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1. Are you:

 
□ Female
 
□ Male
 
 
 
2. Are you:
 
□ Hispanic
 
□ Black
 
□ White
 
□ Asian or Pacific Islander
 
□ American Indian or Alaskan Native
 
□ Biracial/Multiethnic
 
Other
 
 
 
3. How old are you?
 
□ Under 25
 
□ 25-29
 
□ 30-39
 
□ 40-49
 
□ 50-59
 
□ 60+
 
 
 
4. How long have you been working as a teacher?
 
□ This is my first year
 
□ 1-2 years
 
□ 3-5 years
 
□ 6-10 years
 
□ 11-15 years
 
□ 16-20 years
 
□ More than 20 years
 
 
 
5. How long have you been working as a teacher at THIS school?
 
□ This is my first year
 
□ 1-2 years
 
□ 3-5 years
 
□ 6-10 years
 
□ 11-15 years
 
□ 16-20 years
 
□ More than 20 years
 
 
 
6. What was your undergraduate major field of study?
 
□ Do not have an undergraduate degree
 
□ Education
 
□ English
 
□ Social or behavioral sciences (psychology, sociology, economics, history)
 
□ Foreign language
 
□ Mathematics
 
□ Natural/Physical Sciences
 
Other
 
 
 
7. What was your major field of study for your highest graduate degree?
 
□ Do not have a graduate degree
 
□ Education
 
□ English
 
□ Social or behavioral sciences (psychology, sociology, economics, history)
 
□ Foreign language
 
□ Mathematics
 
□ Natural/Physical Sciences
 
Other
 
 
 
8. What other types of certification do you hold from the state where you teach?
 
□ Permanent or standard certification
 
□ Probationary certification
 
□ Temporary, provisional or emergency certification
 
□ Alternative certification
 
□ Not certified
 
Other
 
 
 
 
9. What is the grade level of the majority of the students you work with?
 
□1st
 
□2nd
 
□3rd
 
 
 
10. Which BEST describes your teaching assignment this year?
 
□ Self-contained classroom teacher OR
 
□ Specialist teacher (Please mark below your primary subject area assignment this year)
 
□ English as a Second Language
 
□ Fine Arts (Art, Music)
 
□ Language Arts
 
□ Mathematics
 
□ Physical Education
 
□ Reading specialist
 
□ Science
 
□ Special Education
 
□ Social Studies
 
□ Speech, Communication
 
□ Writing Specialist
 
Other
 
 
 
11. This school year, how often have the following things occurred?
□ Never □ 1-2 times □ 3-5 times □ 6-10 times □ More than 10 times
a)I have watched an instructional leader model instruction specially designed for ELLs.
b)An instructional leader has watched me teach my ELLs and has given me feedback about improving my teaching techniques.
c)An instructional leader has watched me teach and has given me feedback about my use of curriculum materials specially designed for ELLs.
d)An instructional leader has studied my ELLs’ work and has commented on ways I could improve their learning of subject matter.
 
 
12. During the last 18 months, did you participate in any of the following kinds of professional development activities, and what was the impact of these activities on your development as a teacher? For each question below, please mark one choice in part (A). If you answer ‘Yes’ in part (A) then please mark one choice in part (B) to indicate how much impact it had upon your development as a teacher.
(A) Participation □YES □ NO (B) Impact □ No impact □ Small impact □ Moderate impact □ A large impact
a)Courses/workshops (e.g. on subject matter or methods to help ELLs improve academically)
b)Education conferences or seminars (where teachers and/or researchers present their research results and discuss educational problems related to ELLs).
c)Qualification programme (e.g. a degree programme)
d)Observation visits to other schools
e)Participation in a network of teachers formed specifically for the professional development of Teachers.
f)Individual or collaborative research on a topic of interest to you professionally.
g)Mentoring and/or peer observation and coaching, as part of a formal school arrangement.
 
 
13. Thinking about less formal professional development, during the last 18 months, did you participate in any of the following activities, and what was the impact of these activities on your development as a teacher? For each question below, please mark one choice in part (A). If you answer ‘Yes’ in part (A) then please mark one choice in part (B) to indicate how much impact it had upon your development as a teacher.
(A)Participation □YES □ NO (B) Impact □ No impact □ Small impact □ Moderate impact □ A large impact
a)Reading professional literature (e.g. journals, evidence-based papers, thesis papers)
b)Engaging in informal dialogue with your colleagues on how to improve your teaching.
 
 
14. Thinking of your own professional development needs, please indicate the extent to which you have such needs in each of the areas listed. Content and performance standards in Language Arts
□ No need at all □ Low level of need □ Moderate level of need □ High level of need
a)Knowledge and understanding of instructional practices to help ELLs succeed academically.
b)Teaching approaches especially designed for English Language Learners.
c)Differentiated instruction for English Language Learners.
d)Teaching in a multicultural setting.
 
 
15. To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statements about your learning experiences this year? Please consider both formal and informal learning experiences.My learning experiences this year…
Agree Disagree
a)Have given me a lot of opportunities to work on aspects of my teaching that I am trying to develop.
b)Have provided me with knowledge or information that is very useful to me in the classroom.
c)Have been coherently related to each other.
d)Have allowed me to focus on a problem over an extended period of time.
e)Have focused on too many topics.
f)Have provided me with useful feedback about my teaching.
g)Have made me put closer attention to things I was doing in the classroom.
h)Have led me seek out additional information from other teachers, an instructional leader or some other source.
i)Have led me think about an aspect of my teaching in a new way.
j)Have led me try new things in the classroom.
k)Have not helped as much as I wished they were going to.
l)Have not helped at all.
 
 
16. When teaching your target reading class, how often do you use the following approaches to group students for instruction?
□ Rarely or never □ A few times a month □ A few times a week □ Every day
a.Whole class grouping (All students are taught at the same time).
b.Ability or achievement grouping (The most proficient readers are in one group, the next most proficient are in a second group and the rest are in a third group).
c.Mixed ability grouping (students are grouped according to interest/genre, cooperative learning groups).
d.Individualized instruction (students work individually on learning assignments specially modified to their achievement).
 
 
17. To what extend do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the instructional materials you use most often with your reading class?
□ Strongly disagree □ Disagree □ Agree □ Strongly agree
a.They contain useful information about the content I am teaching.
b.They provide me with useful information about how to teach particular skills, strategies, texts, or other topics.
c.They provide me with useful information about what students typically know and can do and about typical difficulties they have.
 
 
18. How often have been the following topics of primary focus of instruction for your reading class this year?
□ Never □ Less than once a month □ 1-3 times per month □ 1-2 times per week □ 3-4 times per week □ Every day
a)Word analysis (decoding, word families, context clues, sight words).
b)Reading fluency (Repeated reading, guided oral reading).
c)Listening comprehension
d)Reading comprehension
e)Grammar
f)Spelling
g)Written composition
 
 
19. How often have been the following comprehension topics a primary focus of instruction for your reading class this year?
□ Never □ Less than once a month □ 1-3 times per month □ 1-2 times per week □ 3-4 times per week □ Every day
a.Activating prior knowledge or making personal connections to text.
b.Making predictions, previewing or surveying text.
c.Students generating their own questions.
d.Summarizing important or critical details.
e.Examining literary techniques.
f.Identifying the author’s purpose.
g.Using concept maps, story maps, or text structure frames.
h.Answering questions that have answers directly stated in the text.
i.Answering questions that require inferences.
 
 
20. This year, how have your ELLs in your reading class demonstrated comprehension in the following ways?
□ Never □ Less than once a month □ 1-3 times per month □ 1-2 times per week □ 3-4 times per week □ Every day
a.Have written brief answers to questions.
b.Have written extensive answers to questions.
c.Have done a think aloud or explained how they applied a skill or strategy.
d.Have worked on a written literature extension project.
 
 
21. Listed below are some statements about what some teachers do to help their students improve their reading skills.
Never or almost never Occasionally Sometimes Usually Always or almost always
1.I set a purpose for reading.
2.I ask students to read the titles and predict what the text is about.
3.I ask students to look at illustrations/pictures and try to guess how they relate to the text.
4.I set a context before students begin reading.
5.I use instructional aids (e.g. realia, music, etc.) to set a context.
6.I have the students quickly look over the text before reading.
7.I ask students warm-up questions related to the text before reading.
8.I teach vocabulary before students read the text.
9.Before doing discussions or any other activity, I have students read the text.
10.I ask students to relate the text/topic to their experience.
Never or almost never Occasionally Sometimes Usually Always or almost always
11.I ask students to relate what they read to what they already know.
12.I set a time limit for reading in class.
13.I teach all the new vocabulary in the text.
14.I ask students to use monolingual dictionary.
15.I allow students to use a bilingual dictionary.
16.I teach students how to guess the meaning of unknown words.
17.I ask students to guess/predict the meaning of unknown words
18.I tell the students to skip unknown words.
19.I ask students to underline unknown words.
20.I ask students to underline key words and/or phrases.
Never or almost never Occasionally Sometimes Usually Always or almost always
21.I ask students to take notes while reading.
22.I tell students to read carefully and slowly.
23.I stress the importance of reading every word.
24.I ask students to read the text more than once.
25.I ask students to try to visualize what they read.
26.I tell students to make guesses about up-coming information in the text.
27.I have students read aloud in class one at a time.
28.I teach students to read the first and last paragraphs more carefully.
 
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