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Rutledge Middle School: Title I Parent Involvement Survey

1. How welcome does the school staff at your child’s school make you feel?

2. How often do you participate in school events because your child encourages you to be involved?

3. In the past year, how often have you visited your child’s school?

4. In the past year, how often did you participate in a parental involvement activity, event, or program at your child’s school?

5. In the past year, how often have you talked with the school about how they can help your child learn?

6. Please check any of the following that would help you participate more often in school functions, activities, and planning events?

Transportation provided
Event/meeting reminders one week before
Meetings/activities offered at various times
Meetings/activities held in community locations other than the school
Child care provided
Light snacks provided
Meetings/activities offered more than once
Other (please specify): Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

7. What is the best time for you to attend a school event for parents?

Before school (M-F)
During school, before lunch (M-F)
During school, after lunch (M-F)
Evenings (M-F)
Saturdays
Other (please specify): Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

8. Overall, how much do you feel your child’s school values parent input?

9. Do you know with whom to communicate at your child’s school when you have a question or concern?

10. How often does your child’s school provide you with information about ways to be involved in the education of my child?

11. How often have you had opportunities to visit with your child’s teachers to discuss your child’s progress throughout the school year?

12. In the past year, how often did you communicate with teachers at your child’s school?

13. In your opinion, how effective are the following when it comes to the school communicating with you or your family?

Space Cell	Not effective	Somewhat effective	Very effective
Parent meetings (open house, curriculum night, etc.)	Parent meetings (open house, curriculum night, etc.): Not effective	Parent meetings (open house, curriculum night, etc.): Somewhat effective	Parent meetings (open house, curriculum night, etc.): Very effective
Parent/teacher conferences	Parent/teacher conferences: Not effective	Parent/teacher conferences: Somewhat effective	Parent/teacher conferences: Very effective
Newsletters (links on school's website)	Newsletters (links on school's website): Not effective	Newsletters (links on school's website): Somewhat effective	Newsletters (links on school's website): Very effective
Automated calls from the school	Automated calls from the school: Not effective	Automated calls from the school: Somewhat effective	Automated calls from the school: Very effective
Email	Email: Not effective	Email: Somewhat effective	Email: Very effective
School website	School website: Not effective	School website: Somewhat effective	School website: Very effective
Flyers send home with your child	Flyers send home with your child: Not effective	Flyers send home with your child: Somewhat effective	Flyers send home with your child: Very effective

14. What are the best ways for you to provide input regarding your child’s school? (Please check all that apply)

Attend meetings
Phone call
Email
Complete survey online
Complete and return a paper survey
Send a note to school
Other (please specify): Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

15. Do you have difficulties with any of the following?

Space Cell	Yes	No
Understanding school policies	Understanding school policies: Yes	Understanding school policies: No
Accessing the school's website	Accessing the school's website: Yes	Accessing the school's website: No

16. How many times per month do you access the school website?

17. How clear is your understanding of the programs and courses that are offered for your child?

18. I am informed as to how my child is doing academically in school.

19. In the past year, how often have you talked with the school about ways that you can help your child’s learning at home?

20. How confident are you in your ability to support your child’s learning at home?

21. Workshops and events may be offered at the school based on the needs and interests of our parents. Please review the following list of potential workshop topics and rank them in the order of what interests you the most. (1 = Most Interested,
8 = Least Interested) Note: for the following table each column is restricted to a single answer across all rows.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Homework help workshop	Rank Homework help workshop as 1 out of 8	Rank Homework help workshop as 2 out of 8	Rank Homework help workshop as 3 out of 8	Rank Homework help workshop as 4 out of 8	Rank Homework help workshop as 5 out of 8	Rank Homework help workshop as 6 out of 8	Rank Homework help workshop as 7 out of 8	Rank Homework help workshop as 8 out of 8
Understanding career pathways	Rank Understanding career pathways as 1 out of 8	Rank Understanding career pathways as 2 out of 8	Rank Understanding career pathways as 3 out of 8	Rank Understanding career pathways as 4 out of 8	Rank Understanding career pathways as 5 out of 8	Rank Understanding career pathways as 6 out of 8	Rank Understanding career pathways as 7 out of 8	Rank Understanding career pathways as 8 out of 8
Math, science, and technology night	Rank Math, science, and technology night as 1 out of 8	Rank Math, science, and technology night as 2 out of 8	Rank Math, science, and technology night as 3 out of 8	Rank Math, science, and technology night as 4 out of 8	Rank Math, science, and technology night as 5 out of 8	Rank Math, science, and technology night as 6 out of 8	Rank Math, science, and technology night as 7 out of 8	Rank Math, science, and technology night as 8 out of 8
Reading night	Rank Reading night as 1 out of 8	Rank Reading night as 2 out of 8	Rank Reading night as 3 out of 8	Rank Reading night as 4 out of 8	Rank Reading night as 5 out of 8	Rank Reading night as 6 out of 8	Rank Reading night as 7 out of 8	Rank Reading night as 8 out of 8
Social studies workshop	Rank Social studies workshop as 1 out of 8	Rank Social studies workshop as 2 out of 8	Rank Social studies workshop as 3 out of 8	Rank Social studies workshop as 4 out of 8	Rank Social studies workshop as 5 out of 8	Rank Social studies workshop as 6 out of 8	Rank Social studies workshop as 7 out of 8	Rank Social studies workshop as 8 out of 8
Organization and study skills workshop	Rank Organization and study skills workshop as 1 out of 8	Rank Organization and study skills workshop as 2 out of 8	Rank Organization and study skills workshop as 3 out of 8	Rank Organization and study skills workshop as 4 out of 8	Rank Organization and study skills workshop as 5 out of 8	Rank Organization and study skills workshop as 6 out of 8	Rank Organization and study skills workshop as 7 out of 8	Rank Organization and study skills workshop as 8 out of 8
Life skills workshop	Rank Life skills workshop as 1 out of 8	Rank Life skills workshop as 2 out of 8	Rank Life skills workshop as 3 out of 8	Rank Life skills workshop as 4 out of 8	Rank Life skills workshop as 5 out of 8	Rank Life skills workshop as 6 out of 8	Rank Life skills workshop as 7 out of 8	Rank Life skills workshop as 8 out of 8
Understanding your teen workshop	Rank Understanding your teen workshop as 1 out of 8	Rank Understanding your teen workshop as 2 out of 8	Rank Understanding your teen workshop as 3 out of 8	Rank Understanding your teen workshop as 4 out of 8	Rank Understanding your teen workshop as 5 out of 8	Rank Understanding your teen workshop as 6 out of 8	Rank Understanding your teen workshop as 7 out of 8	Rank Understanding your teen workshop as 8 out of 8

22. What types of training or programs to improve student academic achievement would you be likely to participate in if they were offered by the school? Please check all that apply.

Educational parent workshops or classes
Parent meetings or presentations
Parent/school decision making committees or councils
Volunteering sessions
Lunch and learn sessions
Online parent classes or webinar presentations
Family fun learning nights
Mentoring
Other (please specify): Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

23. How confident are you in your ability to help your child make choices about programs and courses he/she needs to take?

24. In the past year, how often have you given advice to the school?

25. Did you participate in any of the following decision-making opportunities requiring parental input and partnership?
(Check all that apply)

Title I Program planning and evaluation
Development of school-parent compact
Parent advisory committees/councils
Development of school parent involvement plan
Development of learning program
Parent-teacher conferences
Other (please specify): Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

26. If you participated in any of the above, which did you find most meaningful and enjoyable to be a part of?

27. If you did not participate in any of these activities, why not?

28. Would you be interested in participating in the future?

29. If you are interested in participating, which activities?

30. Our school is required to set aside a percentage of the Title I money we receive for parental involvement activities to actively engage parents in the academic achievement of their children. What are your suggestions for how Title I parental involvement money should be spent?

31. What support do you need from the school to ensure your child moves from one grade to the next?

32. How can our school improve on actively involving parents and community members in the activities of our school to increase student academic achievement?

33. Please list any possible community organizations and/or businesses that you feel would be ideal school partners:

Thank you for taking the time to complete this very important survey. Your feedback is greatly valued and sincerely appreciated.

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