2014-15 Parent Needs Assessment Survey (Title IIA)

1. Introduction

Dear Parent,

Please take a few moments to answer the following questions. We need your opinions as a parent. Your answers will help us decide how to best use federal money for teacher training classes. Your answers are confidential and you will never be identified.

If you would like to complete the survey for more than one child, please finish a survey for your first child, close that survey, then simply click the survey link again and a new survey will begin.

The estimated time to complete the survey is between 5 to 10 minutes. Thank you very much for your help.

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* 1. What school does your child attend?

Clifton Ridge Middle School

Dames Ferry Elementary School

Gray Elementary School

Gray Station Middle School

Jones County High School (Ninth Grade Campus)

Jones County High School (Upper Grades Campus)

Jones County PreK Center

Turner Woods Elementary School

Wells Elementary School

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* 2. Which of these following programs is your child in? (Please select all that apply).

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program

Gifted program

Migrant program

Regular classroom program

Special education program

Other programs. Please specify below.

Other (please specify)

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* 3. My child's teacher.... (Please select one answer).

Helps my child with everything he or she needs in school.

Does not help with everything I would like. (Please specify below what else he or she should be doing.)

Does not help my child very much at all.

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Which of your child's needs could be better met by the teacher?

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* 5. My child's teacher assistant (paraprofessional).... (Please select one answer).

Helps my child with everything he or she needs.

Does not help with everything I would like. (Please specify below what else he or she should be doing.)

Does not help my child very much at all.

My child does not have a teacher assistant/paraprofessional in any of his/her classes.

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Which of your child's needs could be better met by the teacher assistant/paraprofessional?

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* 7. How well does the school tell you about how your child is doing?

The school tells me how my child is doing often and in many ways.

The school sends us progress reports and report cards.

The school rarely sends us anything

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* 8. What else do you think the school should do to let you know how your child is doing?

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* 9. Your child can do his or her best when you and the school work together. Which of the following classes would you like the school to offer to parents? (Please select all that apply.)

How to work as a volunteer at school.

How to help my child be more ready for school.

How to help my child enjoy reading.

How to prevent drug and alcohol abuse.

How to help my child be a better math student.

How to be better at talking about sexual issues.

How to help my child avoid fighting or being bullied.

How to help my child with the computer.

How to help my child with homework.

There are other things I think the school could help with. (Please tell us below.)

The school provides all the parent classes I want.

I don't need the school to provide any classes for me.

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Which of the following best describes your child's school (Please select all that apply).

The school is a friendly place for my child.

The school is a friendly place for me to visit.

The school is very clean.

The school is safe.

The teachers and staff take very good care of my child.

The teachers are very good.

The teacher assistants are very good.

The principal, assistant principals and other administrators are very good.

My child’s teachers teach him/her everything I think he/she should know.

Other (Please Specify Below)

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Do you think all the children in your child's school have the same chance for a good education?

Yes

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* 12. If you answered "no" above, please tell us why you think so.

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* 13. How often does your child ride a Jones County School System bus?

Daily

Often

Rarely

Not at all

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* 14. I feel that my child is safe when riding the bus.

Yes

Undecided

My child does not ride a bus.

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* 1. What school does your child attend?

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* 2. Which of these following programs is your child in? (Please select all that apply).

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* 3. My child's teacher.... (Please select one answer).

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* 4. Which of your child's needs could be better met by the teacher?

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* 5. My child's teacher assistant (paraprofessional).... (Please select one answer).

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* 6. Which of your child's needs could be better met by the teacher assistant/paraprofessional?

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* 7. How well does the school tell you about how your child is doing?

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* 8. What else do you think the school should do to let you know how your child is doing?

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* 9. Your child can do his or her best when you and the school work together. Which of the following classes would you like the school to offer to parents? (Please select all that apply.)

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* 10. Which of the following best describes your child's school (Please select all that apply).

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* 11. Do you think all the children in your child's school have the same chance for a good education?

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* 12. If you answered "no" above, please tell us why you think so.

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* 13. How often does your child ride a Jones County School System bus?

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* 14. I feel that my child is safe when riding the bus.

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* 15. What else about your child's school do you want to say?