Vanessa Clinton

RED 5247
May 22, 2014


Literacy Needs Assessment Survey

Seatack Elementary School
Virginia Beach, VA


Demographic Information:
What grade do you teach? (Circle one) K-2 3-5
How many years have you been
teaching?

Of those years, how many years have you
taught at Seatack?

What is the highest level of education
you have achieved?

What, if any, additional training do you
have in literacy and literacy instruction?


Assessment:

Please circle the number you feel best reflects your feelings about each statement.
SD= Strongly Disagree
A=Agree
SA= Strongly Agree

Reading Standards SD A SA
I have adequate access to the district and
state reading standards
1 2 3 4 5
I have adequate training in
understanding and using the
state/district reading standards

1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident interpreting and
implementing the state/district reading
standards

1 2 3 4 5

Writing Standards

SD A SA
I have adequate access to the district and
state writing standards
1 2 3 4 5

I have adequate training in
understanding and using the
state/district writing standards

1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident interpreting and
implementing the state/district writing
standards

1 2 3 4 5


Reading Curriculum

SD A SA
I have adequate training in the school
reading curriculum

1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident implementing the
reading curriculum

1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident implementing guided
reading

1 2 3 4 5
Our reading and guided reading
curriculum meets the needs of all of my
students

1 2 3 4 5


Writing Curriculum

SD A SA
I have adequate training in the school
writing curriculum

1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident implementing the writing
curriculum

1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident implementing writers
workshop
1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident implementing Words
Their Way curriculum

1 2 3 4 5
Our process writing and writers
workshop curriculum meets the needs of
all of my students

1 2 3 4 5
Words Their Way curriculum meets the
needs of all of my students

1 2 3 4 5


Reading Resources

SD A SA
I have access to all tools and resources
needed to implement our reading
curriculum

1 2 3 4 5
My classroom library has an adequate
amount of books of varying levels
1 2 3 4 5
My classroom library meets the needs
and interests of all of my students

1 2 3 4 5
I have access to an adequate amount of
books for my guided reading instruction

1 2 3 4 5


Writing Resources

SD A SA
I have access to all tools and resources
needed to implement our writing
curriculum

1 2 3 4 5
I have access to all tools and resources
needed to implement Words Their Way

1 2 3 4 5
All of my students have writers
notebooks

1 2 3 4 5


Reading Assessments

SD A SA
I have adequate training and
understanding in using the
school/district reading assessments

1 2 3 4 5
I feel we assess our students enough in
reading

1 2 3 4 5
I feel we need to assess our students 1 2 3 4 5
more in reading

I feel we should assess our students less
in reading
1 2 3 4 5
I am able to use the information from
assessments to inform my reading
instruction

1 2 3 4 5
(Grades 3-5 only) I have adequate
knowledge of how my students
performed on the previous years end of
grade test in reading

1 2 3 4 5


Writing Assessments

SD A SA
I have adequate training and
understanding in using the
school/district writing rubrics

1 2 3 4 5
The school/district writing rubrics
adequately and fairly grade my students
writing

1 2 3 4 5
My team and I have adequate time to
collaboratively assess writing

1 2 3 4 5
I feel we assess our students enough in
writing
1 2 3 4 5
I feel we need to assess our students
more in writing

1 2 3 4 5
I feel we need to assess our students less
in writing
1 2 3 4 5
I am able to use the information from
assessments to inform my writing
instruction
1 2 3 4 5
(Grade 4 only) I have adequate
knowledge of how my students
performed on the previous years end of
grade test in writing

1 2 3 4 5


Technology

SD A SA
I received adequate training in the use of
technology resources found in my
classroom (Smartboard, computers,
cameras, etc.)

1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident integrating technology
into my reading instruction and
assessments

1 2 3 4 5
I feel confident integrating technology
into my writing instruction and
assessments

1 2 3 4 5
I have adequate access to technology

1 2 3 4 5
I have sufficient support in the
implementation of technology into my
instruction

1 2 3 4 5

Community

SD A SA
There is consistency in reading
instruction and assessment in my grade
level

1 2 3 4 5
There is consistency in reading
instruction and assessment throughout
our school

1 2 3 4 5
There is consistency in writing
instruction and assessment in my grade
level

1 2 3 4 5
There is consistency in writing
instruction and assessment throughout
our school

1 2 3 4 5
There is consistency in vocabulary
instruction and assessment in my grade
level

1 2 3 4 5
There is consistency in vocabulary 1 2 3 4 5
instruction and assessment throughout
our school

My team has sufficient planning time

1 2 3 4 5
My teams works well collaboratively

1 2 3 4 5