Baseline Survey for Core Skills Training: Introductory Course (Leaders)

This survey is an important part of the evaluation for the British Council’s Core Skills training programme. Your answers will be treated confidentially. The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete.

PLEASE ANSWER IN BLOCK CAPITALS

Your details

Please complete the following details about you and your core skills training.

  1. Your name: First name ______

Last name ______

1. aYour age:  16-20  21-24  25-34  35-44 45+

1. bYour gender:Female

Male

Other

  1. It is essential that we have an email address or mobile / cell number for each participant

Your email address ______

Your personal mobile / cell phone number ______

3. Your school name ______

Please enter full school name without abbreviations

4. Country ______

5. School Type

Primary SecondaryCombined

 Special Educational Needs Other

6. School Status: Government/State  Private/Independent 

7. School Gender: All Girls All Boys  Mixed 

8. Date of training [dd/mm/yyyy]

Start date: _ _ / _ _ /_ _ _ _

9. Training location______

Please state the location of the training, e.g. town or city

Your experience of developing students’ core skills

10. Have you received any previous training on core skills?

Yes

 No

 Not sure

11. Please read the following statements and indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each. Please indicatewith an ‘X’

Statement / Strongly Agree / Agree / Neither agree nor disagree / Disagree / Strongly Disagree
A / I think I know a lot about core skills
B / I understand why it’s important for my students to develop core skills
C / I understand the difference between deep learning and surface learning
D / Teaching core skills is a difficult challenge for my staff
E / My teachers make use of core skills in their teaching every week
F / My school has sufficient resources to develop students’ core skills
G / My teachers are confident in teaching Creativity and Imagination
H / My teachers are confident in teaching Student Leadership and Personal Development
I / My teachers are confident in teaching Citizenship
J / My teachers are confident in teaching Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
K / My teachers are confident in teaching Digital Literacy
L / My teachers are confident in teaching Collaboration and Communication
Statement / Strongly Agree / Agree / Neither agree nor disagree / Disagree / Strongly Disagree
M / Teachers in my school have the necessary training to develop students’ core skills
N / My school supports teachers to develop students’ core skills
O / My school has sufficient resources to develop students’ core skills.

Quiz

Here is a quick quiz to find out what you already know about this core skill. Answers will be used to evaluate the course, rather than to assess individuals.

12. For each of the following statements, please indicate with an ‘X’ whether you think it is true or false. If you don’t know or are not sure, please indicate with an ‘X’ in the box ‘not sure’.

# / Statements / True / False / Not sure
1 / One of the features of effective teacher professional development is that it builds on teachers’ existing learning
2 / It is not good practice for teachers to use free teaching resources from the internet
3 / The physical environment has a minimal effect on learning
4 / All learning involves social and emotional elements as well as cognitive processes
5 / Teachers should make the process of learning explicit to their students
6 / Effective teaching is interactive
7 / The biggest effects on student learning occur when teachers become learners of their own teaching, and students become their own teachers
8 / Highly effective leadership means giving all students and staff an opportunity to lead
9 / An important principle of leadership for learning is that everyone is a learner
10 / Effective leaders take all the key decisions in their schools
11 / Leaders should discourage teachers from trying an untested teaching approach, in case it has a negative impact on student learning
12 / Leadership for learning involves teachers working collaboratively across subjects, irrespective of role and status
13 / School leaders need to interpret national policies in relation to school values
# / Statements / True / False / Not sure
14 / Teaching core skills means that the teacher needs to become a facilitator of learning
15 / If a student gives a wrong answer to a question in class, teachers should avoid correcting it in case they damage the student’s self-esteem
16 / Excellent results in examinations are evidence of deep learning
17 / Highly effective teachers use a combination of whole-class, group and paired activities
18 / Working in groups guarantees deeper level learning
19 / Digital technologies should be used to promote interactive teaching
20 / Working with parents and the local community is effective in promoting student learning

Course expectations

13. The most important thing I want to gain from this training is:

Thank you very much for answering these questions. Your answers will be used to evaluate the core skills training.

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