Needs Assessment Survey for Grantees

United States Department of Education

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools

Partnerships in Character Education Program

Character Education and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center

Needs Assessment Survey for Grantees

Purpose: Responses to this Needs Assessment Survey will provide guidance to the Partnerships in Character Education Program (PCEP) and the Character Education and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CETAC) in the development of future technical assistance services, program meetings and products to address the important needs of the character education projects funded under this grant program. In addition, responses to this survey will help in the improvement of current character education products and activities to provide better service in meeting program needs of the PCEP grantees.

I. Instructions: Please select three general areas for which you have the greatest project need. Rank the three areas as follows: indicate 3 (highest), 2, or 1(lowest) priority.

Rank	General Areas		Rank	General Areas
	Grant Administration			School Climate
	Project Implementation			Involvement and Support of Others
	Project Evaluation			Professional Development
	Project Reports			Sustainability of Project

II. Instructions: Please prioritize your precise area of need with a mark in the following categories.

AREAS OF PRECISE PROJECT NEEDS	INDICATE LEVEL OF PRIORITY FOR EACH AREA
Grant Administration	High (3)	Medium (2)	Low (1)	Not Priority (0)	N/A
Key EDGAR Policies and OMB Circulars
Allowable and Unallowable Costs
Carryover requests
No cost extensions
Personnel changes: e.g., key staff, contracted staff
Other, please specify:
Project Implementation	High (3)	Medium (2)	Low (1)	Not Priority (0)	N/A
Integrating character education into the curriculum
Fully implementing the CE program
Documenting activities for evaluation purposes
Using evaluation results to improve program implementation
Involving students with disabilities
Other, please specify:
Project Evaluation	High (3)	Medium (2)	Low (1)	Not Priority (0)	N/A
Maintaining a rigorous evaluation design
Addressing the GPRA indicator to demonstrate predicted student effects through valid, rigorous evaluation
Addressing outcomes for teachers
Getting approval of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects protection, e.g., parental informed consent
Recruiting a sample (schools, teachers, students)
Identifying appropriate data collection instruments
Ensuring reliability and validity of instruments
Analyzing evaluation data
Other, please specify:
Project Reports	High (3)	Medium (2)	Low (1)	Not Priority (0)	N/A
Writing the Performance Report
Writing the Evaluation Report
Reporting “lessons learned”
Reporting student outcomes, e.g., behaviors, academics
Other, please specify:
School Climate	High (3)	Medium (2)	Low (1)	Not Priority (0)	N/A
Gaining support of school building administrators
Gaining unified staff support
Increasing staff modeling of CE principles
Reducing discipline problems in school
Instituting effective discipline strategies
Improving teacher morale
Other, please specify:
Involvement and Support of Others	High (3)	Medium (2)	Low (1)	Not Priority (0)	N/A
Improving parental involvement
Gaining administrative buy-In
Increasing community and business Involvement
Other, please specify:
Professional Development	High (3)	Medium (2)	Low (1)	Not Priority (0)	N/A
Developing effective staff development for teachers
Identifying effective training methods, e.g., face-to-face, train-the-trainer, web-based
Other, please specify:
Sustainability of Project	High (3)	Medium (2)	Low (1)	Not Priority (0)	N/A
Maintaining support from teachers
Maintaining support from school and district administrators
Maintaining support from community
Maintaining support from parents and students
Coordinating efforts within and across schools in the district
Effective communication about program to stakeholders
Use of local media
Other, please specify:

III. Instructions: Please respond to all of the questions below to let us know how PCEP products and activities can improve to meet the project needs.

PCEP PRODUCTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. CETAC Web site www.cetac.org
Have you used the CETAC Web site during this past year?						Yes No
If no, why not?
If yes, how often?		Weekly		Monthly		Quarterly		Less than quarterly
Did you find the information you were looking for?						Yes No
Did you find the site easy to navigate?						Yes No
Did you find the information on the site helpful?						Yes No
If yes, how was the information used?
If no, why not?
Suggestions for improvement of the Web site:
Other comments on the Website:
CETAC E-Newsletters
Have you read a CETAC E-Newsletter?			Yes No
If yes, how would you rate the newsletter?	Excellent		Good		Fair		Poor

If no, why not?
Did you find the information in the E-Newsletter helpful?			Yes No
If yes, how was the information used?
If no, why not?
Suggestions for improvement of the E-Newsletter:
Other comments on the E-Newsletter:
3. PCEP Annual Grantee Meeting
Have you attended a PCEP Annual Grantee Meeting?				Yes No
If no, why not?
If yes, how would you rate the PCEP Annual Grantee Meeting?	Excellent	Good		Fair	Poor
Did you find the information presented at the annual grantee meeting(s) you attended helpful?			Yes No
If yes, how was the information used?
If no, why not?
Suggestions for improvement of PCEP Annual Grantee Meeting:
Other comments on the PCEP Annual Grantee Meeting:
4. Technical Assistance Workshops
Have you attended a Technical Assistance Workshop? (i.e., evaluation symposium, evaluation workshop CA or GA)		Yes No
If no, why not?
If yes, how would you rate the TA Workshop (s)?	Excellent	Good		Fair	Poor
Did you find the information and resources presented at the TA workshop (s) helpful?			Yes No
If yes, how was the information and resources used?
If no, why not?
Suggestions for improvement of TA Workshops:
Other comments on TA workshops:

Thank you for your input!

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