Communication in the VPK Classroom

Do you have students with disabilities in your classroom

Yes--please continue to question 2

No-- thank you for participating, please go to end and click continue

To what extent do students have opportunities to communicate with one another during the following activities:

	A Great Deal	Some	A Little	Not At All	Not Applicable
Arrival

Breakfast

Storytime

Centers

Lunch

Small Group

Snack

Outside Play

Transitions

What other activities do you design in order to teach students about how to interact with one another? Please list all activities you do.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "The VPK Standards help me structure socialization opportunities in my classroom."

Strongly agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Approximately how many times have you utilized the VPK Teacher Toolkit as a resource regarding language and vocabulary since it became available?

Which of these do you believe are the most and least important skills for you to teach? Use "1" for the most important, "2" for the second most important, and so forth until you have completed all 6.

Phonological awareness
Listening to stories
Respect adults
Peer interactions
Recognize colors and shapes
Recognize all letters in the alphabet

During center time, you are watching students play at the science center and see two students playing at the dramatic center, but not interacting. What do you do?

In regards to trainings focusing on socialization, how useful have they been in helping you work with students with and without disabilities?

PLEASE ANSWER ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: On average, if parents are supportive of how you foster socialization between students with disabilities and students without disabilities, please list 2 ways parents support socialization.

On average, if parents are not supportive of how you foster socialization between students with disabilities and students without disabilities, please list 2 ways parents hinder socialization.