North woods partnership
to: North woods partnership administrators, teachers and paraprofessionals
from: ann davis, Coordinator and the Steering committee of the NWP
subject: Needs survey
date: September 16, 2003
cc: file
The North Woods Partnership – a consortium of school districts dedicated to offering quality professional development opportunities for its members, sharing resources across member districts, and improving the learning opportunities for all our children – needs your help! In order to provide quality professional development opportunities beyond the walls of our respective districts, the steering committee of the NWP would like to know what its members feel they need in the area of professional development. The North Woods Partnership Needs Survey will enable the steering committee to review the needs of its members and better utilize the resources of the Partnership to meet these needs. You will be given instructions within your district as to whom and by when this survey needs to be returned.
Your participation in this survey is greatly appreciated and the NWP looks forward to providing excellent professional development opportunities for you. Thank you.
1. In which school district are you employed?
q Lee Academy
q Millinocket
q Region III
q SAD 30
q SAD 31
q SAD 41
q SAD 67
q School Union 110
q School Union 113
2. With which grade levels do you work?
q K –2
q 3 – 4
q 5 – 8
q 9 – 12
q K – 8 (All)
q Other: ______________________
3. What is your position?
q Classroom Teacher Content Area: _________________
q Special Education Teacher
q Reading Recovery / Title I Teacher
q Educational Technician
q Music or Art
q Library / Media Specialist
q Physical Education / Health
q Administrator
q Guidance
q Vocational Education
q Other: _______________________
4. How many years have you been involved in education?
q 0 – 5
q 5 – 10
q 10 – 20
q 20 +
5. Are you aware of the North Woods Partnership and what we do?
q Yes
q No
q Somewhat
q I am not aware of the North Woods Partnership.
6. Have you visited the NWP web site, nwp.msln.net?
q Yes
q No
q Didn’t know about it
7. How can the NWP develop and improve communications?
q Through the web site
q Through a monthly newsletter
q Other: _____________________________________________
8. What is the best location for after-school offerings?
q Region III in Lincoln
q Rotating among the districts
q Other: ________________________________
9. Which of the following opportunities are you interested in learning more about? (Select all that apply.)
q Differentiated learning
q Standards-based reporting
q Service-Learning
q Looking at student work collaboratively (meet over a period of time with the same group of teachers)
q Book discussion groups
q Integrating the arts in the daily curriculum
q Transitioning middle school students into high school
q Critical thinking skills
q Student-led conferences
q Mapping your watershed
q Project Wild
q Project Wet (Maine Audubon)
q Rubric design
q Student portfolio development
q Dimensions of Learning
q Other: _______________________________________________
10. In which content area(s) are you seeking professional development?
(Select all that apply.)
q Social Studies
q Science
q Math
q Reading
q Spelling
q Writing
q Foreign language
q Art
q Music
q Health/Wellness/PE
11. Could you suggest professional development opportunities that would develop your content knowledge?
12. What is the focus of your professional development for the 2003-04 school year?
13. Given the opportunity to participate in a Dine and Discuss (2 hour
workshop and complimentary dinner), what would you like to learn about?
14. If you were to participate in a book discussion group, what would you like to read? (Select all that apply.)
q Science Matters – Achieving Science Literacy by Hazen and Trefil
q How To Grade for Learning by Ken O’Connor
q The Energy to Teach by Donald Graves
q What a Writer Needs by Ralph Fletcher
q Teaching Grammar in Context by Constance Weaver
q The Yellow Brick Road by Janet Allen
q Developing More Curious Minds by John Barrell
q Reading Don’t Fix No Chevy’s: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men by Jeffery Wilhelm
q Other: _____________________________________________
15. Given the opportunity to meet with grade level (or content area) teachers throughout the Partnership, what would be your focus question or topic?
16. What type of assessment workshops would you like to have offered?
(Select all that apply.)
q Rubric design
q Student reflections/portfolio entries
q Maine LAD and MAP tasks
q Student exhibitions
q Standards-based assessments
q Other: ___________________________________________
17. If you are a new teacher, what type of workshops would you like to see offered for other new teachers?
18. What type of technology-based workshops should be offered?
q Power point
q Web design
q iMovie
q Effective web searches
q Slide show presentations
q Digital photography
q Technology integration
q Desk top publishing – Signs, brochures, banners
q Other: _________________________________________