North Carolina State University
2010-2011 Graduating Senior Survey
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

INSTRUCTIONS:

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction is very interested in your opinions, and believes that as a graduating senior you can provide it with useful information to help evaluate and improve its program. We appreciate you taking the time to answer these questions.

To answer a question, click on the bubble for the answer you are choosing. Once you have answered all the questions, you must hit the SUBMIT button at the end of the form to submit your answers.

1. From which program will you graduate?
Business and Marketing Ed.: MKE teaching
Middle Grades Language Arts/Social Studies: MSL

Please indicate how important each general area is in your current professional position, including graduate studies. Very Important Important Moderately Important Of Limited Importance Not Important Not Applicable
2. Overall knowledge of schools and their relationship to society
3. Overall knowledge of the psychology of human learning
4. Overall knowledge of the psychology of adolescent development
5. Overall knowledge of classroom management and organization
6. Knowledge of curricular goals, alternatives, scope and sequence in my teaching
field(s) or content area(s)
7. In-depth subject-matter knowledge in my content area(s) or teaching field(s)
8. Overall knowledge of a variety of instructional strategies for representing content in my teaching field(s)
9. Overall knowledge of computer applications (system operations, word processing, databases, spreadsheets)
  Very Important Important Moderately Important Of Limited Importance Not Important Not Applicable
10. Overall knowledge of instructional resources such as computer software, equipment, and materials specific to my teaching field
11. Overall knowledge of interdisciplinary approaches for teaching language arts and social studies
12. Overall knowledge of interdisciplinary approaches for teaching business and marketing
13. Overall quality of English courses required for major
14. Overall quality of social studies courses required for major
15. Overall quality of business and marketing courses required for major
16. Quality and applicability of instruction in social studies methods courses
17. Quality and applicability of instruction in language arts methods courses
  Very Important Important Moderately Important Of Limited Importance Not Important Not Applicable
18. Quality and applicability of instruction in business and marketing methods courses
19. Knowledge of professional literature for continued growth in my field of teaching
20. Ability to compose long range, unit, and daily plans for instruction
21. Ability to present a lesson with organization and clarity
22. Ability to design assessment and evaluation instruments of student learning
23. Ability to hold conferences with parents/guardians
24. Ability to work with other education professionals in classroom and/or school settings

Please indicate how well you think you were prepared in each specific area through your program at NCSU. Excellent preparation Good preparation Average preparation Fair preparation Poor preparation Not Applicable
25. Overall knowledge of schools and their relationship to society
26. Overall knowledge of the psychology of human learning
27. Overall knowledge of the psychology of adolescent development
28. Overall knowledge of classroom management and organization
29. Knowledge of curricular goals, alternatives, scope and sequence in my teaching field(s) or content area(s)
30. In-depth subject-matter knowledge in my content area(s) or teaching field(s)
31. Overall knowledge of a variety of instructional strategies for representing content in my teaching field(s)
32. Overall knowledge of computer applications (system operations, word processing, databases, spreadsheets)
  Excellent preparation Good preparation Average preparation Fair preparation Poor preparation Not Applicable
33. Overall knowledge of instructional resources such as computer software, equipment, and materials specific to my teaching field
34. Overall knowledge of interdisciplinary approaches for teaching language arts and social studies
35. Overall knowledge of interdisciplinary approaches for teaching business and marketing
36. Overall quality of English courses required for major
37. Overall quality of social studies courses required for major
38. Overall quality of business and marketing courses required for major
39. Quality and applicability of instruction in social studies methods courses
40. Quality and applicability of instruction in language arts methods courses
  Excellent preparation Good preparation Average preparation Fair preparation Poor preparation Not Applicable
41. Quality and applicability of instruction in business and marketing methods courses
42. Knowledge of professional literature for continued growth in my field of teaching
43. Ability to compose long range, unit, and daily plans for instruction
44. Ability to present a lesson with organization and clarity
45. Ability to design assessment and evaluation instruments of student learning
46. Ability to hold conferences with parents/guardians
47. Ability to work with other education professionals in classroom and/or school settings

Please rate your experience with each of the following: Excellent Good Average Fair Poor Not Applicable
48. Sophomore course: Introduction to Teaching (teacher aide experience)
49. Field experiences, internships (sophomore and junior years)
50. Student teaching (senior year)
51. Academic advising in the department of your major
52. Access to advising and services relating to admission to, progress in, and completion of teacher education program
53. Services and programs provided by the Teaching Fellows Program (Only Teaching Fellows should rate satisfaction with this item.)
  Excellent Good Average Fair Poor Not Applicable
54. Quality of university supervision during student teaching
55. Quality of cooperating teachers support and guidance during student teaching
56. Quality of school placement for student teaching
57. Opportunities to implement and evaluate teaching strategies acquired at NCSU during student teaching experience
58. Length of time (number of weeks) required for student teaching

59. Overall, what are the three most important things NCSU could do to improve the quality of undergraduates' preparation for your teaching field?

60. As you reflect on courses of education and psychology, are there one or two courses in particular that have really made a positive difference for you? If so, please identify the courses:

61. What do you think were the one or two greatest strengths of your major?

62. What do you think were one or two areas in which your major could be improved?

Thank you for time and assistance in aswering the Department of Curriculum and Instruction survey. All NCSU graduating seniors in teacher education programs are also being asked to answer a few questions about their experiences in the program. Please click on the submit button to submit your responses to this survey and go to the Teacher Education Program one.

Thank you for your time and assistance! Be sure to complete the Teacher Education Program survey.

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