Survey of EAF Coaches

Attachment B. Survey of EAF Coaches

 

Recruitment email distributed through Qualtrics

Thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey about the Texas Education Agency’s Effective Advising Framework (EAF). This survey is part of a research study conducted by the Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest to learn about the EAF pilot program. We would like to learn more about your role in the implementation of the EAF. This survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Confidentiality Policy

Your participation is voluntary. You can opt not to answer any question or stop participating in the survey at any time.

In reporting the study’s results, your answers will be completely confidential; no information that identifies you or your organization will be reported. The researchers conducting this study follow the confidentiality and data protection requirements of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, Title I, Part E, Section 183). The reports prepared for the study will summarize findings across the sample and will not associate responses with a specific district, school, institution, or individual. All information you provide will be used only for statistical purposes and may not be disclosed, or used, in identifiable form for any other purpose except as required by law (20 U.S.C. §9573 and 6 U.S.C. §151).

By completing and returning this survey, you agree to participate in the research study. If you have any comments or concerns about this study, please contact the study project director, Dr. Jayce Warner, at 210-386-5288 or [email protected]. If you have concerns or questions about your rights as a research participant, contact the American Institutes for Research’s Institutional Review Board, which is responsible for the protection of project participants, at [email protected] or toll-free at 800-634-0797.

District EAF Implementation Plans

This survey will be administered via personalized links emailed through Qualtrics. Potential respondents’ names and email addresses will be included in a contact list that will be uploaded into Qualtrics to distribute the survey. Education Service Center region numbers will also be included in the contact list so that those data can be integrated with the survey response data.

1. Please briefly describe the ways in which you support districts’ implementation plans. [open-ended] 

2. What tools, if any, do you encourage districts to use in implementing the EAF (for example, EAF Diagnostic Tool, EAF Gap Analysis Planning Tool)? Please explain how you support districts in using these tools. [open-ended]

Factors That Inhibit or Facilitate Implementation of the EAF

3. What percentage of your work time have you spent on efforts directly related to the EAF this year? [Sliding percentage input ranging from 0% to 100%] 

4. To what extent do you agree with the following statement: The time I spent on the EAF was enough to properly implement the EAF. [Likert scale with the following options: strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree]

5. What challenges have your districts faced in implementing the EAF? [open response]

6. What successes have your districts had in implementing the EAF? [open response]

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