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August 12, 2005 The Public School Music Participation Survey I developed a Public School Music Participation Survey as a result of over 20 years of working with community groups and school music programs. It has been effective in the analysis of a single school or district. It may also be used in the development of statewide data as it was in the case of the The Georgia Project, which included the participation of 33 districts and over 641,000 students. Get on board… it will be a great trip as you learn that music is beneficial not only to the student but to the entire district and community in variety of ways! The information requested in Part I of this survey is basic to understanding issues that arise in the development or defense of a music program. All of the information requested should be available through the central administration of your school district. Part II of the survey requests information related specifically to the music program. It is to be completed by each music teacher. The information will provide you with a profile of student participation and attrition, faculty loads and the economic viability of the program. Part II should be completed by the music teachers at the beginning and end of each school year as a means of developing statistical data related to student attrition and its causes. All information requested is by law public information, so your request for these materials may not be denied. I recommend that you establish a policy with your school board and administration that this data be collected annually and become a part of an annual report provided on the status of the music program. If your district adopts such a policy, then the district can include the completion of the data as a part of its required reporting procedures. (If no such policy is in place, I recommend that there be a member of the music coalition Statistics and Finance Committee in each school or curricular area who is responsible for collecting the completed forms from the teachers.) [Note: Some of the information in the instructions for the survey relate to the collection of additional materials that may assist you in interpreting the data or defending your program in a case of crisis. These materials should be maintained by the music coalition for reference as necessary. For example: List of schools, List of music teachers (with FTE assignments), school board documents related to music, etc.] In the next issues of "Counterpoint" I'll begin to show you how you may use this information to develop (and to define) FTE value, ratio points, student participation profiles, economic viability, etc. I'll use examples from actual school districts as demonstrations of the process. PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC PARTICIPATION SURVEY SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 1. Please complete all information as requested in the survey form. 2. Please check all information for accuracy before returning it. 3. Please PRINT or TYPE all information. 4. Please provide copies of all budget and/or budget cut information and related publicity. 5. Please provide a separate list of all music teachers in the (school or) district. 6. Provide a list of all schools in the district. II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART I (Pages 1 and 2. To be completed by one individual) 1. PART I requests information related to the school district as a whole. 2. The central administration should have all necessary information. 3. Enter the district name and number. 4. Enter the number of students enrolled in each grade. · Do NOT include those students enrolled in special education, unless "mainstreamed". · If possible, attach a copy of the district enrollment census summary. 5. Indicate the starting grade for Middle (Junior) High School and High School. 6. Indicate the appropriate (Yes/No) response to the questions indicated. 7. The "starting grade for band and orchestra as regular classes" is the first grade in which students are not "pulled out" of another class. Generally this is the first year of Middle or Junior High School.
· This information is designed to provide the definition of how the district defines a full time classroom teacher (1.0 full time equivalent teacher). · Include any responsibility given to the teacher that is part of the (1.0 full time equivalent teacher point) teaching load. In some cases this may include study hall, supervisory duties, or other non-music classes. · Do NOT include extra-duty assignments which are not a part of the regular (salaried) teacher load. · Do NOT include planning time or non-teaching assignments. · Indicate the average teacher salary. Do NOT include benefits or extra-duty stipends.
· If available, please provide the median family income in the district. · Enter the race/ethnic proportions as a percentage of student population. 1. PART II requests information related to students and teachers in music. 2. Complete page 3 for each person who has a full or part time load in any of the areas of the music program. Include: Supervisor/coordinator, department/area chairs, general music, band, choir, and orchestra. 3. Enter the name and employment status (full or part time) of each teacher. If part time, enter the percent of the part time assignment. 4. Enter the District Name and District Number before you duplicate the form and send it out to the teachers.
· MAKE A SEPARATE LINE ENTRY FOR EACH CLASS (SUBJECT) AND/OR LOAD BEARING ASSIGNMENT. · Enter the School Name. · Do NOT enter the School Code #. · Enter one class (course title) or load bearing responsibility per line. · Enter the length of the class/responsibility in minutes. · Enter the number of times per week that the class/responsibility meets. · Enter the percentage of the load each class/responsibility carries. · The total for a full time teacher should be 100%, or 1.0 teacher point. (If the full time teacher load is five (5) classes, one class would be 20% or .2 teacher point.)
· For each class indicated under the teacher load indicate the number of student participants by grade. That is, how many students from each grade are in each of the classes. · Enter the total number of students for each class as indicated. · Please list student enrollment numbers for band and orchestra (strings) separately at all levels, including elementary. Until Next Time, |
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