School Survey

As part of our evaluation of Poetry Out Loud , we'd like to learn more about participating schools and students. We'll collect school demographic data from available online sources, but we need your help with a few questions about your school and your Poetry Out Loud implementation. Your feedback will help us gauge the project's reach, and provide valuable context for teachers' responses. All the information you provide is confidential, and no names will appear in our reports. Thanks for your help.

1. School Name:
2. Address:
3. City:
4. State:
5. Zip Code:
6. Contact Information:
Your Name:
Telephone:
Email:

7. Is the area where your school is located predominately:

urban

rural

suburban

8. How would you describe your school in relation to the arts? Would you say it is:

An arts magnet school	A school with a few arts programs
A school with several active arts programs	Other:

9. How would you describe your school's environment with regards to the arts?

Very negative

Negative

Neutral

Positive

Very positive

10. What best describes the scope of Poetry Out Loud at your school?

School-wide (i.e., involving all students)	Multiple classrooms (but not grade or discipline-wide)
Discipline-wide (i.e., all English classes)	Grade-wide (i.e., involving all classes or students in a grade)
Single classroom	Cross-curricular

11. Did most of the Poetry Out Loud activities occur during school time or outside of school time?

In school time

Out of school time

NOTE: Questions 12-17 will give us information about the range of students involved in Poetry Out Loud. When questions ask for counts, please provide numbers rather than ranges or percentages. If you don't have exact numbers, just give us your best estimate.

12. How many students in your school are/were actively involved in Poetry Out Loud classroom activities?

(# of students)

13. How many students competed in your school's Poetry Out Loud contest?

(# of students)

14. How many students attended your school's Poetry Out Loud contest?

(# of students)

15. Of the Poetry Out Loud contestants in your school's contest, how many are/were from each grade level?

9th#

10th #

11th #

12th #

16. How many contestants in your school's contest represent the following groups?
American Indian or Alaska native
Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
White, Hispanic or Latino
White, non-Hispanic or Latino
Other (please specify):

17. Please provide your best estimate of how many Poetry Out Loud contestants have GPAs of:
4.0 and above (where classes are weighted)
3.00 to 3.99
2.0 to 2.99
1.0 to 1.99

18. In Section A below, please tell us about how many students in your school, as a whole, are involved in each activity. Then, in Section B, tell us about how many Poetry Out Loud contestants are involved in these activities.
Programs	A. All students in the whole school			B. Poetry Out Loud contest participants
	a few	some	a lot	a few	some	a lot
Performing arts activities (e.g., theatre productions, musical performances, improv)
Speech or communication activities (e.g., forensics, debate club, student news/TV station)
Literary activities (e.g., school newspaper, literary magazine, coffee houses, poetry slams)
Academic competitions (e.g., decathlons, spelling bee, Science Olympiad, math competitions)
Student self-publishing (e.g., web sites, zines, blogs)
Sports
Other: (please specify)

19. In general, would you say that Poetry Out Loud attracted: (Check all that apply)

Students who are typically drawn to competitions	Students interested in the arts
Students who are typically high-achieving	Students who like to perform
Students who like to write	Students you wouldn't have expected
Other students: (please specify)

20.	How would you rate the school-wide level of student interest in Poetry Out Loud as compared to other school arts activities (e.g., drama and musical productions, concerts)?
		More interest		About the same level of interest		Slightly less interest		Considerably less interest

22. How many teachers and school staff were involved in Poetry Out Loud? (please estimate a number)

23. How many other adult volunteers were involved? (please estimate a number)

24. How many student volunteers were involved? (please estimate a number)

25. Did your school participate in Poetry Out Loud last year (2006-2007)?

Yes

No (If no, skip to #28)

26. Would you say that the level of interest and involvement among participating teachers this year was:

Higher than last year

About the same as last year

Lower than last year

 27. If the levels were different this year, how would you explain the change?

29. Did you seek additional media opportunities (other than those provided or organized by your state arts agency)?

Yes

No

If so, please briefly describe.

30. Did you seek additional sponsorships (other than those provided or organized by your state arts agency)?

Yes

No

If so, please briefly describe.

31. Overall, how successful was your school's 2007-2008 Poetry Out Loud implementation?

not successful

moderately successful

very successful

32. Please describe the factors that made it a success, or changes that might make it more successful.