WYSO Professional Development Project
Needs Assessment Survey
WYSO is embarking on a new effort to offer professional learning opportunities specially designed for K-12 music educators. Our first step is to understand your needs in terms of highly valuable and readily accessible professional learning. Please help us understand those needs by completing this 5-minute survey. Your input is extremely important to WYSO as we begin this new project.
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Demographics
Please tell us a little about yourself, and your role(s) as a music educator.
Your name
First Name
Last Name
Your email
example@example.com
Your School District
Your School (please list your main location if you teach at multiple schools)
Your Teaching Experience
Early-career (0-4 years of experience)
Mid-career (5-15 years of experience)
Veteran (16+ years of experience)
Your primary content area (choose one)
Band
Chamber Music
Choral
Choral
General Music
Individual/Studio Lessons
Jazz
Orchestra - Full (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion)
Orchestra - Strings only
Piano
Percussion/Percussion Ensemble
Additional content area(s) (choose all that apply)
Band
Chamber Music
Choral
General Music
Individual/Studio Lessons
Jazz
Mussic Theory
Orchestra - Full (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion)
Orchestra - Strings only
Piano
Percussion/Percussion Ensemble
Other
If you answered "Other" for additional content area(s), please elaborate.
I teach in the following grade level(s) (choose all that apply)
PK/Early Childhood
Elementary/Beginning Level (e.g., K-4; K-5; K-6, depending on grade configuration)
Middle/Intermediate Level (e.g., 5-8; 6-8; 7-8, depending on grade configuration)
High School (e.g., 9-12; 10-12, depending on grade configuration)
If you answered "Other" for school setting, please elaborate.
Your School Setting (check all that apply)
Urban
Suburban
Rural
Public School
Private School
Virtual/Online
Charter School
Other
If you answered "Other" for school setting, please elaborate.
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What makes a Professional Learning Opportunity highly valuable to you in your own teaching context?
The next set of questions help us understand what makes a professional learning opportunity more or less valuable for your own professional growth. Factors include relevance to teaching area/level, time required until classroom application, alignment of professional learning topic presented to educator's individual learning needs, learning session format, learning opportunity frequency, etc.
Sharing ideas/tips/successes/challenges with colleagues in my teaching area(s)
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Overall relevance to my teaching area (e.g., Band, Choral, General, Orchestra, etc.)
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5
Overall relevance to my teaching level (e.g., Elementary/Beginning, Middle-Level/Intermediate, High School/Advanced)
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What topic(s) would be valuable to you that were not listed above?
How valuable would sessions on the following topics be to you, in your context?
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Highly valuable
Somewhat valuable
Not so valuable
Concert/large ensemble literature share
Solo & ensemble literature share
Classroom routines and procedures
Conducting
Rehearsal Strategies
Social-emotional learning in the music classroom
Instructional coaching with a fellow music educator
Teaching your "secondary" areas of music (e.g., strings for band directors, brass pedagogy for string players, instrumental music for choral teachers, etc.)
Editing parts for your students' skill level(s)
Parent & family engagement
Advocating for your music program
A highly valuable professional learning opportunity is one that I can apply in my classroom...
the next school day
within the next week
within the next 2-3 weeks
within the next month
For me, a highly valuable professional learning opportunity is most often formatted as...
In-person
Virtual/online
Hybrid format, where I can choose how to attend
For me, a highly valuable professional learning opportunity is most often structured as a...
1-time session
series of weekly sessions
series of monthly sessions
series of quarterly sessions
series of 3-5 daily sessions offered when school is not in session
For me, a highly valuable professional learning opportunity session most often lasts
half-day to full-day
2-4 hours
less than 2 hours
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Accessibility of high-value Professional Learning Opportunities
The next set of questions helps us understand the degree to which high-value Professional Learning Opportunities are readily available to you in your own teaching context. Factors include cost, time/day of the learning opportunity, proximity of learning opportunity to the educator's school/teaching location, etc.
How accessible would sessions schedules during the following days/times be for you?
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Very accessible
Somewhat accessible
Not so accessible
Weekday evenings, less that 2-hours
Summer daytime, half-day
Summer daytime, full-day
To what degree do you already have access to professional learning on the following topics?
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Easily accessible
Somewhat accessible
Not very accessible
Classroom routines and procedures
Conducting
Rehearsal strategies
Social-emotional learning in the music classroom
Accessible music education for students with disabilities
Instructional coaching with a fellow music educator
Teaching "secondary" areas of music (e.g., strings for band directors, brass pedagogy for string players, etc.)
Editing ensemble parts for young music students
Parent & family engagement
Advocating for your music program
How often does your school district provide music education-specific professional learning opportunities that are highly valuable to you in your teaching context?
More than 5 times per school year
3 to 5 times per year
2 or fewer times per year
How does your school and/or district support your music education-specific professional development? My district... (Check all that apply)
offers on-site professional development
requires a certain amount of district-approved professional learning to advance in pay
approves proposals to attend third-party professional learning opportunities
has a professional development budget that I can use for my professional learning
provides classroom release time with substitute coverage
Other
If you answered "Other," please elaborate.
Would you be interested in participating in a focus group to help WYSO continue designing a professional development program for PK-12 music educators?
Yes, please
No, thank you
What else is important to you for WYSO to keep in mind when designing professional development for PK-12 music educators?
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Thank you
We appreciate your time helping WYSO design a new program of professional learning opportunities for K-12 music educators. As a thank you, please use this code [######] for a free ticket to one of these WYSO performances...
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