Cowan Ave. Magnet Parent Survey Part I

1. Cowan Avenue Gifted/High Ability International Humanities Magnet Part I

PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY 1 SURVEY PER STUDENT IN THE MAGNET PROGRAM (IF FOR SOME REASON YOU SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE PLEASE NOTE IT IN THE FINAL QUESTION SO WE CAN KEEP AN ACCURATE TALLY)

Parents: The Parent Survey is required to evaluate the effectiveness of the Cowan Gifted and High Ability International Humanities Magnet instructional program.

Your comments will assist in planning for the 2010-2011 school year. Please complete the survey and return it to your child’s teacher. The results of the Parent Survey will be communicated to all Magnet parents.

Directions: Except where otherwise indicated, please mark only one response per question.

1. The first group of questions will focus on the Magnet Vision and Universal Theme.

Magnet Vision: The Cowan G/HA International Humanities Magnet School community is committed to preparing our children to view themselves as global citizens in a complex culturally, and ethnically diverse society. Our children will become reflective independent and interdependent learners through rigorous core curricula, to develop effective oral and written communicators, critical thinkers, and problem solvers.

Universal Theme: Change

When you attended Back to School Night, the Magnet meetings at the start of the school year, and/or meetings with the Magnet Coordinator were the Magnet Vision and Universal Theme clearly communicated?

The first group of questions will focus on the Magnet Vision and Universal Theme. Magnet Vision: The Cowan G/HA International Humanities Magnet School community is committed to preparing our children to view themselves as global citizens in a complex culturally, and ethnically diverse society. Our children will become reflective independent and interdependent learners through rigorous core curricula, to develop effective oral and written communicators, critical thinkers, and problem solvers. Universal Theme: Change When you attended Back to School Night, the Magnet meetings at the start of the school year, and/or meetings with the Magnet Coordinator were the Magnet Vision and Universal Theme clearly communicated? Yes

I did not attend these meetings

2. Do you believe that teachers integrate the Magnet Vision and Universal Theme when teaching core instruction and student products.

Do you believe that teachers integrate the Magnet Vision and Universal Theme when teaching core instruction and student products. Yes

I don't know

3. Does your child’s instructional program provide opportunities to learn about the international community?

Does your child’s instructional program provide opportunities to learn about the international community? Yes

I don't know

4. Has your child had opportunities (field trips, guest speakers, cultural arts presentations, virtual field trips, digital resources) to extend thematic classroom instruction beyond the classroom?

Has your child had opportunities (field trips, guest speakers, cultural arts presentations, virtual field trips, digital resources) to extend thematic classroom instruction beyond the classroom? Yes

I don't know

5. Do you believe that the Magnet School faculty, staff, and student body promote a sense of community?

Do you believe that the Magnet School faculty, staff, and student body promote a sense of community? Yes

I don't know

6. The second group of questions will focus on standards-based instruction to promote student achievement.

Has the Magnet offered your child a standards-based instructional program that you believe to be more rigorous and academically challenging in accordance with the Magnet vision?

The second group of questions will focus on standards-based instruction to promote student achievement. Has the Magnet offered your child a standards-based instructional program that you believe to be more rigorous and academically challenging in accordance with the Magnet vision? Yes

I don't know

7. Does your child’s teacher communicate high expectation for academic achievement to your child and to you?

Does your child’s teacher communicate high expectation for academic achievement to your child and to you? Yes

I don't know

8. Does your child’s teacher, Magnet faculty, administrators, and staff encourage good citizenship, high academic, and emotional success.

Does your child’s teacher, Magnet faculty, administrators, and staff encourage good citizenship, high academic, and emotional success. Yes

I don't know

9. Depth and complexity are two instructional strategies that support gifted education by enabling students to think as disciplinarians, develop critical and creative thinking skills, and participate in research projects.
Has your child been given opportunities to learn using a wide variety of supplemental resources (core literature, Open Court Classics, Wordly Wise Vocabulary Enrichment, Interact simulations, Engine-uity Study Centers, digital resources using personal laptop computers, International Humanities Program Gr. 4-5 only, Spanish language classes) to provide depth and complexity to the core instructional program?

Depth and complexity are two instructional strategies that support gifted education by enabling students to think as disciplinarians, develop critical and creative thinking skills, and participate in research projects. Has your child been given opportunities to learn using a wide variety of supplemental resources (core literature, Open Court Classics, Wordly Wise Vocabulary Enrichment, Interact simulations, Engine-uity Study Centers, digital resources using personal laptop computers, International Humanities Program Gr. 4-5 only, Spanish language classes) to provide depth and complexity to the core instructional program? Yes

I don't know

10. What grade is your child in?

What grade is your child in? 3	4	5
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1. Cowan Avenue Gifted/High Ability International Humanities Magnet Part I

2. Do you believe that teachers integrate the Magnet Vision and Universal Theme when teaching core instruction and student products.

3. Does your child’s instructional program provide opportunities to learn about the international community?

4. Has your child had opportunities (field trips, guest speakers, cultural arts presentations, virtual field trips, digital resources) to extend thematic classroom instruction beyond the classroom?

5. Do you believe that the Magnet School faculty, staff, and student body promote a sense of community?

6. The second group of questions will focus on standards-based instruction to promote student achievement.Has the Magnet offered your child a standards-based instructional program that you believe to be more rigorous and academically challenging in accordance with the Magnet vision?

7. Does your child’s teacher communicate high expectation for academic achievement to your child and to you?

8. Does your child’s teacher, Magnet faculty, administrators, and staff encourage good citizenship, high academic, and emotional success.

10. What grade is your child in?

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6. The second group of questions will focus on standards-based instruction to promote student achievement.

Has the Magnet offered your child a standards-based instructional program that you believe to be more rigorous and academically challenging in accordance with the Magnet vision?