PEL Teaching Completer Survey Questions.docx

PEL Teaching Completer Survey

The purpose of this survey is to provide the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) with information from program completers about their Educator Preparation Program experiences.

To reduce the length of this required survey, you will be asked to provide your date of birth and either your Illinois Educator Identification Number (IEIN) or last four digits of your social security number so ISBE can match your responses to your educator preparation program. This information will only be visible to ISBE. This information, along with your survey responses, will be stored in a secure, password-protected database operated by ISBE.

Aggregate, anonymous survey data will be shared with your educator preparation program and help ISBE ensure the quality of all programs in the state through the Illinois Educator Preparation Profile (IEPP.) Your anonymous narrative responses will be shared with your program so it can celebrate its successes and make improvements where needed.

Your responses to this survey will not impact your eligibility for licensure. Your responses will be used to help improve educator preparation in Illinois for future educators.

This survey should take 7-10 minutes to complete.

1. What is your Illinois Educator Identification Number (IEIN)? Your IEIN is located at the top of your Credentials page, beneath your name, in ELIS.

2. What are the last four digits of your social security number? If you do not have a social security number, please skip this question.

3. What type of program did you recently complete at an Illinois Institution of Higher Education?

This survey is intended for first-time Teaching PEL recipients. If you have completed an administrative or school support program, you need not complete the rest of the survey. Please skip to the end of the survey and submit the responses you have entered up to this point. Thank you.

4. Do you already hold a Professional Educator License? – Optional

This survey is intended for first-time Teaching PEL recipients. If you completed a teaching program but have already earned your PEL (i.e., you are adding on a subsequent endorsement and responding “Yes” to question #4), you need not complete the rest of the survey. Please skip to the end of the survey and submit the responses you have entered up to this point. Thank you.

In this section, you will be asked to answer questions about the type of teacher preparation program you recently completed.

5. From the list below, please select the Illinois Institution of Higher Education in which you completed your teacher preparation program – Optional

6. Please select the teacher preparation program that led to your Professional Educator License. This program is usually your major (or your minor if you majored in secondary education.) – Optional

Top of Form In this section, you will be asked to provide your opinion on the various components of your teacher preparation program, including alignment to the Illinois Professional Educator Standards. Please respond to the following statements with only your teacher preparation program in mind.

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following:

7. My teacher preparation program prepared me to: - Optional

· Strongly Agree

· Agree

· Disagree

· Strongly Disagree

a. Design and provide a learning environment that is safe, healthy, equitable, accessible, developmentally appropriate, collaborative, and responsive

b. Plan and implement instruction that is justifiable, equitable, accessible, developmentally appropriate, challenging, and engaging

c. Create and facilitate instructional assessment that is justifiable, equitable, accessible, developmentally appropriate, challenging, engaging, collaborative, supportive, protective, and informative

d. Collaborate and communicate with families, colleagues, and the community to enhance educational opportunities and the learning experience for all learners

e. Meet professional expectations and pursue growth opportunities through analysis, reflection, and goal setting.

8. My Program: - Optional

· Strongly Agree

· Agree

· Disagree

· Strongly Disagree

a. Prepared me to pass the content test.

b. Supported me as I prepared for my content test.

c. Has adequately prepared me to be a teacher.

9. The following were valuable in my development as a teacher. - Optional

· Strongly Agree

· Agree

· Disagree

· Strongly Disagree

a. Program Faculty/Staff

b. Coursework

c. Field Experience

d. Student Teaching and/or Residency

e. Cooperating/Mentor Teacher

10. Please provide up to three strengths related to your teacher preparation program experience, not including your student teaching/residency experience, that you would like to anonymously share with the Illinois State Board of Education and your preparation program. (You will be asked to share feedback about your student teaching/residency later in the survey.) - Optional

11. Please provide up to three areas for improvement related to your teacher preparation program experience, not including your student teaching/residency experience, that you would like to anonymously share with the Illinois State Board of Education and your preparation program. (You will be asked to share feedback about your student teaching/residency later in the survey.) - Optional

Top of Form In this section, you will be asked to provide your opinion on the student teaching/residency experience you completed. Please respond to the following statements with only your student teaching/residency experience in mind.

12. Please share the school and school district in which you completed your student teaching/residency experience. - Optional

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following:

13. During my student teaching/residency experience, I was given the opportunity to: - Optional

· Strongly Agree

· Agree

· Disagree

· Strongly Disagree

a. Work with students who have varying demographic characteristics (e.g. race, socioeconomic status)

b. Work in diverse settings (e.g. with English learners or students in special education)

c. become familiar with and/or use technologies for the purpose of teaching and learning

d. receive ongoing feedback and support from a program faculty supervisor

e. receive ongoing feedback and support from a mentor/cooperating teacher

14. Please provide up to three strengths related to your student teaching/residency experience that you would like to anonymously share with the Illinois State Board of Education and your preparation program. - Optional

15. Please provide up to three areas for improvement related to your student teaching/residency experience that you would like to anonymously share with the Illinois State Board of Education and your preparation program. -Optional