Facilities & Resources

The Facilities and Resources Domain focuses on the access of school professional staff to adequate space, materials, supplies, and equipment as well as to the quality and safety of the school environment. This domain contains eight questions on a scale of 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). A rating of "3" indicates that the respondent neither agreed nor disagreed with the statement. Average ratings greater than 3 indicate agreement while ratings less than 3 indicate disagreement.

2005

Please rate how strongly you believe that the following statements are true about your school. When a question refers to "teachers," base your answer on your experiences and your observations for the majority of teachers in your school. If you do not feel that a question applies to you, you may skip that question.

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QuestionMean
1. Teachers have adequate professional space to work productively. 3.8
2. Teachers have sufficient access to office equipment such as copy machines. 4.0
3. Teachers have convenient access to phones and email. 3.9
4. Teachers have enough supplies to support student learning in the classroom. 3.4
5. Computers and other current instructional technology to support student learning are sufficiently available. 3.5
6. Teachers and staff work in a school environment that is clean and well maintained. 4.1
7. My school provides a safe environment for teaching and learning. 4.5
8. The school leadership makes a sustained effort to address teacher concerns about school facilities and resources. 4.0

2006

Please rate how strongly you believe that the following statements are true about your school. When a question refers to "teachers," base your answer on your experiences and your observations for the majority of teachers in your school. If you do not feel that a question applies to you, you may skip that question.

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QuestionMean
1. Teachers have adequate professional space to work productively. 3.9
2. Teachers have sufficient access to office equipment such as copy machines. 3.9
3. Teachers have convenient access to phones and email. 4.3
4. Teachers have enough supplies to support student learning in the classroom. 3.5
5. Computers and other current instructional technology to support student learning are sufficiently available. 3.6
6. Teachers and staff work in a school environment that is clean and well maintained. 4.1
7. My school provides a safe environment for teaching and learning. 4.5
8. The school leadership makes a sustained effort to address teacher concerns about school facilities and resources. 4.2
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