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Title III Principals Survey

Instructions

This survey is being conducted as part of an evaluation of services and programs provided by the Division of Bilingual Education and World Languages for English Language Learners (ELLs) through Title III funds. As a school principal, your opinions regarding the Title III services and programs are an important part of the evaluation. Your responses will remain confidential, as the results will be reported in aggregate form only. If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact Mrs. Kristin Nichols-Lopez, Office of Program Evaluation, at 305-995-7544 or at knichols@dadeschools.net.

Please read each item and select your response by checking the appropriate boxes or providing the information requested, based on your knowledge and experiences regarding the services and programs offered to ELLs at your school. Please consult with members of your ESOL support staff in order to provide the most complete responses possible.

Curriculum Support Specialists


Did a Curriculum Support Specialist (CSS) from the Division of Bilingual Education and World Languages come to your school during the 2007-08 school year to work with the ESOL teachers?

Yes

No


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Did you find the assistance provided by the CSS to be helpful?

Yes

No


Please provide a comment to support your answer to question 2.


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Technology


Were Title III funds used to purchase technology for your school?

Yes

No


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Were Title III funds used to purchase hardware, software, or both?

Hardware only (PCs, Monitors etc.)

Software only (instructional programs)

Both hardware and software


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What kind of software is currently available to ELL students in your school? Please check all that apply.

(Select three.)

Reading programs

Language development programs (ESOL)

Mathematics programs


Please specify the specific software programs that have been purchased by Title III and are available to ELL students at your school by checking the boxes below.

(Select all that apply.)

Brainchild (Grades 3-5)

Compass Learning (Grades K-12)

Compass Odyssey (Grades K-12)

ELLIS Essentials (Grades K-5)

ELLIS (Grades 6-12)

KidBiz/Achieve 3000 (Grades 3-5)

Learning Today (Grades K-5)

My Reading Coach (Grades K-5)

Reading Horizons (Grades K-5)

TeenBiz/Achieve 3000 (Grades 6-12)

Waterford Math & Science program (Grades K-2)

Waterford Early Reading (Grades K-2)

Other Software:


Do you think the software available to ELL students has been an effective teaching tool?

Yes

No


Please provide a comment to support your answer to question 9.


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Supplementary Materials


Were Title III funds used to purchase supplementary materials for your school (besides technology) in 2007-08?

YES

NO


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Please specify the specific supplementary materials that have been provided to your school through Title III funds by checking the boxes below.

(Select all that apply.)

Content Area Books in Haitian Creole by Gumdrop Publishing (Grades 6-12)

Focus on Grammar by Pearson (Grades 6-12)

Houghton Mifflin leveled and vocabulary readers (Grades K-5)

Houghton Mifflin leveled readers in Haitian Creole (Grades K-5)

Let’s Talk About It! Let’s Sing About It! by Mondo Publishing (Grades K-2)

Shining Star by Pearson (Grades 9-12)

Visions by Thomson Learning (Grades 6-8)

Other :


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Tutoring Academy


Did your school offer tutoring to ELL students through the Tutoring Academy available during the 2007-08 school year?

YES

NO


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Which subjects were ELL students tutored in through this academy?

(Select all that apply.)

Reading

Mathematics

Science

Social Science


Did you find the Tutoring Academy to be helpful to your ELL students?

YES

NO


Please provide a comment to support your response to Question 17.


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Counseling Services


Did you refer ELL students to Title III Counseling Services offered for students who may have experienced trauma in their home country or who may have had trouble adjusting to their life in the US?

YES

NO


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yes CS


Please select the specific agencies that ELL students were referred to for counseling.

The Bertha Abess Children’s Center Inc.

Institute for Child and Family Health

Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Inc.


Did you find these Counseling Services to be helpful to your ELL students?

YES

NO


Please provide a comment to support your response to Question 21.


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Bilingual Parent Outreach Program


Has your school made use of the Bilingual Parent Outreach Program (BPOP)?

YES

NO


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YES

NO

Were the topics covered in sessions provided by the BPOP program of interest to the parents in attendance?

Were the facilitators conducting the sessions provided by the BPOP program well prepared and knowledgeable about the topics which they presented?


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Close Up Mentoring Program


Did ELL students from your school participate in the Close-up Mentoring Program for New Americans? (high schools only)

YES

NO

Not a high school principal


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Comments


What other needs does your ELL population have that are not being currently being addressed by Title III services and programs in place at your school? Please use this opportunity to make suggestions for improvements to services offered by Title III.


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School Information

Please provide a little information about your school.


School Name


School Number


School Level

Elementary

Middle

K-8 Center

High School

Other Configutartion:


Region

I

II

III

IV

V

VI


Is your school a Charter School?

YES

NO


What is your position at your school?

Principal

Assistant Principal

Other:


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