Teacher/Faculty Surveys
Instrument 2: LACTE Faculty Survey
Project: Los Angeles Collaborative for Teacher
Excellence (LACTE)
California State University, Dominquez Hills
Funding Source: NSF: Collaboratives for Excellence in
Teacher Preparation (DUE)
Purpose: To collect background data from participating
faculty and their assessment of program implementation and
training activities
Administered To: Participating faculty
Topics Covered:
- Course Evaluation: effectiveness, endorsement,
exemplary areas, expectations, satisfaction
- Implementation Activities: curriculum/materials
use
- Implementation Characteristics: administrative
support, awareness, recruitment
- Self-Assessment (Teacher/Faculty): implementation
activities
- Background Characteristics & Activities
(Teacher/Faculty): current practice, experience,
expertise, professional designation, professional goals,
prior practice, project involvement, purpose for
participation
- Demographics (Teacher/Faculty): age,
ethnicity
Format/Length: 24 questions, 9 closed- and
6 open-ended, plus 9 demographic questions
LACTE FACULTY SURVEY SPRING 1996
The following questionnaire is intended to gather general information
from you as part of the overall longitudinal evaluation of LACTE.
Please complete the following survey; to protect your anonymity,
please do not write your name anywhere on this sheet. Thank
you for your participation in this survey.
How long have you been involved in LACTE?
_ months
How many years have you been teaching
at the college level?
_ years
Do you teach at a four-year institution
or a two-year institution?
O four-year college/university
O two-year college
In what department do you teach?
__________________________ Department
What is your rank:
O Lecturer/lnstructor
O Associate Professor
O Assistant Professor
O Full Professor
Are you tenured? O Yes O No
If no, are you tenure track? O Yes O
No
Why did you initially become involved
in LACTE? (i.e.: to improve teaching technique, to
make classes more interesting to students, to boost class
enrollment, etc.)
Prior to your involvement with LACTE,
did you employ cooperative learning/hands-on science in the
classroom?
O never
O rarely
O sometimes
O often
Would you recommend participating in
LACTE to science/math colleagues?
O Yes O No
Why or why not?
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How effective do you think LACTE has been on your campus
in the last year in the following categories:
establishing a campus presence?
O not at all effective
O somewhat effective
O effective
O very effective
recruiting students?
O not at all effective
O somewhat effective
O effective
O very effective
recruiting faculty?
O not at all effective
O somewhat effective
O effective
O very effective
enlisting administrative support?
O not at all effective
O somewhat effective
O effective
O very effective
changing existing curricula?
O not at all effective
O somewhat effective
O effective
O very effective
How likely are you to use the techniques
and information that you have acquired during this workshop
in your classroom in the future?
O not at all likely
O somewhat likely
O likely
O very likely
What did you like best about the workshop/retreat?
The least?
What did you hope to learn/gain from
this retreat/workshop?
How well did the workshop meet your
expectations?
O did not meet expectations at all
O somewhat met expectations
O met expectations
O exceeded expectations
What is your age?
O under 35
0 35-45
0 45-55
0 over 55
LACTE Year One Evaluation
Evaluation and Training Institute Page 3
What is your ethnicity?
O African-American
O Filipino
O Pacific Islander
O Native American
O White
O Asian
O Hispanic
O other
Please use the remaining space to offer
any comments about LACTE and/or the retreat.
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