Survey for Secondary School Teachers

Dear teacher,
We kindly invite you to participate in this survey, which aims to gather your valuable insights and feedback about the Special Summer Training Program for Secondary School Teachers that you recently attended, as well as your views on broader teacher development issues.
Your responses will play a crucial role in shaping future professional development initiatives for teachers. Please be assured that the information you provide will be used solely through aggregate statistics for the purpose of this assessment and your own answers will remain strictly confidential.

It'll take about 8 minutes.
BACKGROUND

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* 1. What is your region?

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* 2. Which of the following best describes your position in your school?

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* 3. Please select to indicate your type of school

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* 4. Is your school located in urban, semi-urban, rural, or remote area?

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* 5. What is your sex?

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* 6. What is your age group in years?

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* 7. What is the highest level of professional teacher training that you have completed?
[Please select the FIRST option below if you have NOT trained as a teacher]

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* 8. How many years of pre-service teacher training have you received altogether?
[If you have not trained as a teacher, please select the FIRST option below. i.e., "I have not received any pre-service teacher training"]

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* 9. In total, how many complete years have you actively been a teacher?

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* 10. What best describes your MAIN teaching subjects?

ABOUT THE 2025 SUMMER TRAINING PROGRAM

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* 11. During this year’s (2025) summer training program, which track did you take?

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* 12. Overall, how satisfied are you with the 2025 summer training program?

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* 13. How useful has the content of the summer training program been for your daily teaching practice?

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* 14. About what percentage of the training content do you expect to be able to use or apply in your classroom?

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* 15. How much has the summer training program improved your competencies in the following areas?

  Very little Little Moderate Much Very much
Understanding of students and how they learn
Knowledge the content and how to teach it
Planning and implementing effective teaching and learning
Creating and maintaining supportive and safe learning environments
Assessing students, providing feedback, and reporting on student learning
Engaging in self-directed professional learning
Engaging professionally with colleagues, parents/caregivers, and the community

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* 16. How much do you think the training improved your knowledge of the following topics:

  Not at all Slightly Moderately Significantly Extremely
Competency-based Curriculum
Indigenization of the curriculum
“Vocationalization” of the general curriculum
Activity based, project based and student centered teaching – learning

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* 17. Based on your experience, what specific opportunities and challenges have you faced when implementing the reformed curriculum in your classroom?

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* 18. Do you have any suggestions for additional topics you would have liked to see included in the training?

MODALITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM

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* 19. How adequate do you find the training venue, location, accommodation, and food?

  Not adequate at all Barely adequate Adequate Quite adequate Very adequate
Training venue/location
Accommodation
Food

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* 20. Did the format and duration of the training work well for you? If the format and/or duration is not ideal for you, could you please share your suggestions?

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* 21. Which training format was most useful?
[Please rank in order, 1=most useful, 5=least useful]

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* 22. How often would you like follow-up sessions including refreshers and other support after the training?

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* 23. What additional support would help you apply what you learned?
[Select all that apply]

BROADER VIEW ABOUT CPD AND TPD IN ETHIOPIA

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* 24. How often have you participated in teacher professional development (TPD) or continuous professional development (CPD) for teachers in the last two years?

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* 25. In your opinion, how useful have the CPD programs you received been for your career development and promotion?

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* 26. Based on your experience, could you please share an example of pre-service or in-service training that worked particularly well for you? In what ways was it useful? Please give an example for both pre-service and in-service training.

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* 27. Can the summer special capacity building program help you with CPD? How?

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* 28. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations to improve teacher professional development in Ethiopia?

JOB SATISFACTION AND WELL-BEING

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* 29. To what extent did each of these factors influence your original decision to become a teacher?

  To no extent To a limited extent To moderate extent To a high extent To a very high extent
(a) Lack of other career opportunities
(b) Desire to work with learners
(c) Influence of one of my teachers
(d) Influence of one of my parents/siblings/family members
(e) Love for the subject matter that I teach
(f) Respect for teaching as a profession
(g) Status of teachers in society
(h) Opportunities for career progress
(i) Passion to teach
(j) Family-friendly working conditions

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* 30. Please rate the level of importance of the following factors that influences a teacher’s decision to stay in the job.

  Very low Low Medium High Very high
(a) Salary or adequate compensation
(b) Adequate pre-service preparation
(c) Leadership of the principal
(d) Understanding and support from parents
(e) Friendly/supportive/healthy work-life balance culture
(f) Manageable workload/realistic job expectations
(g) Opportunities for professional development or training for teachers
(h) Opportunities for career progression or promotion
(i) Job security
(j) Status of teachers in society
(k) Family-friendly policies
(l) Teacher independence in executing decisions
(m) Involvement of teacher in making decisions about their issues
(n) Policies on teacher performance review
(o) Location of the school

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* 31. The following statements describe feelings and perceptions about the experience of being a teacher. Please rate how much you disagree or agree with each statement.

  Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree
(a) I am highly satisfied by my teaching job
(b) Most hours in my working day are spent on work-related issues
(c) My compensation is highly rewarding
(d) My employer offers many opportunities for career or professional development
(e) I am satisfied with guidelines on promotion
(f) Achievement of set guidelines on promotion is difficult
(g) I am satisfied with the current teacher performance appraisal guidelines
(h) I am satisfied with the requirement by my employer for Continuous Professional Development
(i) I feel capable of maintaining classroom control with the current class sizes
(j) I am well trained in motivating my learners in their academic endeavors
(k) My job allows me to easily meet my family needs
(l) The institution where I work is not exposed to any danger that may cause health problems
(m) Teaching makes my life more meaningful
(n) I have job security at the institution where I work
(o) My institution adopts a democratic and participatory approach towards management and supervision
(p) I feel fatigued when I get up in the morning and must face another day at school
(q) Given another opportunity, I would still choose teaching as my career

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* 32. If there is anything else you would like to share, please do so in the text box below

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