Follow-up Survey of Graduates in Reading
Fall 2011 – Spring 2012
Rate how well you were prepared in the following areas.
Rate each item on a 3-point scale with 3 = Very Prepared, 2 = Prepared, 1 – Not Well Prepared
Item
Average
N = 10
2.70
1. I teach reading as a process.
2.70
2. I can identify the nature and multiple causes of reading and writing difficulties
3.00
3. I understanding the importance of literacy for personal and social growth
4. I recognize that literacy can be a means for transmitting moral and cultural
values
5. I recognize that reading is the process of constructing meaning through the
interaction of the reader’s existing knowledge, the information suggested by the
written language, and the context of the reading situation
2.70
3.00
2.10
6. I know the major theories of language development, cognition, and learning
7. I recognize the impact of physical, perceptual, emotional, social, cultural,
environmental, and intellectual factors on learning, language development, and
reading acquisition
2.70
2.89
8. I demonstrate an understanding that written language is a symbolic system
9. I know relevant reading research from general education and how it has
influenced literacy education
2.60
10. I teach classic and contemporary children’s and young adults’ literature, and
easy-reading fiction and nonfiction for adults, at appropriate levels
2.80
11. I recognize the importance of giving learners opportunities in all aspects of
literacy (e.g., as readers, writers, thinkers, reactors, or responders)
2.70
2.60
12. I align goals, instruction, and assessment
2.90
13. I am aware of the interrelation of language and literacy acquisition
2.60
14. I demonstrate an understanding of principles of new language acquisition
15. I demonstrate an understanding of phonemic, morphemic, semantic, syntactic,
and pragmatic systems of language and their relation to the reading and writing
process
2.40
3.00
16. I recognize the interrelation of reading and writing, and listening and speaking
17. I provide opportunities for students to integrate their use of literacy through
reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and representing visually
2.90
18. I demonstrate an understanding of emergent literacy and the experiences that
support it
2.70
19. I demonstrate an understanding of the role of meta-cognition in reading and
writing, and listening and speaking
20. I demonstrate an understanding of how contextual factors in the school can
influence student learning and reading (e.g., grouping procedures, school
programs, and assessment)
2.80
2.60
2.80
21. I understand the principles for diagnosing reading difficulties
22. I can create individualized and group instructional interventions targeted toward
those students in greatest need or at low proficiency levels
23. I show that spelling is developmental and is based on student knowledge of the
phonological system and of the letter names, their judgments of phonetic
similarities and differences, and their ability to abstract phonetic information
from letter names
2.70
2.60
24. I can identify federal, state, and local programs designed to help students with
reading and writing problems
2.30
25. I can create a literate environment that fosters interest and growth in all aspects
of literacy
3.00
2.90
26. I integrate language arts in all content areas
2.60
27. I use instructional and information technologies to support literacy learning
2.60
28. I include parents as partners in the literacy development of their children
29. I teach students to monitor their own word identification through the use of
syntax, semantic, and graphophonemic relations
2.50
30. I use phonics to teach students to use their knowledge of letter/sound
correspondence to identify sounds in the construction of meaning
2.50
31. I provide direct instruction and model when and how to use multiple
comprehension strategies, including retelling
2.70
32. I ensure that students can use various aspects of text to gain comprehension,
including conventions of written English, text structure and genres, figurative
language, and inter-textual links
2.90
33. I teach students to vary reading rate according to the purpose(s) and difficulty of
the material
2.90
34. I teach students to draft, revise, and edit their writing and the conventions of
standard written English needed to edit their compositions
2.60
35. I develop and conduct assessments that involve multiple indicators of learner
progress
2.70
36. I administer and use information from norm-referenced tests, criterionreferenced tests, formal and informal inventories, constructed response
measures, portfolio-based assessments, student self-evaluations,
work/performance samples, observations, anecdotal records, journals, and other
indicators of student progress to inform instruction and learning
37. I communicate with students about their strengths, areas for improvement, and
ways to achieve improvement
2.80
2.90
38. I involve parents in cooperative efforts and programs to support students’
reading and writing development and communicate with allied professionals and
paraprofessionals in assessing student achievement and planning instruction
2.70
39. I supervise, coordinate, and support all services associated with literacy
programs (e.g., needs assessment, program development, budgeting and
evaluation, and grant and proposal writing)
2.60
40. I help develop individual educational plans for students with severe learning
problems related to literacy
41. I initiate, implement, and evaluate professional development programs and
provide professional development experiences that help emphasize the dynamic
interaction among prior knowledge, experience, and the school context as well
as among other aspects of reading development
2.70
2.40
42. I conduct research with a range of methodologies (e.g., ethnographic,
descriptive, experimental, or historical) promote and facilitate teacher- and
classroom-based research
2.20
43. I provide professional development and training for paraprofessionals observe
and evaluate paraprofessionals interacting with children and provide feedback to
them on their performance
2.50
2.90
44. I reflect on one’s practice to improve instruction and other services to students
45. I participate in local, state, national, and international professional organizations
whose mission is the improvement of literacy
2.50
46. I promote collegiality with other literacy professionals through regular
conversations, discussions, and consultations about learners, literacy theory, and
assessment and instruction
2.80
Overall, how would rate your satisfaction with your preparation in the Reading program?
2.60