GREENBERG QUINLAN ROSNER FQESEAFQCH Connecticut Education Association Frequency Questionnaire February 2014 1452 Members Q.1 What is your gender? Total Male .. 21 Female .. 79 Q.2 First, are you currently employed as a TEACHER by a public school or public school system? Total Yes .- 100 No ..- (Don't know) ..- (Refused) ..- Q.3 Are you a current member of the National Education Association or a state or local education association? Total Yes .. 100 No ..- (Don't know) ..- (Refused) ..- (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 2 Q.4 Which of the following grade levels do you work with the most? Total Kindergarten .. 5 Elementary school .. 39 Middle school .. 22 Junior high school .. 2 Senior high school .. 32 Technical or Vocational school ..- Junior or Community college ..- 4-year college or University ..- Adult Education ..- (Don't know/Refused) (Other) ..- Kindergarten - Elementary .. 44 Jr -- Middle .. 24 Sr. High .. 32 (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 3 Q.5 Thinking back on the school year so far, would you say this school year has been better than usual for you, worse than usual, or no difference? Total Better .. 7 Worse .. 81 No difference 12 (Don't know) .. 0 Better-Worse ..-74 Q.6 Generally speaking, how satisfied are you overall with conditions facing teachers in your school district these days? Total Very satisfied .. 2 Somewhat satisfied .. 16 Not very satisfied .. 43 Not at all satisfied 39 (Don't know/refused) ..- Total Satisfied .. 17 Total Not Satisfied .. 83 Satisfied-Not Satisfied ..-65 (ref:SATlS) Q.7 Thinking about Common Core State Standards, on balance, would you say Total Support the new Common Core standards .. 8 Support the new Common Core standards with some reservations .. 56 Do not support the new Common Core standards .. 36 (Don't know/refused) .. Total Support .. 64 Support-Not Support .. 28 (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 4 [930 Respondents] Q.8 (IF PUNCH 1 OR 2 IN What makes you support the Common Core standards? Total Helps students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills .. 48 Clearer guidelines and education goals .. 24 More rigorous standards .. 21 The standards align with good teaching .. 21 Allows teachers to teach fewer issues more deeply .. 21 Gives teachers more room for flexibility in how they teach .. 5 Provide greater opportunity for all students .. 5 Teachers were instrumental in designing objectives and curriculum .. 2 (Other - specify) .. 11 (None) 4 (Don't know/refused) .. 2 [521 Respondents] Q.9 (IF PUNCH 3 IN What, in particular, makes you not supportive of Common Core standards? Total Too much emphasis on standardized testing .. 42 Standards not developmentally appropriate .. 38 Teachers held accountable for test scores 27 Teachers not involved in designing objectives and curriculum .. 25 Not enough time for teachers to prepare the new curriculum .. 15 Don't have the resources to teach the new curriculum .. 12 Not enough time for students to learn the new curriculum .. 10 Standards are too rigorous .. 9 Curriculum is not aligned to standards .- 3 (Other - specify) .. 16 (None) (Don't know) .. 0 (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 5 Q.1O How do you think that the Common Core standards will impact your teaching? Select up to two. Total More time taken up with standardized testing .. 62 More time teaching students process and problem solving .. 26 More time grading .. 21 Teaching students more deeply about subjects .. 17 More time for instruction on fewer topics .. 9 Fewer topics means more time for creativity in lesson plans .. 6 Other .. 25 (Don't know/refused) .. 0 Q.11 Have you had the opportunity to help inform your school or district's plan for Common Core implementation? Total Yes, and they seem to have listened to my input .. 14 Yes, but they don't seem to have listened to my input .. 22 No .. 65 (Don't know) ..- Total Yes .. 35 Yes-No ..-29 (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 6 Q.12 Based on your experience so far, how is your school or district doing on Common Core implementation? Please enter a number from to 10, where 0 means your school or district is getting implementation completely WRONG, and 10 means your school or district is getting implementation completely RIGHT. If you don't know or aren't sure, please enter 11. Total (Don't know/Refused) .. 17 Mean ..4.59 10 .. 1 8-10 .. 10 6-10 ..27 0-5 .. 55 (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 7 Q.13 When it comes to getting Common Core implementation right, how important is each of the following? Not Not Total Very Very at DKI Total Not - Imp Imp All Ref Imp Imp Not 14 More time for teachers and students to learn the new standards .. More instructional support and training for teachers to learn how to teach the new standards ..More financial resources to make sure students and teachers have updated textbooks, computers, and teaching and learning materials .. effective plan to engage parents and communities ..Prioritizing student learning over standardized testing ..Providing equal opportunities for success for all students, regardless of where they live ..Curriculum examples and guides for teachers .. (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 8 Q.21 And how helpful is each of the following for adopting the new standards? Not Not DKI Total Total Help- Very Very at all Ref Helpful Not not 22 lnservice training ..Planning time to prepare the new cu rriculum .. Model lesson plans _.Updated classroom materials and textbooks ..Technology and training to administer the computer--based assessments ..More time to collaborate with other teachers ..Opportunitiesforextemal training Opportunities to observe or practice teaching the new standards ..Q.30 Now for something different. Would you say that your school system puts too much emphasis on preparing students for state standardized tests, does not put enough emphasis, or puts the right amount of emphasis on preparing students for the state standardized tests? Total Too much emphasis on preparing for state tests -. 68 Not enough emphasis on preparing for state tests .. 7 Just the right amount of emphasis on preparing for state tests .. 24 (Don't know) .. 0 Too much - Not enough .. 61 B) (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 9 Q.31 Do you believe that states should institute some type of moratorium or grace period on accountability provisions tied to the new Common Core state assessments? Total Yes .. 97 No .. 3 (Don't know/refused) .. 0 Yes--No .. 94 (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 10 Q.32 Below are some concerns some people have about Common Core. How concerned are you about each of the following? Not Not Total Conc Very Very at all DKI Total Not - Conc Conc Conc Conc Ref Conc Conc Not 33 Common Core will open the door to privatization of public education. ..Common Core is not developmentally appropriate for studentsCommon Core amounts to a federal takeover of education ..Common Core limits teachers' flexibility and ability to innovate in how theyteach. ..Common Core siphons more of our time and money for assessments that schools could use for other things ..States and the federal government rushed into Common Core implementation without field testing in classrooms or time to review(C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Association: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 11 Q.39 Now I am going to ask you a few questions for statistical purposes. Which of the following is the MAIN subject that you teach? Total General classroom teacher .. 25 Math/science .. 17 Language arts English Other Arts I music Vocational training .. 24 Combination of subjects .. 3 Special education .. 12 Civics gov't history social studies .. 7 Other .. 11 (Don't know/refused) Q.40 in your entire career, for how many years, including this one, have you been an employee in a public school? Total 1 year .. 3 2 years .. 3 3 or 4 years .. 6 5 years .. 3 6to9years .. 17 10 to 14 years ._21 15to 19 years 17 20 to 24 years .. 10 25 years or more .. 19 (Don't know/refused) ..- Less than 5 years .. 12 5-10 years .. 19 10 to 24 years .. 49 25 years or more .. 19 Q.41 Are you a teacher in a high poverty or Title I school? Total Yes .. 29 No .. 71 (Don't know/refused) .. 0 (ref:HlPOV) (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014 Connecticut Education Assoc iation: Frequency Questionnaire, February 4th - 20th, 2014 12 Q.42 In what year were you born? Q.43 What is your race? Total and over .. 2 (No answer) .. 15 (ref:AGE) Total Caucasian or White .. 91 Hispanic or Latino .. 2 American Indian or Alaska Native .. 1 Asian .- 1 Black or African American .. 1 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .- 0 Another race .. 3 (DK/refused/other) .. 2 Total Minority .. 8 (C) 2014 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, All Rights Reserved. February, 2014