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.

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* 1. Is your organisation based in:

City

Small centre

Rural

Multiple sites

National

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* 2. How many employees and volunteers does your organisation have (counted as headcount of people)?

6 - 10

11 - 20

21 - 50

51 - 100

101 - 200

201 - 500

>500

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* 3. How do you classify your organisation?

community education provider -not for profit

other not for profit

school

tertiary education provider - profit making

community education provider - profit making

other- profit making

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* 4. What is the approximate annual income of your organisation?

<$10,000

$10,000 - $30,000

$30,000 - $50,000

$50,000 - $100,000

$100,000 - $500,000

$500,000 - $1 million

$1 million - $3 million

>$3 million

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* 5. Does your organisation consider professional development of your employees and volunteers important?

extremely important

very important

moderately important

slightly important

not important

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* 6. Does your organisation consider that professional development for employees is:

the organisation's responsibility

the employee's responsibility

a shared responsibility

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* 7. Does your organisation consider that professional development for volunteers is:

the organisation's responsibility

the volunteer's responsibility

a shared responsibility

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* 8. How involved is management of your organisation with staff professional development planning?

Extremely involved

Very involved

Moderately involved

Slightly involved

Not at all involved

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* 9. Has your organisation identified areas where your staff need professional development?

Yes

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* 10. Does your organisation have a structured quality self-review process?

Yes

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* 11. To what extent does your organisation's self review process assist in identifying professional development needs?

There is no self review process

There is a self review process but it doesn't assist

It does assist but could be better

It does assist

yes strongly

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* 12. Would your organisation like assistance in identifying areas for professional development?

Yes

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* 13. Which of the following areas of professional development would be of interest to your organisation?

learner engagement

stakeholder engagement

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

cultural competency

professional teaching practice

staff management

development of community education programmes

identifying learner needs

networking

using technology

fundraising

governance

management in not for profit sector

marketing and external communications

advocacy

being a good employer

business management

Other (please specify)

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* 14. How much did your organisation pay for staff professional development in 2011?

nil

<$1000

$1001 - $2000

$2001 - $5000

$5001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $20,000

$20,000 - $60,000

>$60,000

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* 15. What is the most you would pay for a half day professional development activity (that you expected to exactly meet your needs)?

nil

<$50

$50 - $100

$101 - $250

$251 - $500

$501-$750

>$750

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* 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 Supplier Extremely important	Reputation of Supplier	Reputation of Supplier	Reputation of Supplier	Reputation of Supplier Not important
Reputation of Presenter	Reputation of Presenter Extremely important	Reputation of Presenter	Reputation of Presenter	Reputation of Presenter	Reputation of Presenter Not important
Activity is specific to your need	Activity is specific to your need Extremely important	Activity is specific to your need	Activity is specific to your need	Activity is specific to your need	Activity is specific to your need Not important
ACE sector specific	ACE sector specific Extremely important	ACE sector specific	ACE sector specific	ACE sector specific	ACE sector specific Not important
Price	Price Extremely important	Price	Price	Price	Price Not important
Proximity of Location	Proximity of Location Extremely important	Proximity of Location	Proximity of Location	Proximity of Location	Proximity of Location Not important

Other (please specify)

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* 17. In your experience, has professional development had a positive impact towards achieving your organisation's goals?

significant positive impact

postive impact

some indirect impact

no discernable impact

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* 18. If you could choose three general areas to spend money on that would improve outcomes for your learners, what would they be?

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* 19. Do your staff have access to broadband?

Yes

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* 20. Have you or your staff undertaken any online professional development in the past year?

Yes