1 AmeriCorps Exit Survey

Member Exit Survey

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement - This information collection meets the requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507, as amended by section 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. You do not need to answer these questions unless we display a valid Office of Management and Budget control number. The OMB control number for this information collection is 3045-0094, expiring xx-xx-2024. We estimate that it will take about 15 minutes to read the instructions, gather the facts, and answer the questions. You may send comments about our time estimate above to: [email protected]. Send only comments relating to our time estimate to this address, not the completed form.

Produced and published at US taxpayer expense.

Suggested Citation: AmeriCorps (2024). AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey. Washington, DC: AmeriCorps.

Thank you for your commitment to service. As part of this commitment, we are asking you to answer a few brief questions so that we can better understand your AmeriCorps service experience. This is an opportunity for your voice to be heard. Your responses to this survey will remain private to the extent permitted by law. No persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such a collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 3045-0094. This survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

An asterisk (*) denotes a required question.

Motivations for Joining

1. People join AmeriCorps for a variety of reasons. How much do you agree that each of the following reasons motivated you to join?

Pathway: None

Domain: Motivation to Join

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
*a. To gain general skills or competencies that would be useful in school or work.					
*b. To have a chance to work with people who share your ideals.					
*c. To fulfill your duty as a citizen.					
*d. To receive an education award.					
*e. To gain direct experience in a specific career and future profession.					
*f. To help in solving a community need or challenge .					
*g. To make friends and meet people.					
*h. To do something while also enrolled in school.					
*i. To do something during a break in school or work.					
*j. Other (specify). Please explain.					

300 character limit

Service Experience

*2. What were the main focus areas of your AmeriCorps service experience? Please check all that apply.

Pathway: None

Domain: Describing Experience

□ Disaster Services

□ Environmental Stewardship

□ Economic Opportunity

□ Healthy Futures

□ Education

□ Veterans and Military Families

□ Not Sure/Does Not Apply

3. The next two questions ask you about the training and resources you received during your service experience. The first question asks about the training and resources you received from AmeriCorps, while the second question asks about additional training and resources you may have received from your specific program site(s) or project sponsor(s).

Pathway: None

Domain: Training

*a. Overall, how well did the training and resources you received from AmeriCorps prepare you and support you in having a successful service experience? Training might include orientation (PSO, Orientation, or CTI), online tutorials and resources, NCCC transition/mid­year/Life After AmeriCorps training, webinars, blended courses, and social media forums presented by AmeriCorps (including AmeriCorps NCCC, FEMA Corps, and AmeriCorps VISTA.

 Excellent

 Good

 Fair

 Poor

 I did not receive any

b. Please explain.

Enter explanation here.

300 character limit

*c. Overall, how well did the coaching, on the job training, supervision, and professional support you received from your program/project sponsor prepare and support you in having a successful service experience? This might include an orientation to the organization and the community, supervision and training from your sponsor, one on one meetings and team meetings, and general guidance throughout the year.

 Excellent

 Good

 Fair

 Poor

 I did not receive any

d. Please explain.

Enter explanation here.

300 character limit

4. During your AmeriCorps service, how frequently did you do the following activities listed below?

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Describing Experience

	Very Often	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
*a. Solve unexpected problems or find new and better ways to do things.					
*b. Lead or facilitate a meeting or event.					
*c. Lead a team.					
*d. Help other individuals learn a new skill.					
*e. Support a meeting, activity, or event through planning or coordinating.					

5. During your AmeriCorps service, how frequently did you do the following activities listed below?

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Describing Experience

	Very Often	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
*a. Gather and analyze information.					
*b. Set priorities for multiple tasks.					
*c. Meet deadlines effectively.					
*d. Work independently.					
*e. Work on a team for a common purpose.					

*6. During your AmeriCorps service, how frequently did you do the following activities listed below?

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Describing Experience

	Very Often	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
*a. Listen to other people's suggestions and concerns.					
*b. Negotiate and compromise with others.					
*c. Decrease conflict between people.					
*d. Work with people different from yourself.					
*e. Form organizational partnerships.					
*f. Identify or leverage community resources.					

7. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements.

Pathway: Cultural Competency

Domain: None

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
*a. I enjoy exploring differences between co-workers and/or friends from different cultures or background and me.					
*b. I enjoy interacting with people from different cultures and backgrounds.					
*c. I respect the values of people from different cultures and backgrounds.					
*d. I feel confident when interacting with people from different cultures and backgrounds.					

8. How much do you agree or disagree that each of the following statements describes you?

Pathway: Getting Things Done

Domain: None

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
*a. I can always manage to solve difficult problems if I try hard enough.					
*b. If someone opposes me, I can find the means and ways to get what I want.					
*c. It is easy for me to stick to my aims and accomplish my goals.					
*d. I am confident that I could deal efficiently with unexpected events.					
*e. Thanks to my resourcefulness, I know how to handle unforeseen situations.					
*f. I can solve most problems if I invest the necessary effort.					
*g. I can remain calm when facing difficulties because I can rely on my coping abilities.					
*h. When I am confronted with a problem, I can usually find several solutions.					
*i. If I am in trouble, I can usually think of a solution.					
*j. I can usually handle whatever comes my way.					

9. Thinking about your AmeriCorps experience, please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements.

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Describing Experience

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
*a. I felt I made a contribution to the community.					
*b. I reexamined my beliefs and attitudes about myself.					
*c. I was exposed to new ideas and ways of seeing the world.					
*d. I felt part of a community.					
*e. I learned more about the “real” world or “the rest” of the world.					
*f. I gained an understanding of the community(s) where I served.					
*g. I gained an understanding of the solutions to the challenges faced by the community(s) where I served.					
*h. I spent a lot of time doing meaningless “make work” tasks.					

10. Thinking about your AmeriCorps experience, please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements.

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Describing Experience

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
*a. The majority of my work did not make a difference in the community.					
*b. I felt I made a difference in the life of at least one person.					
*c. I did things I never thought I could do.					
*d. I did not get along well with my supervisor and/or my teammates.					
*e. I figured out what my next steps are in terms of educational goals.					
*f. I figured out what my next steps are in terms of career/professional goals.					
*g. I felt defeated by the scope of the problems I worked on.					
*h. I reexamined my beliefs and attitudes about other people.					

11. All things considered, how satisfied are you with your overall AmeriCorps service?

Pathway: None

Domain: Satisfaction with Experience

*a. Please select a response.

 Very Satisfied

 Satisfied

 Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied

 Dissatisfied

 Very Dissatisfied

b. Please explain.

Enter explanation here.

1500 character limit

12. Think about how likely you were to participate in the following activities before you did AmeriCorps, and how likely you are now. Would you say that your AmeriCorps experience has made you more or less likely to:

Pathway: Civic Engagement

Domain: None

	Much more likely	Somewhat more likely	No effect	Somewhat less likely	Much less likely
*a. Participate in community organizations (school, religious, issue based, recreational).					
*b. Vote in elections.					
*c. Keep informed about news and public issues.					
*d. Help to keep the community safe and clean.					
*e. Volunteer for a cause or issue that you care about.					
*f. Donate money or goods to a cause or issue that you care about.					

*13. In the last 12 months, how often did you discuss and think about how political, social, local, or national issues affect the community?

Pathway: Civic Engagement

Domain: None

 Basically every day

 A few times a week

 A few times a month

 Once a month

 Less than once a month

 Not at all

*14. Generally speaking, would you say that you can trust all of the people, most of the people, some of the people, or none of the people in your neighborhood?

Pathway: Civic Engagement

Domain: None

 All of the people

 Most of the people

 Some of the people

 None of the people

15. For each of the follow institutions, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, hardly any confidence, or no confidence at all in them to do what is right?

Pathway: Civic Engagement

Domain: None

	A great deal of confidence	Some confidence	Hardly any confidence	No confidence at all
*a. Corporations				
*b. The Media				
*c. Public Schools				

*16. Did you vote in the last presidential election?

Pathway: Civic Engagement

Domain: None

 Yes

 No

 No, I was not eligible to vote

 Don’t know

*17. Were you registered to vote in the last presidential election?

Pathway: Civic Engagement

Domain: None

 Yes

 No

 No, I was not eligible to vote

 Don’t know

18. If you found out about a problem in your community that you wanted to do something about, how well do you think you would be able to do each of the following:

Pathway: Civic Engagement

Domain: None

	I definitely could do this	I probably could do this	Not sure	I probably could not do this	I definitely could not do this
*a. Create a plan to address the problem.					
*b. Get other people to care about the problem.					
*c. Organize and run a meeting.					
*d. Express your views in front of a group of people.					
*e. Identify individuals or groups who could help you with the problem.					
*f. Express your views on the Internet or through social media.					
*g. Call someone on the phone you had never met before to get their help with the problem.					
*h. Contact an elected official about the problem.					

19. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

Pathway: Civic Engagement

Domain: None

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
*a. I have a strong and personal attachment to a particular community.					
*b. I am aware of the important needs in the community.					
*c. I feel a personal obligation to contribute in some way to the community.					
*d. I am or plan to become actively involved in issues that positively affect the community.					
*e. I believe that voting in elections is a very important obligation that a citizen owes to the country.					

20. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Satisfaction with Experience

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
*a. Participating in AmeriCorps was a worthwhile experience in terms of furthering my educational goals and educational endeavors.					
*b. Participating in AmeriCorps was a worthwhile experience in terms of furthering my professional goals and professional endeavors.					
*c. Participating in AmeriCorps was a worthwhile experience in terms of furthering my personal goals and personal endeavors.					

*21. How much do you agree or disagree that your AmeriCorps service was a defining personal experience? A defining experience is one that confirmed your beliefs and aspirations, or one that resulted in a change or shift in your beliefs and aspirations:

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Satisfaction with Experience

 Strongly Agree

 Agree

 Neither Agree nor Disagree

 Disagree

 Strongly Disagree

22. In what ways was it defining?

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Satisfaction with Experience

Please explain.

1500 character limit

*23. How much do you agree or disagree that your AmeriCorps service was a defining professional experience? A defining experience is one that confirmed your professional goals, or one that resulted in a change or shift in your professional goals.

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Satisfaction with Experience

 Strongly Agree

 Agree

 Neither Agree nor Disagree

 Disagree

 Strongly Disagree

24. In what ways was it defining?

Pathway: Life and Career Skills

Domain: Satisfaction with Experience

Please explain.

1500 character limit

*25. If a good friend or family member told you he or she was interested in joining AmeriCorps, would you advise against it, have second thoughts about recommending it, recommend it, or strongly recommend it?

Pathway: None

Domain: Satisfaction with Experience

 Advise against it

 Have second thoughts about recommending it

 Recommend it

 Strongly recommend it

26. How closely do you associate your AmeriCorps service with each of the following?

Pathway: None

Domain: Describing Experience

	Very closely	Closely	Somewhat	Not much	Not at all	Not applicable
*a. AmeriCorps						
*b. NCCC, FEMA Corps, VISTA, or AmeriCorps State and National						
*c. The agency or nonprofit that operated your program						
*d. The specific organization or site where you served						
*e. Other Please explain.						

300 character limit

Alumni Activities

*27. What do you plan to use your AmeriCorps education award for? Please select the option that best describes your plans.

Pathway: None

Domain: Post-Service Plans

 To repay student loans

 To attend graduate school

 To attend a technical or vocational training program

 Transfer education award to a family member

 I do not qualify to receive an education award

 I chose to receive a stipend instead of an education award

 I do not have any plans to use my education award

*28. What are you planning to do in the next six months after your AmeriCorps service? Please select the options that best describe your desired plans.

Pathway: None

Domain: Post-Service Plans

 Get a job in the private sector

 Get a job in the nonprofit or social service sector

 Get a job in the public/government sector

 Enroll in a vocational/technical training program

 Go to college

 Go to graduate school

 Enroll in the same AmeriCorps program

 Enroll in another AmeriCorps program

 Pursue another service experience such as the Peace Corps

 Start a small business

 Start a nonprofit or social entrepreneurship venture

 Serve in the military

 Do not know

 Other

29. If you selected "Other" in the previous question, please describe what you plan to do next.

Pathway: None

Domain: Post-Service Plans

Please explain.

300 character limit

*30. If you plan to include AmeriCorps on your resume, in which section of your resume will you include it?

Pathway: None

Domain: Post-Service Plans

 Professional or work experience

 Volunteer or community service

 I may do either of the above depending on the particular use of the resume

 I do not plan to include AmeriCorps on my resume

*31. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement: I feel that I received adequate training to describe my AmeriCorps experience on a resume, college application, or job application.

Pathway: None

Domain: Training

 Strongly Agree

 Agree

 Neither Agree nor Disagree

 Disagree

 Strongly Disagree

OTHER QUESTION TO CLEAR

Note: ORE is working with its web developers to change question 8 and its sub-questions 8a through 8j to feature the response options seen below. We wish to clear this question in case this change is accepted by the web developers.

8. How much do you agree or disagree that each of the following statements describes you?

Pathway: Getting Things Done

Domain: None

	Not at all true	Hardly true	Moderately true	Exactly true
*a. I can always manage to solve difficult problems if I try hard enough.				
*b. If someone opposes me, I can find the means and ways to get what I want.				
*c. It is easy for me to stick to my aims and accomplish my goals.				
*d. I am confident that I could deal efficiently with unexpected events.				
*e. Thanks to my resourcefulness, I know how to handle unforeseen situations.				
*f. I can solve most problems if I invest the necessary effort.				
*g. I can remain calm when facing difficulties because I can rely on my coping abilities.				
*h. When I am confronted with a problem, I can usually find several solutions.				
*i. If I am in trouble, I can usually think of a solution.				
*j. I can usually handle whatever comes my way.				

File Type	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
File Title	AmeriCorps Member Exit Survey
Subject	SAQ
Author	AmeriCorps
File Modified	0000-00-00
File Created	2024-07-20