The Professional Development Activities Survey
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. Highest Degree Earned?
Highest Degree Earned?
Bachelor
Masters
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. Highest Degree Earned:
Highest Degree Earned:
Major:
Minor:
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. Educational and Professional Backgound:
Educational and Professional Backgound:
Year highest degree was awarded:
Years of full-time teaching experience:
Subject(s) currently taught:
Grade Level(s) currently taught:
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. The professional development I participated in will help me:
The professional development I participated in will help me:
Align the curriculum in my classes with curriculum taught by other teachers
Improve my ability to gather resources for teaching
Improve my ability to use existing local resources (such as a school forest)
Include new methods for assessing student learning
Increase my understanding of inquiry-based instruction techniques
Link me to a science content experts in the subject(s) I teach
Update my science content knowledge
Use a particular piece of software or technology
Work out effective teaching practices that increase learning during the school year
Other (please specify)
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. The professional development activities I participated in addressed the following content areas:
The professional development activities I participated in addressed the following content areas:
Biology
Chemistry
Curriculum development
Earth Science/Geology
Environmental science
Integration of science
Professional meeting(s)
Robotics
Science inquiry
Scientific research with a scientist
Space Science/Astronomy
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. My reasons for choosing this area for professional development include:
My reasons for choosing this area for professional development include:
Knowledge in this subject is changing very rapidly
I feel that my education did not prepare me sufficiently in this subject
This is the only science discipline I teach
I need to teach more in this subject to meet educational standards
I will be teaching this subject in the coming school year
I feel that my education in this subject is outdated
Other (please specify)
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. The professional development activities I attended required:
The professional development activities I attended required:
3 or more consecutive weeks of face-to-face instruction during the summer
2 consecutive weeks of face-to-face instruction during summer
2 weeks of face to face instruction during the summer but not consecutive (e.g., July and August)
1 week of face-to-face instruction during summer with follow-up during the school year
3 days of face-to-face instruction during the summer
1-2 days of face-to-face instruction during the summer
No face-to-face instruction, all activities were conducted on-line or via distance learning
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. What follow-up activities, if any, are expected during the academic year?
What follow-up activities, if any, are expected during the academic year?
A one-day workshop
Aligning my curriculum with the curriculum of other teachers
Analyzing student data to inform future instruction
Collaborating with a peer on issues of curriculum, teaching or learning
Interviewing me about my teaching
Lesson study
No follow-up is expected
Observation of my teaching
On-line discussions
Posting some information to a web site, blog. etc.
Sharing instructional materials I developed with peers at my school
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. For participating in professional development I received:
For participating in professional development I received:
Access to a science content expert during the school year
Cash stipend
Certificate
Financial support to attend or present at a professional conference (e.g., NSTA, WSST, etc.)
Graduate credit
Instructional materials
Software
Travel reimbursement (mileage, meals, lodging)
Undergraduate credit
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. I would not attend professional development in the future unless it offered:
I would not attend professional development in the future unless it offered:
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