Thank you for giving 10-15 minutes of your time for this survey about arts education in our county.

Complete this survey by the March 6, 2017 deadline and you'll be entered into a drawing for $25 Gift Cards to Sonoma County Restaurants!

The Arts Education Alliance (AEA) is a growing coalition of educators, arts organizations, and artists who believe that every student deserves access to arts education. We know the arts demonstrate an undisputed power to improve students’ test scores and graduation rates, enhance their job readiness, and change their lives for the better. And that makes Sonoma County a better community for us all.

The AEA is gathering input from key stakeholders to understand the state of arts education in the county. This survey is a key part of our strategy. Your input is valuable and we appreciate you sharing your opinion. 

For the purpose of this survey, “arts classes” refers to dance, design, visual arts, etc., classes.  “Arts integration” refers to an approach to teaching where students connect and demonstrate understanding through an art form; an arts integrated lesson connects an art form and other subject area, and meets learning objectives of both areas.  “Arts specialists” refers to individuals or organizations not based at your school.

Once you begin the survey, please complete the survey to the end and click DONE to submit your responses. If you have completed this survey previously, thank you for your input. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. Please complete only one survey. The information gathered in this survey will be used in aggregate with no specific identification of individual sources.

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* 1. Are you an administrator at an elementary school, middle school, or high school? Check all that apply.

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* 2. Considering all of your priorities as the school administrator, how important is arts education to you?

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* 3. When you consider all the priorities facing your teachers, how important do you think arts education is for your teachers to teach?

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* 4. Do students in your school have access to arts classes taught by credentialed arts teachers?

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* 5. If students in your school have access to arts classes taught by credentialed teachers, are those classes during the school day or outside of school time? Check all that apply.

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* 6. Do students in your school have access to arts classes taught by outside arts specialists (i.e., individuals or organizations not based at your school)?

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* 7. If students in your school have access to arts classes taught by arts specialists from outside your school, are those classes during the school day or outside of school time? Check all that apply.

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* 8. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being “not at all proficient” and 10 being "very proficient,” how proficient do you think your credentialed arts teachers are at providing arts education?

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* 9. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being “not at all proficient” and 10 being "very proficient,” how proficient do you think your general education teachers are at integrating arts with other core content (i.e., developing and implementing lessons that connect an art form and another core subject area to meet the objectives of both)?

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* 10. Are any of the arts providers in your school CTE certificated?

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* 11. If you answered yes in Question 10, how many of the arts providers in your school CTE certificated?

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* 12. Does your school have the physical space to offer arts classes?

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* 13. Does your school have the materials and resources to offer the following arts classes? Check all that apply.

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* 14. If your school has after school arts classes, how do you pay for them? Check all that apply.

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* 15. What additions and/or changes would you suggest making to the existing arts education offerings in your school?

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* 16. Have you included funding for the arts in your LCAP or SPSA?

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* 17. If yes, what did you choose to fund? Check all that apply.

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* 18. What do you consider the most significant factor positively impacting arts education in Sonoma County?

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* 19. What do you consider the most significant factor negatively impacting arts education in Sonoma County?

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* 20. What else would you like to share with us about arts education in Sonoma County?

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* 21. Is there an individual at your school who operates as an “arts education champion"?

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* 22. Please select the top four attributes you consider most important for students to learn in preparation for higher education, vocational training, and careers as future workforce and community members. (Please select 4 attributes from the list below.)

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* 23. Please choose the top five subjects taught in school that you consider to have the most positive impact on students' future success. (Please select 5 subjects from the list.)

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* 24. In what district(s) do you work? Check all that apply.

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* 25. In what school(s) do you work? Check all that apply.

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* 26. OPTIONAL: What is your gender?

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* 27. OPTIONAL: What is your age?

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* 28. OPTIONAL: What is your ethnicity and race? Check all that apply.

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* 29. OPTIONAL: How did you find this survey?

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* 30. OPTIONAL:  How may we use your contact information? You must provide your name and at least one method of contact below (mailing address, email, or phone number) to be included in the drawing. Check all that apply.

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* 31. OPTIONAL: What is your contact information? (No personal information or attributed responses will be identified in published survey data and reports.)

Thank you so much for filling out this survey. Your opinion is extremely valuable!

Please complete the survey only once, either online (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SchoolAdminArtsEd) or on paper.

For those who wish to print and mail in this survey, please send to:  Creative Sonoma, 141 Stony Circle, Ste 110, Santa Rosa, CA  95401.

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