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Instrument 9: Initial O-TEC MTIR/SC Survey

Project: The Oklahoma Teacher Collaborative (O-TEC)
University of Tulsa

Funding Source: NSF: Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (DUE)

Purpose: To assess master teacher's experiences with the program and rate its likelihood of success

Administered To: Master Teachers in Residence (assist faculty in course redesign and provide instruction)

Topics Covered:

  • Attitudes & Beliefs (Teacher/Faculty): project impact
  • Comparisons: instructional approach
  • Course Evaluation: collaboration, effectiveness, exemplary areas, expectations, materials, practical value
  • Impact on Outcomes: classroom activities, collaboration, instructional practices, integration
  • Impact Variables: collaboration
  • Implementation Activities: curriculum/materials development, documentation, professional development activities
  • Implementation Characteristics: resource/materials access
  • Instructional Practices: methods
  • Lesson/Curriculum Plan: activities, content, evaluation, methods, professional development, revision
  • Limitations & Barriers: collaboration, implementation
  • Perceptions (Teacher/Faculty): mentoring/support, peer attitudes
  • Plans & Expectations (Teacher/Faculty): continue project involvement, leadership
  • Project Development/Continuation: collaboration, professional development
  • Self-Assessment (Teacher/Faculty): application of instructional methods, confidence, preparation
  • Background Characteristics & Activities (Teacher/Faculty): experience, mentoring/support, prior practice, professional development activities, project involvement

Format/Length: 71 questions, 29 open- and 42 closed-ended, which include the use of a 5-point scale

Initial O-TEC MTIR/SC Survey

 

Spring 1997

Thank you for taking the time to answer the following survey. Answers to these questions will be used to judge the effectiveness of the O-TEC program and to improve future O-TEC services. They are not used to evaluate individual site compliance or performance.

Strict confidentiality may be impossible because some of your comments could contain program-specific identifying material. However, the assessment team will preserve confidentiality to the greatest possible extent, and your name will not be used when survey results are reported.

If any questions are not relevant for your program, please feel free to provide related material or suggest new questions, if you wish.

 

Your name:  _________________________

Institution:  __________________________

 

Please return the completed survey to:

Brent Roberts
Department of Psychology
The University of Tulsa
600 S. College Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74104

Section I. MTIR/SC Background

1.  For how many years have you worked with under-served students?       Years

2.  How many years of experience have you had with pre-service teachers?    Years

3.  How many years of experience have you had in your content area?        Years

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. Circle the number that corresponds to your response.

4.  I am confident in my ability to teach inquiry-based courses, as opposed to lecture courses.

1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree
 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

5.  I am confident in my ability to integrate theory and practice in most of my class.
1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

6.  I am confident in my ability to teach cooperative learning techniques.
1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

7.  I am able to teach others to integrate curricula around coherent long-term plans.
1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

8.  How often do you participate in professional development activities?
1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

9.  I am confident in my ability to teach student teachers to be effective classroom leaders.
1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

10.  What methods do you use to teach student teachers to be effective classroom leaders?

 

 

 

11.  Please list any examples of your work, such as publications, presentations, etc., that are relevant to your participation with the O-TEC project.

 

 

 

Section II. MTIR/SC Role

12.  How many hours do you spend each week in the MTIR/SC role?

 

 

 

13.  What are your major functions as an MTIR/SC?

 

 

 

14.  From whom have you received training and information about your role?

 

 

 

 

15.  I have received sufficient training and information to fulfill my MTIR role.
1
Strongly
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

16.  What kinds of professional development do MTIR's need to fulfill their role?

 

 

 

17.  What training and/or information about the MTIR role has been the most valuable to you?

 

 

 

18.  What other training would help MTIR's to fulfill their role?

 

 

 

19.  How many people have you mentored this year?   Years   teachers  

20.  What mentoring model do you follow, if any?

 

 

21.  Have you used external consultants to help you fulfill your role as a mentor (Circle one)

Yes     No
22.  If you answered "Yes" to number 20, please list the consultants used or give some examples.

 

 

23.  How often do you make entries in your MTIR journal?
1
Never
 2
Monthly		 3
Weekly		 4
Daily		 5
Several times
per day

Section III. Institutional Collaboration

Please estimate how many hours each month you spend communicating about the program with each of the following stakeholders. Also, rate each collaboration for its effectiveness.

24.  Time communicating with PI's:                  hours per month

     How effective have those collaborations been?
1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

25.  ...with other MTIR's/SC's:                     hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

26.  ...your site's MTIR (if you are an SC),
     or SC (if you are an MTIR):                    hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

27.  ...community organizations:                    hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

28.  ...private sector organizations:                   hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

29.  ...members of your faculty:                     hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

30.  ...department members other than faculty:          hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

31.  Members of other departments:                  hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

32.  ...administration at your institution:                hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

33.  Members of other higher education institutions:     hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

34.  Members of state or local government:            hours per month

1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

35.  Overall, how effective have the above collaborations been?
1
Very
Ineffective
 2
Ineffective		 3
Neutral		 4
Effective		 5
Very
Effective

36.  Please describe the barriers to communication that you have faced. How have you overcome those barriers? What could help you better to overcome them?

 

 

 

 

Section IV. Curriculum Changes

In this section, "changed" and "reform" refer to curricular development that has been initiated or driven by the O-TEC project.

37.  What general changes have been made to the curriculum at your school? Please focus on the following aspects:

  • changes related to "hands on" or guided inquiry developments

  • structural changes in curriculum, such as changes in content, method, etc.

 

 

 

38.  Describe the following specific areas of change:

  • (a) changes to existing courses

     

     

  • (b) additions to the curriculum

     

     

  • (c) changes in student evaluation procedures

     

     

  • (d) provision of other education experiences

     

     

  • (e) provision of additional training to faculty (e.g., re: math/science anxiety)

     

     

To what extent did your prior curriculum emphasize each of the following?

39.  field experience? (prior curriculum)
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

40.  hands-on learning? (prior curriculum)
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

41.  cooperative learning? (prior curriculum)
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

42.  integrated curriculum? (prior curriculum)
1
Not at
All
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

To what extent does your revised curriculum emphasize each of the following? Please rate each on a 5-point scale, where 1=none, 3=moderately, and 5=very much.

43.  Field experience? (revised curriculum)
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

44.  Hands-on learning? (revised curriculum)
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

45.  Cooperative learning? (revised curriculum)
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

46.  Integrated curriculum? (revised curriculum)
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

How helpful have each of the following been for planning and implementing changes:

47.  the grant proposal?
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

48.  other literature distributed by the O-TEC team?
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much
49.  meetings with other MTIR's/SC's/the O-TEC PI, etc.?
1
Not at
all
 2
Slightly		 3
Moderately		 4
Quite a
lot		 5
Very
much

50.  What changes, if any, are being planned for your curriculum in the future?

 

 

 

Section V. Barriers to Implementation

(When answering, it may be helpful to consider the following key issues: information, resources, communication, commitment, and policies.)

51.  What has hindered implementation of curricular changes at your school?

 

 

52.  What long-term barriers, if any, do you expect to encounter?

 

 

53.  What could the grant team do to increase the success of your program?

 

 

Section VI. Institutional Commitment to Reform

54.  The faculty at my institution are committed to reforming their courses along O-TEC guidelines.

1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

55.  What are you doing to build and reinforce that commitment?

 

 

56.  What else do you plan to do in the future?

 

 

57.  The members of my department support the reforms.

1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

58.  Members of the administration at my institution support the reforms.

1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

Section VII. Expectations for the Future

59.  I am well prepared to implement the summer academy.

1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

60.  I have all the resources and materials needed to implement the summer academy.

1
Strongly
Disagree
 2
Disagree		 3
Neutral		 4
Agree		 5
Strongly
Agree

61.  What additional information and resources do you need?

 

 

How confident are you that the O-TEC reforms will:   

 

 

 

62.  ...increase interest in math and science education?
1
Not
confident
 2
Slightly
confident		 3
Somewhat
confident		 4
Confident		 5
Very
confident

63.  Increase understanding of math and science material?
1
Not
confident
 2
Slightly
confident		 3
Somewhat
confident		 4
Confident		 5
Very
confident

64.  ...improve teacher training?

65.  Increase the number of students who become math and science teachers?

1
Not
confident
 2
Slightly
confident		 3
Somewhat
confident		 4
Confident		 5
Very
confident
1
Not
confident
 2
Slightly
confident		 3
Somewhat
confident		 4
Confident		 5
Very
confident

66.  Increase the quality of math and science education in Oklahoma?
1
Not
confident
 2
Slightly
confident		 3
Somewhat
confident		 4
Confident		 5
Very
confident