Organisation Survey - professional development

ACE Aotearoa is collecting information about professional development in the ACE sector. Your comments will help us to better serve your needs and enable us to provide advice to the TEC later in the year.

This survey should be completed by the Chief Executive or Manager of the organisation. There is a separate survey for ACE practitioners to complete. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey.
1.Is your organisation based in:
2.How many employees and volunteers does your organisation have (counted as headcount of people)?
3.How do you classify your organisation?
4.What is the approximate annual income of your organisation?
5.Does your organisation consider professional development of your employees and volunteers important?
6.Does your organisation consider that professional development for employees is:
7.Does your organisation consider that professional development for volunteers is:
8.How involved is management of your organisation with staff professional development planning?
9.Has your organisation identified areas where your staff need professional development?
10.Does your organisation have a structured quality self-review process?
11.To what extent does your organisation's self review process assist in identifying professional development needs?
12.Would your organisation like assistance in identifying areas for professional development?
13.Which of the following areas of professional development would be of interest to your organisation?
14.How much did your organisation pay for staff professional development in 2011?
15.What is the most you would pay for a half day professional development activity (that you expected to exactly meet your needs)?
16.When choosing a professional development activity, which of the following factors do you consider important?
Extremely important
Not important
Reputation of Supplier
Reputation of Presenter
Activity is specific to your need
ACE sector specific
Price
Proximity of Location
17.In your experience, has professional development had a positive impact towards achieving your organisation's goals?
18.If you could choose three general areas to spend money on that would improve outcomes for your learners, what would they be?(Required.)
19.Do your staff have access to broadband?
20.Have you or your staff undertaken any online professional development in the past year?