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Parent Community Engagement and Involvement Survey (2018-19)

Parental Community Engagement and Involvement Survey

Engagement of students, parents, staff and community members is important to the Monterey Peninsula School District. 

You input matters! We want to hear how your school is doing to involve and engage you in your child's education and our decision making process. Your input is particularly valued as we continue to align our goals and financial resources.

Your feedback will help MPUSD and your school provide effective communications, and improve on customer service and programs. 
1.What school (or program) does your child/young adult attend? (Select all that apply.)
2.Based on previous stakeholder feedback, the following are areas in which MPUSD makes financial investments. Help us prioritize what is important to you so we may invest in programs and services that align to stakeholder feedback. Missing an area of importance to you? Provide that in comment box.
Important
Somewhat Important
Unimportant
Academic supports that meet individual student needs (e.g., before and after school tutoring, summer school)
Accelerated courses (e.g., Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, Dual/Concurrent College Class Enrollment)
Access to wide variety of courses for students to be college and career ready
Access to career technical education courses (e.g., health science and medical technology, public service sector, hospitality/tourism/recreation, transportation and automotive)
Access to Early Childhood Education (e.g., preschool, transitional kindergarten, kindergarten)
Educational Technology (e.g., 1:1 computer to student ratio)
Expanded before and after school and summer programs (e.g., science, technology, engineering, art and math programs)
Music, visual and performing arts (e.g., art, plays, performances, concerts, orchestra, band, choir)
Professional development for teachers to master curriculum instruction and meet student needs
Social and emotional support (e.g., family service specialists, mental health therapists, Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports program)
School Culture (investing in facilities, programs and services to establish a safe learning environment)
3.Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about this school.
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
I don't know or N/A
Keeps me informed about school activities
Allows feedback and embraces parent contributions
Responds to phone calls, messages and/or emails
Encourages parents to be active partners with the school in educating my child
Actively seeks the input of parents before making important decisions
Teachers at this school communicate with parents about what scholars are expected to learn in class
Parents feel welcome to participate at this school
School staff take parent concerns seriously
4.This school communicates in the following ways:
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Newsletter (or similar)
Posts (app, email or text) in ParentSquare Communication System
All call messages
Hard copy flyers or memos home
Regular school meetings
Other
5.During this school year, has any adult in your student's household participated in any of the following things at school?
Yes
No
Attended a school or class event, such as a play, dance, sports event, or science fair
Served as a volunteer in this scholar's classroom or elsewhere in the school
Attended a general school meeting, for example, a back-to-school night or an open house
Attended a meeting of the parent-teacher organization or association
Gone to a regularly scheduled parent-teacher conference with the scholar's teacher
Participated in a fundraiser for the school
Served on a school committee
Met with a guidance counselor in person
6.How well has your student's school been doing the following things during the school year?
Very well
Well
Okay
Not very well
I don't know or N/A
Letting you know how your child is doing in school between report cards
Providing information about how to help your scholar with homework
Providing information on your expected role at your scholar's school
Providing information on how to help your scholar plan for college or vocational school
7.My school engages with families on topics outside of student grades.
8.The district communicates in the following ways.
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
I don't know or N/A
Newsletter
Posts (app, email or text) in ParentSquare Communication System
All call messages
Website
Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, etc.)
Media
Town Hall or Community Meetings
Other
9.How can schools better assist you to engage school personnel and teachers?
10.What barriers keep you from participating in school activities?
11.What strategies could the school use to increase family interactions with the school?
12.What feedback to MPUSD's Parent Involvement Board Policy and/or Administrative Regulation might you have? Refer to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation by clicking the "bold blue" links.