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| Written by Maryellen Rogusky |
| Thursday, 26 January 2006 03:26 |
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1. My organization's TAs are (check one): ____ organization's employees____ independent contractors 2. How many TAs work with your organization in AIE partnership residencies? ____ 3. How many of these TAs specialize in (please fill in the appropriate number): Theatre ____ Dance ____ Music ____ Visual Art ____ literacy Arts ____ Multi-Arts (including technology) ____ Other (please specify) _____________ 4. Do you require a particular minimum level of education for your TAs? yes ____ no ____ If yes, which minimum level do you require? (please check one) ____ H.S. Diploma ____ Associates Degree ____ Bachelors Degree ____ Masters Degree 5. Approximately how many hours of work does an AIE partnership residency TA average for your organization per week? (please check one) ____ @ 5 hours ____ @ 10 hours ____ @ 20 hours ____@ 30 hours ____ @ 40 hours 6. Approximately how many combined hours annually do all TAs work for your organization? ____ 7. How long, on average, do TAs work with your organization? (please check one) ____ by the project ____ less than 1 year ____ 1 to 5 years ____ more than 5 years 8. Do you design and implement Professional Development (PD) for your TAs? yes ____ no ____ If yes, please check the general headings below that correspond with your PD offerings for TAs: ____ AIE Theory/ research/Advocacy ____ Arts Partnerships (Basic and/or Higher Levels) ____ TA Success Within the School Environment ____ Classroom Management Skills ____ Arts Integration Unit Design ____ AIE assessment and evaluation ____ Team Building/Collaboration Techniques ____ How to Deepen/Enrich AIE ____ Survival Skills for Independent Contractors ____ Other (please specify) __________ 9. How much does your organization spend on PD for its TAs annually? _______ 10. Are TAs compensated for their participation in this PD? yes ____ no ____ 11. How do TAs report the hours they work? ( please select one) By the: ____ job ____ hour ____ day ____ workshop ____ other? (please specify) _______ 12. Does your organization pay all of its AIE Partnership Residency TAs at the same level of compensation? yes ____ no ____ If no, please explain the key difference(s) ________________ 13. Are your TAs paid for AIE Partnership Residency Plan? yes ____ no ____ 14. Who creates the lesson plans for your AIE Partnership Residency projects? ( Please check one) ____ Classroom Teacher(s) ____ TA(s) ____ Arts Organization ____ Collaboratively created by (check all that apply): ____Classroom Teachers ____ Teaching Artists ____ Arts Organization ____ Other (please specify) ________ 15. Does your organization clarigy issues of ownership regarding projects/units/workshops created by your TAs in partnership with classroom teachers? yes ____ no ____ If yes, please briefly explain your organization's understanding of who owns what under these circumstances: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 16. Please briefly describe how the performance of your TAs is assessed? ___________________________________________________________________ 17. If TAs are employees, are they? (please check one) ____ part-time or ____ full-time 18. If TAs are independent contractors, do you use a written contract/formal agreement? yes ____ no ____ (If yes, and if possible, please return a copy of this contract or agreement with this completed survey making sure the shared information does not include the name of your organization. If this in not immedicately possible, please forward any examples you would care to share under separate cover. Thank you.) If yes, does this contract/agreement address: (please check all that apply) ____ General Work Ethic and Expectations (punctuality, notification of absences, etc.) ____ Matters of Ethical conduct? )explanation/expectations of appropriate behaviors, understandings concerning inappropriate behaviors, etc.) ____ A Non-Compete or Exclusivity clause (restricting the TA to doing AIE Residency work exclusively for your organization) Please feel free to include any additional comments your would care to make about your organization's TA contract or agreement on the back of this paper. 19. Do you have Non-Compete/Exclusivity clauses in contracts or agreements with schools? (i.e. restricting schools to working exclusively with your organization for thier AIE residency participation) yes ____ no ____ 20. If your TAs work with other arts organizations (one or more), do you inform those organizations that you are using this TA also? yes ____ no ____ 21. Has your organization trained TAs for AIE Partnership Residency work who have then used this training to work with other organizations? yes ____ no ____ If yes, this has happened with approximately how many of your TAs? _____ If yes, please briefly explain the impact of this on your organization ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ It is our hope that this survey will make a contribuiton to the increased understanding of the work of Arts Organizations and their Teaching Artists as the impact of their partnerships with schools continues to bgrow. We plan to share the results of this survey with the field via the CAP website and at the ESP Summer Seminar. |