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Parent surveys?

Hi all - I have been asked to conduct a survey with the parents of our Religious school students in grades K-6, about their level of satisfaction, improvements they would suggest, etc. Does anyone have one or can you suggest one, maybe already on line? I'd like to have the parents be able to fill it in on line. We have only 65 families. Do you think we should just call them? or send it email? Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions, Tami

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Permalink Reply by Sara Losch on March 9, 2011 at 5:32pm

Surveys are complicated. Our Rabbi says: don't ask a question you if you don't want to hear the answer. If you do a survey, be clear about what information you are looking for. We did a Surveymonkey survey a few years ago, wanting it to be easy, online and easily accessible without necessitating too much time. As with most surveys, we had about a 30% participation rate (but we had 400 children in our school, so that gave us a pretty good sense of where we were). With such a small school, I would recommend that if you CAN call, you should. Better yet, create small focus groups so people can share ideas together. When we did that, the responses dialog was great and even better; some of the participants became leaders in the school.

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Permalink Reply by Tami Wolf on March 9, 2011 at 7:54pm

Thank you Sara for your feedback - I too think a phone call is more personal and with a relatively small school, we can make the calls. Tami

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Gloria Becker on August 24, 2011 at 4:34pm

Tami,

I see that you posted a while ago. I am new to the network and just saw your request. I have a survey I used with my religious school parents that worked quite well. I used Survey Monkey. If you are still looking for a tool, let me know and I will share with you.

Dr. Gloria Becker

Educational Technology Specialist

ACAJE/JOP

gbecker@acaje-jop.org