Teachers' Toolkit Survey

Complete the Teachers’ Toolkit online survey to help us help you.

Help us to help you: assist with the future development and success of the Teachers’ Toolkit magazine and website by completing the online survey. The survey will take you approximately 5 minutes to complete.

Your responses will be greatly appreciated and we thank you for taking the time to complete the survey.

Individual details
Name:
Year(s) taught:
School:
Email:
I am completing this survey on behalf of:
	Myself as a teacher
	My school
General questions
Do you get to see a copy of each magazine?
	Yes
	No
	Other / Comment
How often do you use the magazine’s lesson plans, resource links, etc. in your teaching?
	Regularly
	Sometimes
	Hardly ever
	Never
	Other / Comment
How often do you access the Teachers’ Toolkit website?
	Regularly
	Sometimes
	Hardly ever
	Never
	Other / Comment
Do you recommend the magazine and/or website to colleagues?
	Yes
	No
	Maybe
	Other / Comment
Have you registered for the regular Teachers’ Toolkit e-newsletter?
	Yes
	No
	Will do
	Was not aware of it
	Other / Comment
Do you find useful the activities that can be used as homework/research units and could possibly involve parents/those at home?
	Yes
	No
	Maybe
	Other / Comment
Would you like more links in the magazine to use as homework/research units involving parents/those at home?
	Yes
	No
	Maybe
	Other / Comment
Ratings Please rate the following by using a scale of 5 to 1 (5 is most/highest and 1 is least/lowest)
The magazine
Usefulness to your teaching 5 4 3 2 1
Interest to you 5 4 3 2 1
Enjoyment to you 5 4 3 2 1
Quality 5 4 3 2 1
Teaching units 5 4 3 2 1
Promotion and advertisements 5 4 3 2 1
Professional issues articles 5 4 3 2 1
Other comments?
The companion website www.teacherstoolkit.net.au
Usefulness to your teaching 5 4 3 2 1
Interest to you 5 4 3 2 1
Enjoyment to you 5 4 3 2 1
Quality 5 4 3 2 1
Downloadable teaching units 5 4 3 2 1
Extension activities (to units started in the magazine) 5 4 3 2 1
Web links 5 4 3 2 1
Other comments?
The e-newsletter
Usefulness to your teaching 5 4 3 2 1
Usefulness as a support to the magazine 5 4 3 2 1
Interest to you 5 4 3 2 1
Enjoyment to you 5 4 3 2 1
Quality 5 4 3 2 1
Web links 5 4 3 2 1
Other comments?
Key Learning Areas
Rate 1-7, in order of preference (1 being the highest preference and 7 being the lowest) which Key Learning Areas (KLAs) you would prefer to see supported by lesson plans, resource links, etc. in the magazine:
Creative Arts 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
English/Literacy 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
HSIE/SOSE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Languages 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Mathematics 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
PD/Health/PE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Science & Technology 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Other than particular KLAs, for which topics or teaching areas would you like to see greater resources created either in the magazine or on the website?
In which KLAs, topics or teaching areas would you like to see a reduced emphasis either in the magazine or on the website?
Magazine delivery
Do you have a preference as to how you would like the content of Teachers’ Toolkit to be delivered?
	Print format (only)
	Online and downloadable (only)
	A mix of print and downloadable
	Other / Comment
How would you react if, in the effort to ‘save more trees’, we delivered a reduced quantity of each magazine in order to give you a taste of the content and then directed you to downloaded additional copies from the accompanying website?
	This would be acceptable in these environmentally-sensitive times, providing there are sufficient copies to share
	Not acceptable
	Other / Comment
Website and technology Please comment on these features:
Amount of advertising on the Teachers’ Toolkit site
	Way over the top
	Too much
	Okay
	Don’t notice it
The complexity of the Teachers’ Toolkit site
	Too confusing
	Bit busy
	Okay
	Fun and easy to navigate
	Too childish
How confident do you feel with regard to computer technology and ICT?
	Expert
	Very
	Average
	A little lost
	What’s a computer?
If you had the appropriate hardware, would you like to use computer technology to a greater degree in your classroom teaching program?
	Yes
	No
	Make no difference to my/our teaching
	A little lost
	Reasons / Comments
Cost Scenario
In order to maintain Teachers’ Toolkit, would you be prepared to pay an annual subscription for use of the website?
	Yes, depends on the cost
	No
	If yes, what do you think would be a fair annual fee?
In order to maintain Teachers’ Toolkit, would you be prepared to pay a fee per PDF download from the website?
	Yes, depends on the cost
	No
	If yes, what do you think would be a fair fee per download?
In order to maintain Teachers’ Toolkit, would you be prepared to pay a once-only annual subscription for use of the magazine, website and other features created?
	Yes, depends on the cost
	No
	If yes, what do you think would be a fair annual fee?
Other resources
List three (3) other print resources that might be similar to Teachers’ Toolkit Magazine, that you actively use to support your classroom teaching.
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List three (3) other similar website resources that you actively use to support your classroom teaching.
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List three (3) other e-newsletters that you subscribe to or regularly receive that support your classroom teaching.
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Online forum
The Teachers’ Toolkit Online Forum is about to be launched. Do you intend to use it?
	Regularly
	Sometimes
	Occasionally
	Never
	Other/Comments?
Do you subscribe to or use other online Forums?
	Yes
	No
If ‘yes’, list three (3) other online forums that you subscribe to in support of your classroom teaching.
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In Conclusion
What additional features would you like to see added to the magazine?
What, if anything, do you dislike about the magazine or feel that we could be doing better?
What additional features would you like to see added to the website?
What, if anything, do you dislike about the website or feel that we could be doing better?
Now over to you
This is a free section for you to add any comments that might not be covered above.
Thank you for your time.