Teacher Survey

Random Assignment Evaluation of Pacific CHILD
ANNUAL TEACHER SURVEY*

Dear Teacher,
Thank you for your participation in the Random Assignment Evaluation of the Pacific
CHILD Program. As part of this two-year evaluation, we request you to complete this
Annual Teacher Survey.
Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary. However, your input is an
essential part of this study, and we greatly appreciate your response. Our report aims
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*The Pacific Communities with High Performance in Literacy Development (Pacific CHILD) Program is a
professional development program administered by the Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
(PREL) with funding from the U.S. Department of Education. Berkeley Policy Associates (BPA) is the
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I. Your Professional and Demographic Background

1. Enter your school: __________________________________________

2. Which of the following degrees do you currently hold? (Check all appropriate boxes)
High school diploma
Associate’s degree
Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree
Doctorate or professional degree (Ph.D., Ed.D., M.D., J.D., D.D.S., etc.)
Other (Specify) _____________
None of the above
3. Which of the following teaching credentials or professional licenses do you hold?
(Check all appropriate boxes)
Teaching Credential
Hawai’i State (Specify type)
A state/entity other than Hawai’I (Specify state or entity)
_______________________________
Special Endorsement
Special Education
ESL/TESOL
Bilingual Education
Other (Specify type) _________________
Administrator
Substitute/Provisional License
National Board Certification
Other (please specify) __________________
None of the above
4. What is your gender?
Male
Female

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5. Which of the following best describes your racial or ethnic background? (Check all
appropriate boxes)
American Indian or Alaska Native
Specify Tribe or Nation __________________________
Black/African American
Asian
Please specify
Indian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Other (Specify) _____________
Pacific Islander or Native Hawai’ian
Carolinian
Chamorro
Chuukese
Filipino
Kapingese
Kosrean
Marshallese
Mwokliese
Native Hawai’ian
Ngatikese
Nukuoran
Palauan
Pingelapese
Pohnpeian
Polynesian (Samoan or Tongan)
Satawalese
Ulithian
Yapese
Other (Specify) ___________
Hispanic/Latino
White
Other (Specify)_____________
6. Is English your primary language (the first language you learned as a child)?
No
Yes

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7. Do you have conversational fluency in any language(s), including Pidgin or Hawai’ian
Creole English, other than English?
No
Yes
8. If you selected “Yes” in Question 6 above, please specify the language(s), including
Pidgin or Hawai'ian Creole English:

___________________________
9. If you selected “Yes” in Question 6 above, please specify your dominant language
(the language you feel you speak best or are the most comfortable using):

______________________________
10. Please tell us about your past teaching experience. Counting this year as one year,
how many years have you been teaching at any school? Include all teaching
experience except student teaching.
__________ year(s)
11. Counting this year as one year, how many years have you been teaching at your
current school? Include all teaching experience except student teaching.
__________ year(s)
12. Of all your years spent teaching, how many of those years did you spend teaching in
classes with 20% or more designated English language learners?
__________ year(s)
13. What is the approximate total number of students in your 4th or 5th grade class this
year?
_________ students
14. Of the total number of students listed above, approximately how many are designated
English Language Learners?
________ ELLs

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15. [Control Group] Please indicate to what extent you have participated in professional
development focused on the following topics during the summer 2007 and school
year 2007-2008?
[Program Group] Please indicate to what extent you have participated in professional
development focused on the following topics, in addition to Pacific CHILD, during the
summer 2007 and the school year 2007-2008?
Not at All

1-3 Days

4-6 Days

7 Days
or More

a. English language
development
standards
b. Content area
standards
c. Support for a
published
curriculum in
language arts or
other content
areas
d. Direct Instruction
(DI) training
e. Sucess for All
training
f. PRExC-ELL or
ExC-ELL® training
g. Corrective Reading
(CR) training
h. Open Court
Training
i. The Sheltered
Instruction
Observation
Protocol (SIOP
training
j. Other training on
instructional
strategies for
English language
learners
k. Differentiation of
instruction
l. Other

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16. If you selected "Other" in Question 14 above, please describe the type of professional
development you received.
______________________________________________________________

II. Instructional Practices

17. Please indicate how often you use the following instructional strategies in your
classroom.
Never/
Almost
Never

1-2 Times
per Week

1-2 Times
per Day

Several
Times a
Day

Don’t
Know/
Not
Familiar

a. Explicitly teach academic language
particular to English Language Arts
b. Use multiple techniques to make
concepts and tasks clear (e.g.,
visuals, manipulatives, realia,
modeling)
c. Make lower level materials
available for students with lower
English proficiency
d. Provide opportunities for all
students to use higher-order
thinking skills (e.g., problem solving,
predicting, organizing, evaluating,
self-monitoring)
e. Simplify input to make it more
comprehensible to English language
learners
f. Adjust expectations for students’
whose limited English proficiency
prevents them from meeting state or
district standards
g. Provide students with extra wait
time
h. Explicitly teach reading
comprehension strategies
i. Group students by English language
proficiency level
j. Group students heterogeneously

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18. How frequently do you ask students in your class(es)—including English language
learners—to engage in the following activities? (Check one box per row)
Never/Almost
Never

1-2 Times per
Month

1-2 Times per
Week

1-2 Times per
Day

a. Develop oral or
written summaries of
reading
b. Evaluate their own
work
c. Complete workbook
or textbook exercises
in class
d. Evaluate a piece of
work completed by
another student
e. Memorize vocabulary,
facts, rules or
procedures
f. Engage in
discussions about a
reading
g. Listen to lectures
and take notes
h. Work in small groups
of two or more
students
i. Recite poetry,
speeches or passages
from memory
j. Use data and text
references to support
their ideas
k. Complete tests or
quizzes

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19. To what extent is each of the following a challenge for your school?
Serious
Challenge

Moderate
Challenge

Minor
Challenge

Not a
Challenge

a. Shortage of ESL certified
teachers
b. Shortage of bilingual
teachers
c. Time for teachers to
collaborate
d. A high proportion of
English language
learners
e. Student
behavior/discipline
f. A lack of community or
parent support
g. A lack of student
motivation
h. A lack of appropriate
materials for ELLs
i. Collegiality among faculty
j. Lack of administrative
support
k. Lack of professional
development
opportunities

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20. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following
statements about student learning.
Strongly
Disagree

Disagree

Agree

Strongly
Agree

No
Opinion

a. Some students I teach are not capable of
learning the material I am supposed to
teach them
b. It is important for ELL students to
develop and maintain their primary
language
c. Teachers should incorporate the cultures
of their students into instructional
activities
d. The use of primary language in the
classroom slows down English language
learning
e. Teachers should modify the curriculum to
meet the needs of ELL students
f. ELL students thrive in mainstream
classes with native English speaking
peers
g. The use of native language at home can
impede learning a second language
h. Students may use their primary
languages in my classroom
i. Culture is part of the curriculum in my
classroom
j. I feel I have the preparation or
professional development necessary to
meet the needs of ELL students
k. The presence of ELL students in
mainstream classrooms has a negative
impact on the achievement of other
students
l. The most appropriate way to deal with an
ELL’s lack of comprehension is to use
simplified materials and simplified
language

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21. To what extent do the following factors hamper your ability to teach to the Language
Arts standards?
Not at all

Very
little

Somewhat

A Great
Deal

a. The number of English language learners
in my class
b. The ability level of my students
c. Level of parent or community support
d. My limited knowledge for working with
English language learners
e. The range of students’ needs in my class
f. Level of support from principals/
administrators
g. My limited knowledge of my content area
h. Level of support from other teachers
i. Inadequate materials and resources
j. My level of fluency in the English language
k. The requirement that instruction be carried
out in English

III. Professional Development Support (treatment group only)
22. Did you participate in the 10-day Summer Institute in the summer of 2007?
Attended all days of the training [Skip to Q23]
Attended 6-9 days of the training
Attended 1-5 days of the training
I was invited to participate, but did not attend
N/A (I joined the Pacific CHILD Program after the Summer Institute). [Skip to Q23]

23. What was the main reason that you did not participate or missed days of the
training?
Schedule conflict with my personal plans
Schedule conflict with my school/professional activities.
School/district did not compensate me for t my attendance in the training
Did not think that the summer institution would be useful for me
Other: Please explain: ___________________________________

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24. How many follow-up mini institutes have you attend so far during the 2007-08 school
year?
__________ mini-institutes
N/A (No mini-institutes is offered so far.) [Skip to Q25]

25. What are the main reasons that you did not participate or missed a mini-institutes?
Attended all mini institutes offered so far (did not miss any mini-institute that was
offered).
Schedule conflict with my personal plan
Schedule conflict with my school/professional activities.
School/district did not compensate me for my attendance in the training
Did not think that the mini-institute would be useful for me
Other: Please explain: ___________________________________

26. How do you describe your participation in the weekly Structured Learning Team
meeting with other teachers?
Attended 3-4 times a month. [Skip to Q27]
Attended 2-3 times a month.
Attended 1-2 times a month.
Attended 1-2 times per semester.
Attended 1 time or not at all.
27. What are the main reasons that you did not regularly attend weekly Structured
Learning Team meeting.
Schedule conflict with my personal plan
Schedule conflict with my school/professional activities.
School/district did not compensate me for my attendance in the meeting
Did not think that the Structured Learning Team would be useful for me
Other: Please explain: ___________________________________

28. How do you describe your participation in the bi-weekly coaching session with the
PREL Pacific CHILD training staff?

Met with PREL staff about twice a month. [Skip to Q29]
Met with PREL staff about once a month.
Met with PREL staff less frequently than once a month.
Did not meet with PREL staff at all.

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29. What are the main reasons that you did not meet regularly with the bi-weekly
coaching session with the PREL staff?
Schedule conflict with my personal plan
Schedule conflict with my school/professional activities.
School/district did not compensate me for t my attendance in the meeting
Did not think that the meeting with PREL staff would be useful for me
Coaching session was not regularly scheduled at my school.
Did not think that the meeting with PREL staff would be useful for me
Other: Please explain: ___________________________________

30. How would you best describe the availability of your PREL training staff?
My PREL staff was frequently present at my school and tried to meet with me often.
My PREL staff was sometimes present at my school and tried to meet with me
sometimes.
My PREL staff was rarely present at my school and tried to meet with me occasionally.
My PREL staff was never present at my school and did not try to meet with me at all.
Other: Please explain:__________________________________

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31. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following
statements:
Strongly
Disagree

Disagree

Agree

Strongly
Agree

No
Opinion

a. PREL staff encouraged me to
collaborate with other teachers and
work on instructional plans together
b. PREL staff emphasized the Pacific
CHILD components that were
learned during the institutes
c. PREL staff helped me improve my
instructional plans
d. After each Structured Learning
Team meeting, I was asked to
reflect on and evaluate the session
e. PREL staff helped me to
understand the purpose behind
instructional practices
f. PREL staff was available to me
outside of the Structured Learning
Team meeting time
g. Structured Learning Team
meetings were well thought out
and organized
h. PREL staff was knowledgeable
with respect to the Pacific CHILD
components
i. PREL staff was knowledgeable with
respect to implementing a variety of
instructional practices
j. PREL staff was knowledgeable with
respect to implementing
differentiated instruction
k. I feel I will be able to continue
using Pacific CHILD components
after the study has ended
l. The support of my PREL staff was
valuable to my professional
development

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32. Please indicate the extent to which you feel the following Pacific CHILD activities
were useful:
Not Useful
at All

Not Very
Useful

Somewhat
Useful

Very
Useful

a. Gathering information about my
teaching context
b. Identifying learning goals for my
target lessons
c. Identifying activities that will support
the learning goals
d. Discussing grade – appropriate
academic content
e. Discussing language learning issues
f. Pre-conference conversation before
the observation
g. Discussing how my lesson supports
all students’ achievement
h. Having my lessons observed by the
PREL staff
i. Receiving feedback on my teaching
from my PREL staff after the
observation
j. PREL staff’s demonstrations of
instructional practices
k. The questions my PREL staff asked
to help me reflect on specific aspects
of my teaching
l. Revising/identifying the instructional
goals for my future lessons

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33. Please indicate the extent to which participating in Pacific CHILD affected the
following:
Not Effective
at All

Not Very
Effective

Somewhat
Effective

Very Effective

a. Your knowledge
regarding the needs of
English language
learners
b. Your confidence in
implementing the Pacific
CHILD components in
the classroom
c. Your awareness of the
cultures of English
language learners
d. Your knowledge
regarding reading
comprehension
strategies
e. Your ability to
differentiate instruction
f. Your use of vocabulary
development techniques
with students
g. Your use of flexible
grouping strategies

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