Partnerships Character Education Program Stakeholder Sur

PARTNERSHIPS CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM STAKEHOLDER SURVEY

Purpose: The Partnerships in Character Education Program Stakeholder survey will help to provide guidance in the development of expected program outcomes and will help to improve on the quality of activities, services, and products in meeting the needs of the project participants.

Instructions: Please select the area that best represents your involvement in the Partnerships in Character Education project and provide your responses to the designated section of the survey.

PART I. Please check your position/role in the PCEP project and continue to the appropriate section of this questionnaire.
	Administrator—complete Sections 1& 5		Teacher—complete Sections 2 & 5		Parent—complete Section 3		Community Representative— complete Section 4

SECTION 1. ADMINISTRATOR ITEMS	To what degree is each item a challenge to effective delivery of character education?
Federal, State, District and Local Support	Not at all	Some	High	Don’t Know
Sufficient funding for character education programs
Leadership/support for character education at the Federal level
Leadership/support for character education at the State level
Providing adequate resources to support character education
Maintaining support of school staff
Maintaining support of parents
Maintaining support of the community
Sustaining the project from year to year
School Issues	Not at all	Some	High	Don’t Know
Gaining unified staff support of CE principles
Gaining unified staff support of modeling of CE principles
Identifying and/or establishing a CE curriculum
Integrating CE into the general curriculum
Ensuring CE program meets all students’ needs (disadvantaged, disabled, diverse populations)
Relating CE efforts to academic outcomes
Relating CE efforts to student behavioral outcomes
Having sufficient time for ongoing staff development
Administrators, Continue to Section 5 below.

SECTION 2. TEACHER ITEMS	To what degree is each item a challenge to effective delivery of CE?
Implementing a Character Education (CE) Program	Not at all	Somewhat	Major extent	Don’t Know
Developing a CE program
Implementing an established CE program
Integrating CE into the general curriculum
Relating CE efforts to academic outcomes
Ensuring CE program meets disadvantaged students’ needs
Ensuring CE program meets the needs of students with disabilities
Ensuring CE program meets the needs of students from different racial/ethnic backgrounds
Evaluating the CE program
School Issues	Not at all	Somewhat	Major extent	Don’t Know
Gaining support for CE principles from other teachers and staff
Gaining support for CE program from administrator(s)
Maintaining support for CE from parents and students
Maintaining support for CE from the community
Teachers, Continue to Section 5 below.
SECTION 3. PARENT ITEMS	To what degree is each item a challenge to effective delivery of CE?
Implementing a Character Education (CE) Program	Not at all	Somewhat	Major extent	Don’t Know
Seeing evidence of CE principles in actions of teachers
Seeing evidence of CE principles in other students
Getting support for a CE program from school administrators
Getting support for a CE program from teachers
Getting information about the CE program from school staff
OTHER COMMENTS:

SECTION 4. COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE ITEMS	To what degree is each item a challenge to effective delivery of CE?
Professional Development	Not at all	Somewhat	Major extent	Don’t Know
Seeing evidence of CE principles in students
Seeing evidence of CE principles in school staff
Getting information about the CE program from school staff
Finding staff receptive to community input regarding CE
OTHER COMMENTS:

SECTION 5. ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS

Large

Some

Not at all

Don’t Know

To what extent is your CE project coordinated with local/state student performance standards?

To what extent are CE efforts coordinated with school improvement/reform/climate efforts (including formalized plans)?

In what grade level(s) do you have a CE program? Check all that apply.

1-3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Into which subject area(s) is CE most frequently integrated? Check all that apply.

Language Arts/English

Social Studies

Science

Math

Psychology

Physical Education

Art

Music

After School Activities

In what ways do students help in the design, implementation, or evaluation of the CE program?

In what ways do parents help in the design, implementation, or evaluation of the CE program?

In what ways do community members help in the design, implementation, or evaluation of the CE program?

In types of service learning and/or civic engagement activities related to the CE program exist in your school?

OTHER COMMENTS:

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