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  5. Wilderness Awareness Survey
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Hello,


You are invited to participate in a survey to gather input and ideas for creating a new weekly Vashon based Wilderness Awareness type program next year.



Various options are being considered to keep the program running on the island in some form and we need your feedback to better understand overall interest, support for the program and ideas for making this work..



If you have any problems completing the survey, you may contact Dean Bedard at [email protected].

Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
 
 
 
Parents name
   
Children’s first names and ages
   
 
 
 
How many children would you be interested in enrolling in the weekly Youth School (Ages 7-12) for the 2007/2008 school year?
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
 

How many children would you be interested in enrolling in the weekly Roots and Wings (Ages 4-6 ) program for the 2007/2008 school year?
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
 
 
What were the key things that attracted you to the Wilderness Awareness program in the first place?
   
 
 
 
What do you like most about the current Wilderness Awareness School program?
   
What would you like to change about the program to make it better fit the needs of your child?
   
 
 
What things are key to your interest in continuing to support a program like Wilderness Awareness? Please rank the following items from low influence to high influence.
Low Neutral High
a) Continuity of the instructors from 1 year to the next
b) Continuity of the children that are enrolled in the program from 1 year to the next.
c) Program focus on educational curriculum vs play time
d) Overall program philosophy rooted in the WAS model
e) Personal growth of your child
f) Connection with other children & community building.
g) Program cost
 
 
Please rank your interest in supporting the following types of scenarios
Low Neutral High
a) Try to convince WAS to continue the youth school and roots and wings program with the current staff for 1 additional year while we get a transition in place. (We don't know that they would be willing, but if the community choose it and we could get the enrollment up, they might be open to the option for the transition year)
b) Locate and hire existing WAS instructors that are willing to help run a Vashon based program on a part time basis, so we can maintain our connection to WAS.
c) Hire a full time instructor(s) that could be located on Vashon but would likely have no connection to WAS as an employee, but would have resources and skills in the WAS (or similar) model and philosophy (ideally a past or current instructor).
d) Create a parent run organization that relies on volunteers but would likely have lower fees.
 
 

In what ways would you be willing to personally contribute to a program like Wilderness Awareness next year to help keep the program alive and the costs reasonable?
 
Parent Instructor (sufficiently trained in WAS philosophy, Kamana, and worked as an apprentice for a year with an instructor)
 
Parent Apprentice (working alongside an instructor and planning on a weekly basis)
 
Parent Volunteer (likely participate in monthly training program over the course of a year and volunteer occasionally)
 
Board Members (responsible for health of organization and mission)
 
Elder (likely participate in monthly training program over the course of a year and volunteer occasionally)
 
Accounting/Bookkeeping
 
Communications/PR/Recruiting
 
Administrative staff

 
 

What additionally would you like to see a Wilderness Awareness Program offer on the Island?
 
Teen Program
 
Family Program
 
Community Events
 
Partnering with School
 
Partnering with local non-profits (Land Trust)
 
Courses in wilderness skills i.e. tracking, edible plants, bird study

 
Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions regarding this survey.
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