MSAP
Project Director Key Informant Interview (Telephone)
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Interviewer ID: ___ ___
Interview Date: ___ ___ / ___ ___ / ___ ___ ___ ___ Interview Time: ___ ___ : ___ ___ AM PM
Grantee Name: _________________________________________________
Project Director: _______________________________________________ Telephone: (__ __ __) __ __ __ - __ __ __ __
Thank you for taking the time to participate in this interview. It will take 30 minutes. We are assessing the 2010 Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) grantees’ current technical assistance needs, and these interviews are part of our initial data collection effort. There are no right or wrong answers. We are interested in identifying your needs in program implementation and management in order to provide you with the most relevant and focused technical assistance.
Do you have any questions before we begin?
How many years have you worked in K-12 education?
0-2 years
3-5 years
6-8 years
9 or more years
Based on your plans for MSAP-funded program implementation, please indicate your program’s progress towards implementing your magnet program.
Program installation
Initial implementation
Full operation
How would you characterize your knowledge and experience in the following MSAP activities, and how helpful would it be for you to receive technical assistance for each activity?
Knowledge
1=Needs improvement
2= Adequate
3= Good
Technical Assistance
1= Not helpful
2= Somewhat helpful
3=Very helpful
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Please select three groups with whom you would like to improve communications.
Magnet school staff
School community
Magnet school parents
Magnet school students
Other, specify:
Please select the top three student recruitment needs that you and your staff have as a result of starting the MSAP project.
Building student enrollment
Retaining students
Improving the image of your magnet project
Recruiting diverse students and families from outside traditional school boundaries
Other, specify:
Please select the top three marketing needs that you and your staff have as a result of starting the MSAP project.
Developing a marketing plan
Assessing the effectiveness of your marketing plan
Developing a recruitment plan
Assessing the effectiveness of your recruitment plan
Other, specify:
Please select the top three professional development needs that you and your staff have as a result of starting the MSAP project.
Developing the magnet program curriculum
Integrating the magnet theme into curriculum and instruction
Integrating the magnet theme school-wide
Engaging diverse families and communities in the magnet program
Other, specify:
How helpful would it be for you and your staff to receive technical assistance in the following areas?
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How challenging has it been to implement the following school improvement strategies in your district successfully, and how helpful would it be for you to receive technical assistance in each activity?
Challenge
1=Not at all
2= Somewhat
3= Very
1= Not helpful
2= Somewhat helpful
3=Very helpful
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How involved were the following groups in the development of your magnet program?
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Not involved |
Somewhat involved |
Very involved |
Parents |
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Staff |
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Community |
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Students |
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How well do you think the MSAP project has been received by the following groups?
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Not well |
Well |
Very well |
Teachers |
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Principals |
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Parents |
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Students |
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Community |
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What are the top three challenges to successfully implementing your magnet project?
What needs do you have as a result of any changes in initiatives, administration, and/ or operation since the MSAP grant was awarded?
Do you have any other technical assistance needs?
No
Yes,
please explain:
Please select your top three preferred methods for receiving technical assistance.
Conference workshops
Fact sheet
Newsletter
Telephone conferences
Toolkits
Webinar
Website
Other, specify:
Other, specify:
Glossary of terms
Full operation- the program becomes integrated into practitioner, organizational, and community practices, policies, and procedures. At this point, the implemented program becomes fully operational with full staffing complements and all of the realities of “doing business” impinging on the newly implemented magnet program. Once fully operational, practitioners carry out the magnet program with proficiency and skill, administrators support and facilitate new practices, and the community has adapted to the presence of the magnet program.
Initial implementation- requires attempts to implement new practices effectively and make changes in the overall magnet environment. Changes in skill levels require education, practice, and time to mature. The program is struggling to begin and confidence in the decision to adopt the program is being tested during this stage of implementation.
Program installation- after a decision is made to begin implementing MSAP, there are tasks that need to be accomplished; these activities define the installation stage of implementation. Resources are being consumed in active preparation for actually doing things differently in keeping with the tenets of MSAP and structural supports necessary to initiate the program are put in place.
(Definitions adapted from The National Implementation Research Network at: http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/implementation/06/06d_fullopera.cfm)
MSAP
Project Director Interview
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Author | Marie Belle |
File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
File Created | 2021-02-04 |