Special Schools Survey: In School Summer Programmes

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* 3. What age group do you support in your school?

Primary age students

Post primary age students

From primary age through post primary up to age 18

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How many students are currently enrolled in your school?

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-50

51-100

101-150

150+

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* 5. How many teachers are currently employed in your school?

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

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* 6. How many SNAs are currently employed in your school?

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51+

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* 7. How many bus escorts do you currently employ?

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51+

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* 8. Do you employ/have access to any other support staff in your school?

Nursing staff

Occupational therapist

Speech and Language therapist

Physical therapist

Art Therapist

Music Therapist

Behaviour Support Therapist

Counselling support

Other (please specify)

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* 9. How long have you been principal in this school?

I'm a newly appointed principal

Less than 1 year

1-3 years

4-10 years

11-20 years

21-30years

30+years

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Did you run a school based summer programme this year? If no, please go to Q 11 and then Q 28. Thank you.

Yes

Yes, but a shorter version

Other (please specify)

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* 11. If no, why did you not run a Summer Programme this year?

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* 12. If yes, did teachers from your school work on this school based programme?

Yes

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* 13. If yes, what percentage of teachers worked on the school based programme?

100%

75% approx

50% approx

25% approx

10% approx

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* 14. Why did teachers from your own school not work on the school based programme? Please choose any from the following options, but add more detail in 'other' at the end.

Too tired

Pay is not an incentive

Challenging environment

Nursing support not available

Therapies not available for students

Lack of SNA support available

Safety concerns

Worked on a School Based programme elsewhere

Worked on a Home Based Programme instead

Other commitments

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Did SNA staff from your school work on the School based Programme?

Yes

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* 16. If yes, what percentage of your SNA staff worked on the School Based Programme?

100%

75% approx

50% approx

25% approx

10% approx

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* 17. Why did SNA staff not work on the School Based Programme?

Too tired

Pay not an incentive

Challenging environment

Safety Concerns

Worked on a school programme elsewhere

Worked on a Home Based Programme

Other commitments

Other (please specify)

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* 18. If you ran a School Based Programme this year, what percentage of children participated?

100%

75% approx

50% approx

25% approx

10% approx

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* 19. What level of support did student participants need on this summer's School based programme?

Little or no support

Manageable, not needing any specialist support

High level of experienced/specialist support needed

Other (please specify)

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* 20. Were students with complex needs offered a place on your School Based programme this summer?

Yes

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* 21. What percentage of your student population with complex needs participated in the school based programme this year?

100%

75% approx

50% approx

25%approx

10% approx

None

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* 22. If few children with complex needs participated, why was this?

Not enough lead in time for schools this year

Experienced teachers not available

Experienced SNAs not available

No access to the supports needed

Cost

Other (please specify)

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* 23. Did you use the online portal for inputting student data this year?

Yes

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* 24. If yes, how did you find the process:

It took too long

It was efficient

Other (please specify)

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* 25. When were staff paid?

July

August

September

Not paid yet

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* 26. Did you avail of the €2,000 payment for the summer programme?

Yes

Didn't know about it

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* 27. Can you give us an idea of how you used it to support your summer programme?

We employed extra support staff, eg SNAs

We employed therapy staff

We employed Nursing support

More trips out in specialised taxis/buses

We brought in agencies to organise extra activities

Treats for the students

Cover increased insurance/cleaning costs

We purchase extra materials/equipment needed

Other (please specify)

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* 28. NABMSE has a meeting scheduled with the Summer Programmes dept of the DES later this month. Please include here any suggestions you have to improve any aspect of the Summer Programmes.

Special Schools Survey: In School Summer Programmes

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* 1. Are you a special school?

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* 2. What category of school are you?

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* 3. What age group do you support in your school?

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* 4. How many students are currently enrolled in your school?

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* 5. How many teachers are currently employed in your school?

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* 6. How many SNAs are currently employed in your school?

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* 7. How many bus escorts do you currently employ?

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* 8. Do you employ/have access to any other support staff in your school?

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* 9. How long have you been principal in this school?

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* 10. Did you run a school based summer programme this year? If no, please go to Q 11 and then Q 28. Thank you.

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* 11. If no, why did you not run a Summer Programme this year?

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* 12. If yes, did teachers from your school work on this school based programme?

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* 13. If yes, what percentage of teachers worked on the school based programme?

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* 14. Why did teachers from your own school not work on the school based programme? Please choose any from the following options, but add more detail in 'other' at the end.

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* 15. Did SNA staff from your school work on the School based Programme?

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* 16. If yes, what percentage of your SNA staff worked on the School Based Programme?

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* 17. Why did SNA staff not work on the School Based Programme?

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* 18. If you ran a School Based Programme this year, what percentage of children participated?

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* 19. What level of support did student participants need on this summer's School based programme?

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* 20. Were students with complex needs offered a place on your School Based programme this summer?

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* 21. What percentage of your student population with complex needs participated in the school based programme this year?

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* 22. If few children with complex needs participated, why was this?

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* 23. Did you use the online portal for inputting student data this year?

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* 24. If yes, how did you find the process:

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* 25. When were staff paid?

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* 26. Did you avail of the €2,000 payment for the summer programme?

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* 27. Can you give us an idea of how you used it to support your summer programme?

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* 28. NABMSE has a meeting scheduled with the Summer Programmes dept of the DES later this month. Please include here any suggestions you have to improve any aspect of the Summer Programmes.