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Our School Has Many Resources And I Wanted To Know If Faculty

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Our school has many resources and I wanted to know if faculty members knew about all of the resources, how often they used these resources, and what department did they work in, to determine if one department was more informed about our resources. I felt this was the first step in determining if additional resources were needed. Through talking with James, the director of the EJME as well as my principal, Jennie, it was determined that a survey would work best, and that it should be limited in the number of questions, containing no open-ended questions that would require writing. Everyone felt that teachers might be more willing to complete the survey if it were shorter, so I ended up with only four questions in the survey that required …show more content…

Other resources that are not often though of as resources are the teacher professional development funds (Pro-Grow). Yearly, money is put back into the general fund, unused by staff and teachers alike. This money, available for our use to become more effective teachers for the diverse population that we serve goes unused, even when our school believes that we are a teaching and learning school, both adults and students alike. If learning is essential to the school, why is it that only 64.4% have used this in the past twelve months and only 50.8% have utilized Pro-Grow in the current school year 2016-2017, furthermore, why does only 89.8% of the faculty have knowledge of Pro-Grow funds?
Overall, I felt that I had a low response to the survey, with only 59 out of 150 teachers or 39% of faculty responding. Both statistically and for my own satisfaction, I expected more people to respond to the survey. Not only was the survey sent out several times, I also spoke to people directly, asking them to complete the survey. Nonetheless, even my own department did not meet 100% participation, as teachers were absent for various reasons.
Sources or error could include non-sampling errors such as errors associated with interest. Interest being the survey was not a requirement of faculty of the administration, so there was less interest in completion, or faculty had not interest in the question asked. Furthermore, teachers may also have felt

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