking part in this survey. We are asking you to complete this survey because you attended a parent event at your child’s school. You may have been at one or both of the following parent events: Support for Personalized Learning (SPL) Overview, "Parents as Partners in Education" or "Engaging Families in Early Literacy Experiences”. In this survey, you will be asked what you thought about the event(s), including how much you knew about the topics covered, both before you attended and afterwards. By filling out this survey, you are agreeing to be part of a research study, which will look at how useful the events were for parents. We will use what we learn from the survey to help plan parent events in the future. Your only role in this study is to fill out this survey, which should take about 15 minutes of your time. The survey has a series of questions and asks you to check off your answer. Some questions invite you to write a sentence or two, if you like, to add something to your multiple-choice answer. There is no payment or reward for taking part in this research study, but you or other parents of WV school children may benefit, as future events are adjusted to address your priorities. Your answers to the questions in this survey will be kept completely private and you will never be identified in any way. Your answers will be combined with other parents’ answers when we report the results. Taking part in this survey puts you at no more risk than what might occur during any normal day. You are not required to answer the survey and you may stop at any time. You will suffer no penalties or other losses if you refuse to take part in this research study. If you have questions about the parent events, please contact the Office of Special Programs at the West Virginia Department of Education (304-558-2696). If you have questions about this survey, please contact Amber Stohr at the West Virginia Department of Education, Office of Research (call 304-558-2546 or e-mail astohr@access.k12.wv.us). This research study has been reviewed and approved by the West Virginia Department of Education, Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB approval number for this project is IRB-CIS-007. If you seek additional details about this study’s approval status, you may contact the IRB chairperson, Nathaniel Hixson (call 304-558-2546 or e-mail nhixson@access.k12.wv.us). You may take this top sheet with you if you would like to follow up. Thank you for taking part in this important study. 1 WVDE-CIS-108 Background Information Questions Answers In which county did you attend this parent event? Please tell us the county in which your child goes—or will go—to school. What is the name of the school your child attends or will attend? Is your child under the age of 5? ⃝ Yes ⃝ No Your Thoughts About the Parent Event(s) Overall Please mark how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about the parent event(s) you attended. Strongly disagree Disagree No opinion Agree Strongly agree High quality ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ About things that matter to me ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Well organized ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Specific about how children learn ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Practical, with time to try out new skills and ideas ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Well focused, with clear goals ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ On schedule, beginning and ending on time ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Overall, the event(s) was — Which of the two parent events did you attend? Check one. (Note: They may have taken place on different days or both on the same day.) ⃝ Both [Please complete both Sections A and B] ⃝ SPL Overview, Parents as Partners in Education [Please complete Section A only] ⃝ Engaging Families in Early Literacy Experiences [Please skip to Section B] SECTION A BEFORE you attended SPL Overview, “Parents as Partners in Education,” how familiar were you with each of these Support for Personalized Learning (SPL) topics? Not at all familiar Slightly familiar Somewhat familiar Quite familiar Extremely familiar What SPL is ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How SPL can improve your child’s education ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Which students are affected by SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ SPL’s six components ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Please continue on next page. 2 WVDE-CIS-108 SECTION A BEFORE you attended SPL Overview, “Parents as Partners in Education,” how familiar were you with each of these Support for Personalized Learning (SPL) topics? Not at all familiar Slightly familiar Somewhat familiar Quite familiar Extremely familiar The role of family and community partnerships in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The role of leadership in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The role of teams & problem solving in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The purposes of assessment in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ SPL’s focus at each level of instruction ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The role of school climate and culture in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How you, as a parent, can participate in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ AFTER you attended SPL Overview, “Parents as Partners in Education,” how familiar were you with each of these SPL topics? Not at all familiar Slightly familiar Somewhat familiar Quite familiar Extremely familiar What SPL is ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How SPL can improve your child’s education ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Which students are affected by SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ SPL’s six components ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The role of family and community partnerships in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The role of leadership in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The role of teams & problem solving in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The purposes of assessment in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ SPL’s focus at each level of instruction ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The role of school climate and culture in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How you, as a parent, can participate in SPL ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ What else would you like us to know about the SPL Overview, "Parents as Partners in Education" event? 3 WVDE-CIS-108 SECTION B BEFORE you attended “Engaging Families in Early Literacy Experiences,” how familiar were you with each of these Support for Personalized Learning (SPL) topics? Not at all familiar Slightly familiar Somewhat familiar Quite familiar Extremely familiar What early literacy is ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How children learn early literacy skills ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The types of early literacy skills ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How to help your child gain oral language skills ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How to help your child learn to use sounds in words ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How to improve your child's interest in letters of the alphabet, words, and other features of print ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How to help your child learn to write ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ AFTER you attended “Engaging Families in Early Literacy Experiences,” how familiar were you with each of these Support for Personalized Learning (SPL) topics? What early literacy is ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How children learn early literacy skills ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ The types of early literacy skills ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How to help your child gain oral language skills ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How to help your child learn to use sounds in words ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How to improve your child's interest in letters of the alphabet, words, and other features of print ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How to help your child learn to write ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ During the event, several examples of early literacy activities and strategies were shared. Extremely unlikely Unlikely Not sure Likely Extremely likely How likely are you to use these activities? ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ How likely are you to share them with other parents? ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ What else would you like us to know about the "Engaging Families in Early Literacy Experiences" event? Thank you for completing this survey! 4
