Teen Summer Reading Survey (6-12th grade)

Thank you for taking our Teen Summer Reading Program survey! Your feedback will help us evaluate the success of our first virtual program and will help us to improve next year. All responses are anonymous, so feel free to be honest!

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* 1. Is this the first year your teen participated in the Summer County Library Summer Reading program?

Yes

They didn't participate this summer.

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Which program did they participate in?

Reading Only Challenge

Quest with Reading and Activites

None, I didn't know summer reading was happening.

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Did you like using the Beanstack website/app or do you prefer a paper log option?

Yes, I liked being able to easily complete the program on my computer, tablet, phone.

No, I prefer using paper logs and turning them in at the library.

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How did you find out about the Teen Summer Reading Program? (Check all that apply.)

Library Staff via Phone

Facebook/Instagram/Twitter

Curbside Pickup Flyers

My teen participated previous summers

Friends / Family

Summit Daily

Summit County Library Website

Email from Summit School District

Summit County Library Monthly Event Newsletter

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Due to COVID we couldn't do in-person programs this summer, so library staff created a quest in Beanstack requiring reading and activities. Did you like that there were 2 options, the reading-only challenge and the quest?

Yes, I liked the variety and it gave something for the teens to do besides just reading.

No, it was too confusing.

No Opinion

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How challenging was it for your teen to complete the Beanstack virtual badges? (8 hours of reading per Reading Challenge badge vs 7 hours and 1 activity for the Reading Quest).

Very easy

Easy

Neither easy nor difficult

Difficult, that is a lot of reading per badge.

Very difficult

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Quest Only question: Which activities did your teen MOST enjoy? (Choose all that apply.)

Dragon Battle Coding

Generate a Maze

Build a shelter

Digital Board Game

Make a recipe using something in the fridge

None - they didn't reallly enjoy the activites in the quest (Please make some suggestions of what they would have liked more in Other)

N/A

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What prizes did your teens MOST enjoy? (Choose all that apply.)

Free books

Starbucks Gift Cards

Art Basket (iTunes Gift Card)

Gaming Basket (STEAM Gift Card)

Outdoor Basket (REI Gift Card)

Amazon Gift Cards

Other (please specify)

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* 9. We offered the following free virtual programs this summer: Trivia, a Comic Strip writing workshop and a Writing Contest. Please check the programs your teen might be interested in or not and if possible include suggestions of what they might enjoy more.

All 3 of those sound like something they would enjoy.

No, none of these interest my teen. (Please list programs they might enjoy more below.)

Virtual programs are difficult, they prefer in-person. (Please include examples below.)

Virtual Trivia via Zoom

Comic Strip Writing with a Denver Author

Imagine Your Story: Fantasy Writing Contest

They were offered at times my teen wasn't available.

I didn't know they were going on.

Other (please specify)

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* 10. How did prize pickup go? (Teens received a free book for each virtual badge earned and a Starbucks gift card after unlocking 4 badges.)

Good, curbside pickup while the library was closed made it easy.

Bad, I didn't know how to pick up the prizes.

My teen didn't earn any prizes

No opinion

Other (please specify)

Teen Summer Reading Survey (6-12th grade)

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* 1. Is this the first year your teen participated in the Summer County Library Summer Reading program?

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* 2. Which program did they participate in?

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* 3. Did you like using the Beanstack website/app or do you prefer a paper log option?

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* 4. How did you find out about the Teen Summer Reading Program? (Check all that apply.)

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* 5. Due to COVID we couldn't do in-person programs this summer, so library staff created a quest in Beanstack requiring reading and activities. Did you like that there were 2 options, the reading-only challenge and the quest?

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* 6. How challenging was it for your teen to complete the Beanstack virtual badges? (8 hours of reading per Reading Challenge badge vs 7 hours and 1 activity for the Reading Quest).

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* 7. Quest Only question: Which activities did your teen MOST enjoy? (Choose all that apply.)

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* 8. What prizes did your teens MOST enjoy? (Choose all that apply.)

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* 9. We offered the following free virtual programs this summer: Trivia, a Comic Strip writing workshop and a Writing Contest. Please check the programs your teen might be interested in or not and if possible include suggestions of what they might enjoy more.

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* 10. How did prize pickup go? (Teens received a free book for each virtual badge earned and a Starbucks gift card after unlocking 4 badges.)

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* 11. Before you go, do you have any other suggestions for improving the teen summer reading program in 2021?