LINCS Professional Development Survey

LINCS Professional Development Mapping Survey

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LINCS Professional Development Survey

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Adult Education Professional Development Mapping Survey




Dear State Director/State Office Staff/Professional Developer:

The National Institute for Literacy (Institute) is conducting this survey as part of the Institute’s nationwide mapping of adult education professional development activities. This Institute is seeking information about existing practices, approaches, and delivery systems for the professional development of adult education practitioners and volunteers in each state.

We’re hoping to better understand and document the professional development system in your state and how the National Institute for Literacy and its Regional Resource Centers might support your efforts with their products and trainings. Please complete this survey, based on your professional development system. We anticipate that completing the survey will take approximately 45 minutes.


Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.


For more information or questions, please contact Kaye Beall, 765-717-3942, kaye_beall@worlded.org.




According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 180093-xxxx. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 45 minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: The National Institute for Literacy, 1775 I Street NW, Room 730, Washington, D.C. 20006. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, write directly to: The National Institute for Literacy, 1775 I Street NW, Room 730, Washington, D.C. 20006.


Adult Education Professional Development Mapping Survey


Automated ID number:_____________________


State: ____________________________________


Check one:

  • State Office: (Name of office)________________________________________

  • Organization: (Name of Organization)______________________________________________


Adult Education/Literacy Delivery System

  1. Service delivery providers Percentage

  • Local education agencies ________ %

  • 2- or 4-year colleges ________%

  • Correctional institutions ________%

  • Libraries ________%

  • Faith-based ________%

  • Community-based ________%

  • Other _______________________________ ________%

  1. Number of students served (unduplicated count) ______________

  2. Number of students served (duplicated count)

  • Adult basic education ________

  • Adult secondary education ________

  • English as a second language ________

  • Workplace ________

  • Family Literacy ________

  1. Number of staff (unduplicated count)

  • Full-time ________

  • Part-time ________

  1. Number of staff by position (duplicated count)

  • Teachers ________

  • Program administrators ________

  • Counselors ________

  • Paraprofessionals (includes support staff and paid tutors) ________

  • Volunteers ________

  1. Funding Amount Percentage

  • Federal $________ ________%

  • State $________ ________%

  • Local $________ ________%



  1. In what national initiative(s) is your state participating?

__________________________________ __________________________________

__________________________________ __________________________________

Priorities and Funding for Professional Development

  1. How is your professional development system connected to a strategic plan or the state plan?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. What state-determined priorities does it address?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. In the last three years, has your state conducted a professional development needs assessment survey?

yes no If yes, are you willing to share the results? yes no

  1. Where does the funding for the professional development system come from? What are the percentages from each source?

Funding Sources: Percentage:

_______________________________________ _________%

_______________________________________ _________%

_______________________________________ _________%

_______________________________________ _________%

_______________________________________ _________%

  1. What is the fee structure, if any? ____________________________________________

  2. Which of the following types of adult education practitioners, if any, are recipients of your professional development activities?

  • Adult education (state/federal funds) yes no

  • Volunteer literacy yes no

  • Faith-based organizations yes no

  • Correctional facilities yes no

  • Other (Specify) ____________________________________________________________________

  1. Are practitioners outside your network invited to participate? yes no



Professional Development Delivery System

  1. At what level(s) is professional development delivered by this agency/organization?

Local yes no Multi-state yes no

Regional yes no National yes no

Statewide yes no

  1. Of the above, indicate which one is used primarily by your state.

Local Multi-state

Regional National

Statewide

  1. What delivery modes do you use for professional development?

    1. Face-to-face yes no

    2. Online, facilitated yes no

    3. Online, self-directed yes no

    4. DVDs/Videos yes no

    5. Individual investigations yes no

    6. State conference or institutes yes no

    7. Other _________________________________________

  1. When and where are state or large regional conferences and institutes held for:

State Regional

When Where When Where

  • Teachers: __________ __________________ __________ _____________

  • Program administrators: __________ __________________ __________ _____________

  • Paraprofessionals: __________ __________________ __________ _____________

  • Volunteers: __________ __________________ __________ _____________

  1. How do you communicate with practitioners about professional development offerings and/or use as a professional development tool?

  • Newsletters

  • Discussion lists

  • E-mail distribution lists

  • Websites

  • Professional development catalog

  • Mailings

  • Other ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________

  1. What other resources are available to conduct professional development activities that have not been discussed?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

Online Professional Development

  1. Does your state use online professional development? yes no

  2. Has your state increased its use of online professional development? yes no

  3. What does your state offer for online professional development?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. What works well for online professional development?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Are you satisfied with your online professional development offerings? yes no

  2. What else would you like to include in your offerings?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Does your state subsidize teachers for taking online courses? yes no

  • If yes, are these teachers paid for time? yes no

  • If yes, are these teachers reimbursed for any related fees? yes no

Licensing/Credentialing and Professional Development

  1. Is credentialing or licensing of staff required? If yes, what are the requirements for:

Full-time: Part-time:

  • Teachers yes no ___________ ___________

  • Program administrators yes no ___________ ___________

  • Counselors yes no ___________ ___________

  • Paraprofessionals yes no ___________ ___________

  • Volunteers yes no ___________ ___________

  1. Is there an annual number of professional developments hours required? If yes, what are the requirements for:

Full-time: Part-time:

  • Teachers yes no ___________ ___________

  • Program administrators yes no ___________ ___________

  • Counselors yes no ___________ ___________

  • Paraprofessionals yes no ___________ ___________

  • Volunteers yes no ___________ ___________

  1. Do you utilize incentives to encourage participation in professional development? yes no

If yes, what incentives do you use?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Does your state maintain a tracking system? If yes, is it electronic?

  • For professional development registration yes no

  • For participation yes no

Professional Development Topics

  1. Which topics have been offered in the past three years? How often?

  • Assessment ________

  • General Educational Development (GED) ________

  • Curriculum development ________

  • English as a Second Language (ESL) ________

  • Special needs/special populations ________

  • Numeracy ________

  • Reading ________

  • Integrating technology ________

  • Workforce readiness ________

  • National Reporting System (NRS) ________

  • Research-based practice ________

  • Retention ________

  • Transitions ________

  • Family Literacy ________

  • Other _____________________ ________

  • Other _____________________ ________

  • Other _____________________ ________

  • Other _____________________ ________

  • Other _____________________ ________

  • Other _____________________ ________

  1. Is professional development required for practitioners in any of the above topics? If so, explain.

  • Teachers yes no ___________________________________________

  • Program administrators yes no ___________________________________________

  • Counselors yes no ___________________________________________

  • Paraprofessionals yes no ___________________________________________

  • Volunteers yes no ___________________________________________

  1. How are the professional development priority topics determined?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. List any areas of expertise in specific content areas that you might be willing to share with other states?

  • _______________________________________________________________________________

  • _______________________________________________________________________________

  • _______________________________________________________________________________

  • _______________________________________________________________________________

  1. When is the list of professional development activities developed for the next program year? __________________________________________________________________________________

  2. Regarding the following National Institute for Literacy-sponsored initiatives:

Are you familiar with? Have you used? When?

Bridges-to-Practice yes no yes no _________

Evidence-based Practices yes no yes no _________

Assessment Strategies and

Reading Profiles website yes no yes no _________

Discussion lists yes no yes no _________

LINCS yes no yes no _________

Qualifications for Professional Developers and/or Contracts

  1. How is your state’s professional development delivered?

  • State-level staff yes no

  • Long-term grants or contracts yes no

  • Short-term topical contracts yes no

  • Peer networks yes no

  • Other _________________________________________________________________

  1. Do you have stated requirements or qualifications for those who deliver professional development?

yes no Please explain:

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Do you have a process for considering/approving professional development activities developed by another state or external association/agency as part of your state’s professional development system?

yes no Please explain:

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. If yes, what are the criteria that a professional development activity developed by another state or external association/agency must meet to be used as part of your state’s professional development system?

  • _______________________________________________________________________________

  • _______________________________________________________________________________

  • _______________________________________________________________________________

  • _______________________________________________________________________________

Professional Development Successes

  1. What is the most successful aspect of your state’s professional development? Why?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Is there anything else about the professional development system that you want to tell us—anything special, unique, or important that our questions may not have covered?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  1. What other groups (professional associations, coalitions, etc.) offer professional development opportunities in your state?

Organizational Contact: Telephone: E-mail: Address:

______________________ _________ ________________ _________________________

______________________ _________ ________________ _________________________

______________________ _________ ________________ _________________________


Thank you for your time and assistance.

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