Welcome!

This survey is for staff members at LEAP as part of the School Quality Review process of the Saint Paul Public Schools. Please answer each of the questions with the pull-down menus provided or by filling-in the blanks.

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 cllick both "finished" and "submit" for your answers to be recorded.


1. What is your role in the LEAP program?


2a. How many years have you been a staff member or volunteer at the LEAP program?

2b. Please complete the following statement in the comment box provided.
The mission of LEAP is...

** SPPS's Blueprint for Better High Schools **

In that LEAP serves many students who would otherwise be enrolled in a Saint Paul High School, please respond to the following questions.

3. How would you describe LEAP's current implementation of the core components of SPPS's Blueprint for Better High Schools?
a. Setting high academic standards for all students

b. Building relationships between teachers and students

c. Connecting school to the future for students

d. Promoting professional collaboration among teachers

e. Providing a wide range of classroom opportunities for all students

4. Please rate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements.
a. Academic support is equally available for all students in our program.
b. Teachers in our program regularly work together to design curriculum and improve instruction.
c. Students experience high academic standards through a curriculum of rigorous courses.
d. Each student in our program has at least one adult in the program who provides him or her with caring guidance and support.
e. Our program helps all students develop personal goals for the future.
f. Teachers in our program regularly work together to address students' needs.
g. Each student feels that there is at least one adult at our program whom he or she knows and can talk to.

** School/Program Continuous Improvement Planning **

The following questions ask you to describe your perspectives relating to LEAP's School/Program Continuous Improvement Plan (SCIP).

5. Please state how much you agree or disagree with the following statements:
a. Our program has developed a mission/focus statement with input from stakeholders.
b. Our program actively supports a climate for change to improve school programs and raise student achievement.
c. Our program maintains a student information system that contains multiple sources of students' performance data.
d. Our program focuses student instruction on encouraging students to high levels of academic achievement.
e. Our program is engaged in an organized, continuous improvement process that focuses on individual student needs.
f. Our program addresses career awareness and employability skills of students.
g. Program administrators regularly provide faculty analyses of student achievement data.
h. Our school/program improvement plan contains diverse interventions to meet the needs of subgroups of students.
i. Our program provides equitable educational opportunities for all students.
j. The program's leadership demonstrates a commitment to the school improvement process.
k. Faculty in our program use multiple assessments to set each student's academic goals.
l. Faculty members identify appropriate interventions that will enhance student academic achievement.
m. LEAP's mission/focus statement is used to guide decisions for our program.

6. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Our program has sufficient resources in the following areas:
a. Space
b. People
c. Instructional materials
d. Support programs
e. Team planning time
f. Curriculum planning
h. Instructional technology


7. Please rate your personal level of commitment to LEAP's School/Program Continuous Improvement Plan (SCIP).


8. How satisfied are you expressing your opinions about LEAP through this survey?


9. Please write any comments you have about LEAP

10. Please write any comments you have regarding how the Saint Paul Public Schools can assist your school/program improvement efforts

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

Please remember to click both "finished" here and "submit" on the next page!

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