This survey is intended for the parent's and guardian's of those who have students at __. This is an anonymous survey. Complete and return this survey using the accompanying postage paid envelope. The school wants to ensure that the code of conduct, discipline procedures, and academic integrity policies are fair and reasonable. Your participation in this survey will help the school better meet the needs of your child(ren). Thank you for your cooperation. (DP) (DL)
[QUESTIONS]
1. Have you been provided with a copy of the Code of Conduct? Yes or No (DP)
2. Have you read the Code of Conduct? Yes or No (DP)
3. Do you feel that the code of conduct is fair, overall? Yes or No and Why? (DP)
4. Has your child ever been involved in an infraction listed in the code of conduct? Yes or No (DP) If yes answer #5, #6 & #7 if no skip to #8
5. How many times? 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10 or more
6. Was your child disciplined according to the code of conduct? Yes or No and Explain (DP)
7. Did you feel the process was fair? Yes or No and Explain (DP)
8. Has your child ever been accused of cheating on a school assignment? yes/no. (JM)
9. If yes, do you feel the disciplinary actions followed the code of conduct were fair? yes/no. If no, explain. (JM)
10. Rate the overall level of fairness of the school's academic integrity policy. Lowest 1-2-3-4-5 Highest (JM)
11. From your experience, rate the level of knowledge, by school staff, of the Code of Conduct Lowest 1-2-3-4-5 Highest (JM)
12. From your experience, rate the consistency of the enforcement of Code of Conduct policies of the school staff as a whole. Lowest 1-2-3-4-5 Highest
13. In your experience, does the school uphold its standard for academic integrity? yes/no If no, explain. (JM)
14. Do you know who to contact with questions about the Student Code of Conduct? yes/no (JM)
15. Should each offense have a mandatory punishment? yes/no (JY)
16. Should each violation be considered in context to the event or not? yes/no (JY)
17. Does our current code contribute to a safe environment in our schools? yes/no (JY)
18. Rate your level of clarity of the verbage used within the Code of Conduct. Low Clarity 1-2-3-4-5 High Clarity (SHS)
19. Do you believe in a "Zero Tolerance" policy for each offense? (SHS)
20. Has your child ever been caught violating the Code of Conduct with regards to academic integrity before at any institution of learning? yes/no (SHS)
21. Has your child ever admitted to cheating or comiting any act against academic integrity (including but not limited plagiarism, copying, lying etc...) yes/no (SHS)
22. Do you believe the school does enough to prevent academic dishonesty, if no what can the school do to prevent academic dishonesty? yes/no [opinion box] (SHS)
23. Do you believe that academic dishonesty is an important issue in education today? yes/no (SHS)
24. How would you rate your student's understanding of what academic dishonesty is? Low Clarity 1-2-3-4-5 High Clarity (WMJ)
25. How well do you believe your student has been educated about proper documentation and research strategies? None 0-1-2-3-4-5 More than enough (WMJ)
26. What information would be helpful in aiding your student's understanding of academic dishonesty? (Text Box) (WMJ)
27. How would you rate your understanding of what academic dishonesty is? Low Clarity 1-2-3-4-5 High Clarity (WMJ)
28. What information would be helpful in aiding your understanding of academic dishonesty? (Text Box) (WMJ)
29. What sections of the code of conduct would you like additional information or clarification about? (List of sections in the code of conduct, place to mark sections) (WMJ)
30. How safe does your child feel at this school? 1-5 scale (Very safe-Not safe) (DL)
31. How many school visits have you made during regular hours within the past year? 0-3, 4-6, 7-10, more than 10 (DL)
32. Some questions about demographics to evaluate whether the respondents equally represent the school. Subgroup dependent. (DL)
33. What is the level of student academic integrity at this school? 1-5 scale (High level-Low level) (DL)
34. Is the student code of conduct fair? Explain. Yes-No. Comment box. (DL)
In questions 35-52 "Yes" and "No" responses are provided, as well as a response box to allow parental comments on each question. (SW)
35. Were you given an opportunity to be involved in drafting the school's honor code? (SW)
36. Was your child given an opportunity to be involved in drafting the school's honor code? (SW)
37. Have you read the school's honor code? (SW)
38. Do you believe that an honor code will enhance your child's authentic learning? (SW)
39. Do you believe that an honor code will be effective in reducing incidents of academic dishonesty? (SW)
40. Do you believe that an honor code should be proactive in preventing academic dishonesty? (SW)
41. Do you believe that an honor code should list specific examples of academic dishonesty? (SW)
42. Do you believe that an honor code should list specific punishments for specific acts of academic dishonesty? (SW)
43. Do you believe that the students of the school should be in charge of establishing the policies, rules, and procedures of the honor code? (SW)
44. Do you believe that the students of the school should determine the punishments for violations of the honor code? (SW)
45. Do you believe that admministrators should determine the punishments for violations of the honor code? (SW)
46. Do you believe that the teachers at the school model academic integrity and honesty? (SW)
47. Do you believe that administrators at the school model academic integrity and honesty? (SW)
48. Do you believe that the culture of the school contributes to academic dishonesty? (SW)
49. Do you believe that academic pressure contributes to academic dishonesty? (SW)
50. Do you believe that your child feels pressure to cheat on academic assignments? (SW)
51. Do you believe that your child receives an appropriate amount of homework? (SW)
52. Do you believe that your child is given enough time to prepare for tests? (SW)
52. Do you believe that academic demands on your child's time is appropriate? (SW)
*A response box is provided in questions 53-55 for parental suggestions to help improve the school's culture of academic integrity. (SW)
53. Please list any suggestions that you feel would improve the school'sacademic integrity policy. (SW)
54. Please list any suggestions that you feel would improve the school's honor code. (SW)
55. Please list any suggestions that you feel would be proactive in preventing academic dishonesty at our school. (SW)
56. Which do you believe to be a greater offense, severity of infraction or number of occurances? (WH)
57. Should discipline be corrective or punitive? (WH)
58. Do you believe that the "code of conduct" dictate the school's culture? (WH)
59. What is your greater concern, your child's methods of achievement or their final grade? (WH)
60. Do you believe that academic integrity is strictly the school's problem? (WH)
61. Shoule parents be involved in disciplinary decisions? If so, to what extent? (WH)
[ADDITIONAL INFORMATION]
62. How clear is the information provided in the student handbook, regarding the District Code of Conduct? Unclear 0-1-2-Clear 3-4-Extremely Clear 5. Please provide additional comments in the box below. (MP)
63. Do you feel the school Code of Conduct is applied appropriately in all instances? Never 0-1-2-Sometimes 3-4-Always 5. Please provide additional comments in the box below. (MP)
64. Do you feel the gradient of consequences is scaled appropriately? Strongly Disagree 0-1-2-Agree 3-4-Strongly Agree 5. (MP)
65. Did you review the District Code of Conduct with your child? Yes/No. (MP)
66. How necessary do you feel it is to review the District Code of Conduct with your student? Unneccessary 0-1-2-Necessary 3-4-Extremely Necessary 5. (MP)
67. Do you feel the District Code of Conduct applies equally to students at all grade levels? Strongly Disagree 0-1-2-Agree 3-4-Strongly Agree 5. (MP)
68. If you could make any changes, recommendations, or suggestions for content to be included or deleted from the District Code of Conduct, what information would you provide? Please comment in the box below. (MP)
[QUESTIONS]
1. Have you been provided with a copy of the Code of Conduct? Yes or No (DP)
2. Have you read the Code of Conduct? Yes or No (DP)
3. Do you feel that the code of conduct is fair, overall? Yes or No and Why? (DP)
4. Has your child ever been involved in an infraction listed in the code of conduct? Yes or No (DP) If yes answer #5, #6 & #7 if no skip to #8
5. How many times? 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10 or more
6. Was your child disciplined according to the code of conduct? Yes or No and Explain (DP)
7. Did you feel the process was fair? Yes or No and Explain (DP)
8. Has your child ever been accused of cheating on a school assignment? yes/no. (JM)
9. If yes, do you feel the disciplinary actions followed the code of conduct were fair? yes/no. If no, explain. (JM)
10. Rate the overall level of fairness of the school's academic integrity policy. Lowest 1-2-3-4-5 Highest (JM)
11. From your experience, rate the level of knowledge, by school staff, of the Code of Conduct Lowest 1-2-3-4-5 Highest (JM)
12. From your experience, rate the consistency of the enforcement of Code of Conduct policies of the school staff as a whole. Lowest 1-2-3-4-5 Highest
13. In your experience, does the school uphold its standard for academic integrity? yes/no If no, explain. (JM)
14. Do you know who to contact with questions about the Student Code of Conduct? yes/no (JM)
15. Should each offense have a mandatory punishment? yes/no (JY)
16. Should each violation be considered in context to the event or not? yes/no (JY)
17. Does our current code contribute to a safe environment in our schools? yes/no (JY)
18. Rate your level of clarity of the verbage used within the Code of Conduct. Low Clarity 1-2-3-4-5 High Clarity (SHS)
19. Do you believe in a "Zero Tolerance" policy for each offense? (SHS)
20. Has your child ever been caught violating the Code of Conduct with regards to academic integrity before at any institution of learning? yes/no (SHS)
21. Has your child ever admitted to cheating or comiting any act against academic integrity (including but not limited plagiarism, copying, lying etc...) yes/no (SHS)
22. Do you believe the school does enough to prevent academic dishonesty, if no what can the school do to prevent academic dishonesty? yes/no [opinion box] (SHS)
23. Do you believe that academic dishonesty is an important issue in education today? yes/no (SHS)
24. How would you rate your student's understanding of what academic dishonesty is? Low Clarity 1-2-3-4-5 High Clarity (WMJ)
25. How well do you believe your student has been educated about proper documentation and research strategies? None 0-1-2-3-4-5 More than enough (WMJ)
26. What information would be helpful in aiding your student's understanding of academic dishonesty? (Text Box) (WMJ)
27. How would you rate your understanding of what academic dishonesty is? Low Clarity 1-2-3-4-5 High Clarity (WMJ)
28. What information would be helpful in aiding your understanding of academic dishonesty? (Text Box) (WMJ)
29. What sections of the code of conduct would you like additional information or clarification about? (List of sections in the code of conduct, place to mark sections) (WMJ)
30. How safe does your child feel at this school? 1-5 scale (Very safe-Not safe) (DL)
31. How many school visits have you made during regular hours within the past year? 0-3, 4-6, 7-10, more than 10 (DL)
32. Some questions about demographics to evaluate whether the respondents equally represent the school. Subgroup dependent. (DL)
33. What is the level of student academic integrity at this school? 1-5 scale (High level-Low level) (DL)
34. Is the student code of conduct fair? Explain. Yes-No. Comment box. (DL)
- In questions 35-52 "Yes" and "No" responses are provided, as well as a response box to allow parental comments on each question. (SW)
35. Were you given an opportunity to be involved in drafting the school's honor code? (SW)36. Was your child given an opportunity to be involved in drafting the school's honor code? (SW)
37. Have you read the school's honor code? (SW)
38. Do you believe that an honor code will enhance your child's authentic learning? (SW)
39. Do you believe that an honor code will be effective in reducing incidents of academic dishonesty? (SW)
40. Do you believe that an honor code should be proactive in preventing academic dishonesty? (SW)
41. Do you believe that an honor code should list specific examples of academic dishonesty? (SW)
42. Do you believe that an honor code should list specific punishments for specific acts of academic dishonesty? (SW)
43. Do you believe that the students of the school should be in charge of establishing the policies, rules, and procedures of the honor code? (SW)
44. Do you believe that the students of the school should determine the punishments for violations of the honor code? (SW)
45. Do you believe that admministrators should determine the punishments for violations of the honor code? (SW)
46. Do you believe that the teachers at the school model academic integrity and honesty? (SW)
47. Do you believe that administrators at the school model academic integrity and honesty? (SW)
48. Do you believe that the culture of the school contributes to academic dishonesty? (SW)
49. Do you believe that academic pressure contributes to academic dishonesty? (SW)
50. Do you believe that your child feels pressure to cheat on academic assignments? (SW)
51. Do you believe that your child receives an appropriate amount of homework? (SW)
52. Do you believe that your child is given enough time to prepare for tests? (SW)
52. Do you believe that academic demands on your child's time is appropriate? (SW)
*A response box is provided in questions 53-55 for parental suggestions to help improve the school's culture of academic integrity. (SW)
53. Please list any suggestions that you feel would improve the school'sacademic integrity policy. (SW)
54. Please list any suggestions that you feel would improve the school's honor code. (SW)
55. Please list any suggestions that you feel would be proactive in preventing academic dishonesty at our school. (SW)
56. Which do you believe to be a greater offense, severity of infraction or number of occurances? (WH)
57. Should discipline be corrective or punitive? (WH)
58. Do you believe that the "code of conduct" dictate the school's culture? (WH)
59. What is your greater concern, your child's methods of achievement or their final grade? (WH)
60. Do you believe that academic integrity is strictly the school's problem? (WH)
61. Shoule parents be involved in disciplinary decisions? If so, to what extent? (WH)
[ADDITIONAL INFORMATION]
62. How clear is the information provided in the student handbook, regarding the District Code of Conduct? Unclear 0-1-2-Clear 3-4-Extremely Clear 5. Please provide additional comments in the box below. (MP)
63. Do you feel the school Code of Conduct is applied appropriately in all instances? Never 0-1-2-Sometimes 3-4-Always 5. Please provide additional comments in the box below. (MP)
64. Do you feel the gradient of consequences is scaled appropriately? Strongly Disagree 0-1-2-Agree 3-4-Strongly Agree 5. (MP)
65. Did you review the District Code of Conduct with your child? Yes/No. (MP)
66. How necessary do you feel it is to review the District Code of Conduct with your student? Unneccessary 0-1-2-Necessary 3-4-Extremely Necessary 5. (MP)
67. Do you feel the District Code of Conduct applies equally to students at all grade levels? Strongly Disagree 0-1-2-Agree 3-4-Strongly Agree 5. (MP)
68. If you could make any changes, recommendations, or suggestions for content to be included or deleted from the District Code of Conduct, what information would you provide? Please comment in the box below. (MP)