Demographic Information: What grade do you teach? (Circle one) K-2 3-5 How many years have you been teaching? 29 Of those years, how many years have you taught at Seatack? 20 What is the highest level of education you have achieved? Masters in Elem. Ed. What, if any, additional training do you have in literacy and literacy instruction? Coach- Lesson Study with Developmental Learning Center
Assessment:
Please circle the number you feel best reflects your feelings about each statement. SD= Strongly Disagree A=Agree SA= Strongly Agree
Reading Standards SD A SA I have adequate access to the district and state reading standards 1 2 3 4 5 I have adequate training in understanding and using the state/district reading standards
1 2 3 4 5 I feel confident interpreting and implementing the state/district reading standards
1 2 3 4 5
Writing Standards
SD A SA I have adequate access to the district and state writing standards
1 2 3 4 5 I have adequate training in understanding and 1 2 3 4 5 using the state/district writing standards
I feel confident interpreting and implementing the state/district writing standards
1 2 3 4 5
Reading Curriculum
SD A SA I have adequate training in the school reading curriculum
1 2 3 4 5 I feel confident implementing the reading curriculum
1 2 3 4 5 Our reading and guided reading curriculum meets the needs of all of my students
1 2 3 4 5
Writing Curriculum
SD A SA I have adequate training in the school writing curriculum
1 2 3 4 5 I feel confident implementing the writing curriculum
1 2 3 4 5 I feel confident implementing writers workshop 1 2 3 4 5 I feel confident implementing Words Their Way curriculum
1 2 3 4 5 Our process writing and writers workshop curriculum meets the needs of all of my students
1 2 3 4 5 Words Their Way curriculum meets the needs of all of my students
1 2 3 4 5
Reading Resources
SD A SA I have access to all tools and resources needed to implement our reading curriculum
1 2 3 4 5 My classroom library has an adequate amount of books of varying levels 1 2 3 4 5 My classroom library meets the needs and interests of all of my students
1 2 3 4 5 I have access to an adequate amount of books for my guided reading instruction
1 2 3 4 5
Writing Resources
SD A SA I have access to all tools and resources needed to implement our writing curriculum
1 2 3 4 5 I have access to all tools and resources needed to implement Words Their Way
1 2 3 4 5 All of my students have writers notebooks
1 2 3 4 5
Reading Assessments
SD A SA I have adequate training and understanding in using the school/district reading assessments
1 2 3 4 5 I feel we assess our students enough in reading 1 2 3 4 5
I feel we need to assess our students more in reading
1 2 3 4 5 I feel we should assess our students less in reading 1 2 3 4 5 I am able to use the information from assessments to inform my reading instruction
1 2 3 4 5 (Grades 3-5 only) I have adequate knowledge of how my students performed on the previous years end of grade test in reading
1 2 3 4 5
Writing Assessments
SD A SA I have adequate training and understanding in using the school/district writing rubrics
1 2 3 4 5 The school/district writing rubrics adequately and fairly grade my students writing
1 2 3 4 5 My team and I have adequate time to collaboratively assess writing
1 2 3 4 5 I feel we assess our students enough in writing 1 2 3 4 5 I feel we need to assess our students more in writing
1 2 3 4 5 I feel we need to assess our students less in writing 1 2 3 4 5 I am able to use the information from assessments to inform my writing instruction 1 2 3 4 5 (Grade 4 only) I have adequate knowledge of how my students performed on the previous years end of grade test in writing
1 2 3 4 5
Technology
SD A SA I received adequate training in the use of technology resources found in my classroom (Smartboard, computers, cameras, etc.)
1 2 3 4 5 I feel confident integrating technology into my reading instruction and assessments
1 2 3 4 5 I feel confident integrating technology into my writing instruction and assessments
1 2 3 4 5 I have adequate access to technology
1 2 3 4 5 I have sufficient support in the implementation of technology into my instruction
1 2 3 4 5
Community
SD A SA There is consistency in reading instruction and assessment in my grade level
1 2 3 4 5 There is consistency in reading instruction and assessment throughout our school
1 2 3 4 5 There is consistency in writing instruction and assessment in my grade level
1 2 3 4 5 There is consistency in writing instruction and assessment throughout our school
1 2 3 4 5 There is consistency in vocabulary instruction and assessment in my grade level
1 2 3 4 5 There is consistency in vocabulary instruction and assessment throughout our school
1 2 3 4 5 My team has sufficient planning time 1 2 3 4 5