Welcome!

This survey is for staff members, board members and parents involved with the High School For Recording Arts Charter School sponsored by the Saint Paul Public School District.

Please answer each of the questions with the pull-down menu provided or by filling in the blank.

Submitting your answers is a two-part process. After answering all the questions, please click "finished." Your answers will then be listed, and you may review them. Then click "submit" to record your answers. You must click both "finished" and "submit" for your answers to be recorded.


1. Which of the following best describes your role(s) at the school?


2. How many years have you been a staff member, volunteer, or parent at your school?


3. Your school board supervises which of the following school functions? (Please check all that apply).	setting school policy hiring staff and faculty supervising staff and faculty providing fiscal oversight and approval of annual budgets

4. Please indicate how satisfied you are with the school board's oversight of the following:
a. Setting school policy
b. Hiring staff and faculty
c. Supervising staff and faculty
d. Providing fiscal oversight and approval of annual budgets

5. Please complete the following statement in the comment box provided.
The mission of our school is...

6. Please state how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about your school.
a. Minutes from school board meetings are made available to the staff and student's families.
b. Our school actively supports a climate for change to improve school programs and raise student's academic achievement.
c. The focus of student instruction is to encourage students to high levels of academic achievement.
d. Our school administrators and staff use current data on students' academic performance to guide decisions.
e. Staff and students are aware of dates and times of school board meetings before they occur.
f. Our school is engaged in an organized continuous improvement process.
g. School administrators regularly provide faculty with analyses of student achievement data.
h. Our school develops and maintains well-articulated curricula.
i. Our school board holds regular meetings.
j. Our bus service effectively meets the transportation needs of our students.
k. Our school has strategies for meeting the academic needs of subgroups of students.
l. The food service at our school effectively meets the nutritional needs of our students.
m. Our school uses research-based best practices to promote high student achievement.
n. Our school's educational programs emphasize the interrelationships among curricular areas.
o. The school's administration demonstrates a commitment to continuous school improvement.
p. The health services at our school meets the health related needs of our students.

7. Please state how much you agree or disagree with the following statements about your school.
a. Our school's strategies for improving student's academic performance are effective.
b. The faculty at our school use multiple assessments to set each student's academic goals.
c. The faculty identify appropriate interventions that will enhance student academic achievement.
d. Our board of directors is committed to continuous school improvement.
e. Our school has strategies for meeting the social and emotional needs of subgroups of students.
f. Our school's special education services effectively meet the needs of our students.
g. Our continuous improvement process is focused on individual student needs.
h. Our school actively encourages parental involvement in school decisions.
i. Our school recruits highly qualified educators whose background (both personal and professional) help our school meet the needs of a diverse student body.
j. Our English Language Learner (ELL) program effectively meet the needs of our students.
k. School governance functions effectively.
l. Students at our school develop the ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups of their peers.
m. The teachers care about our students.
n. Our school actively encourages parents to be involved in their child's educational activities.
o. Our school's special education services are sufficient to meet the needs of our students.
p. Students at our school are respectful of teachers.

8. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Our school has sufficient resources in the following areas to implement effective academic programs:
a. Space
b. People
c. Instructional materials
d. Support programs
e. Team planning time
f. Curriculum planning
g. Instructional technology


9. Overall, please rate your level of commitment to the continuous improvement efforts at your school.


10. Overall, please rate your level of commitment to your school's mission.

** School Specific Questions **

The next set of questions address relate specifically to the High School for Recording Arts (HSRA) Charter School.

11. Please answer how much you agree or disagree with the following statements or provide your comments in the boxes provided.
a. HSRA's school attendance policies promote regular student attendance.
b. HSRA's curriculum is competency based.
c. Each student has a personal learning plan based on the Community Learning Center Model and/or the Urban Learner Framework.
d. Each student's personal learning plan is the basis of the instruction that he/she receives at HSRA.
e. Please list ways that HSRA can more effectively create and implement personal learning plans for each student.
f. Students' character formation is central to our school's mission.
g. Please describe ways that the school program promotes students' character formation
h. Building community for students in our school is a high priority for faculty and staff.
i. Please describe ways that the school program can facilitate community building for everyone involved with the school, including students, faculty, staff, administrators, and parents


12. How satisfied are you with expressing your opinions about your school through this survey.


13. Provide any additional comments you have about your charter school:

*** Please do not forget to answer questions 12 and 13! ***

Thank you for participating in this survey and contributing to your school's continuous improvement process!

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