INTERVIEW GUIDE

Darvesh Karim

Assistant Instructor

Professional Development Center, North

University Road, Konodass, Gilgit.

Ph. No: (+92) 05811-454132-4 Ext: 3017

Fax No: (+92) 05811-454135

Cell No: (+92) 03465419307

Email (Official): darveshkarim@pdcn.edu.pk

Email (Private): dk_hunzai@yahoo.com, darvesh.karim@gmail.com

Online Blogs: www.dkhunza.blogspot.com; www.scribd.com/dk_hunzai

INTERVIEW GUIDE

·        Teachers’ / students’ views of a successful school

·        Teachers’ / students’ views on what changes will have to be made to improve their school 

·         Teachers’ / students’  views on the roles they could take in the school improvement  process

• Since how long you have been teaching in this school?

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• What are the things you like about your school and why?

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• Do you think these qualities are essential for the development of the school?

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• What are the things you would like to change in your school? And why?

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• Do you name some facilities which are lacking in your school? Why do you think they are needed?

• What are your suggestions to improve the current status of the school?

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• Do you have school policies?

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• What is the impact of various educational policies on school?

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• Who designed these policies and how do you implement these in your school under the guidance of government policies?

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• Have you ever been involved in the policy making of your school?

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• In your view who else can be involved in making policies and decision about school policies?

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What is your school vision?

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• What are the school policies regarding infrastructure in the school?

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• What is the role of government officials in school activities?

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• What changes would you like to suggest regarding the policies and vision of the school?

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• What is your perception about good school, bad schools, effective schools and ineffective schools?

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What are your perceptions about school success?

           

• What are the factors that contribute in the school success?

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• How does the human and material resources can help in the success of school?

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• What is the impact of annual exams on school success?

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• What is the role of principal, management, teachers, parents and students in school success?

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• What changes would you like to suggest regarding teaching and learning strategies which leads to school success?

• Ho do you celebrate different events (national and international)?

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• What type of co-curricular activities does your school offer?

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• What is the purpose of these activities?

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• Who organize these activities?

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• How do you assure that all the students get opportunity to participate in these activities?

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• What is your role in organizing these activities?

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• What is the impact of these co-curricular activities on school success?

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• What changes would you like to suggest regarding the organization of these co-curricular activities?

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• How do you define term “professional development”?

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• What is your role in providing professional support to your teachers? (HT)

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• What is your school policy regarding professional support of teachers? (HT)

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• What is your role in your own professional development?

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• What are your opinions about professional development programs?

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• How often do you get any opportunity to participate in the professional development programs?

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• How far your school organizes any kind of workshops or seminars for your professional development inside the school?

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• How often does your head teacher observe your classes and provide you any feedback?

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• What are your teaching strategies?

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• Do you follow same activities every year or you modify it according to the need of the students?

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• What is the impact of your teaching strategies on school success?

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• How do you cater to individual differences in your class?

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• What is your role in facilitating students to participate in the teaching and learning process?

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• What changes would you like to suggest regarding teaching and learning process in the school?

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• How do teachers interact with each other in their professional development?

• What is the relationship between school and other professional development institutions? (government or private institutions)

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• Which kind of relationship among the staff is needed for school success?

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• How often students interact with teachers?

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• What are the existing opportunities for the students to interact with each other?

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• What is your opinion about the parental involvement in the school?

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• How do you keep parents informed about their children’s performance?

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• How do you build relationship with the parents of the children?

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• What is your role in building relationship with the parents of the children?

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• What is their level of participation/involvement in school activities?

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• How frequently do they visit you to know their children’s performance?

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• What is the role of community/parents in school success?

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• What is your perception/opinion about giving punishment to students?

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• What type of punishments (if any) do you give to the students?

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• What is your school policy regarding punishment?

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• In what cases do you give them punishment?

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• What changes would you like to suggest regarding punishment and why?

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• What is your opinion about appreciating students?

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• What are the ways of appreciating students’ achievements in and outside the classroom?

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• What are your existing assessment practices?

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• What changes would you like to suggest regarding assessment practices and why?

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• What areas you would like to bring change into? And why?      

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• In students assessment

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• In teachers selection, professional development activities and turnover

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• Inside and outside classroom environment

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• In parental and community relationship

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Observation checklist

Classroom

School culture (canteen, corridors, playground, assembly, sanitation, sick room, school gate, offices, water facilities)

Classroom

                                                  

No.	Items	Present/ Not pre.	Comments on quality	evidence
1	black board
2	chalk
3	dusters
4	desk/bench for students
5	windows
6	fans
7	lights
8	table/chair for teachers
9	appropriate space acc to no of students
10	extra stationary boxes
11	teaching resources (charts, flash cards)
12	dustbin
13	paint/plaster of wall
14	cleanliness
15	uniforms of students
16	students material(bags, copies, books, stationary etc)
17 *FN	teacher-students relationship
18 *FN	student-students relationship
19 *FN	teaching strategies
20 *FN	teacher voice quality

School

No.	Items	Present Not pre	Comments on quality	Evidence
canteen
	variety of food items
	hygienic food
	cleanliness
	presentation of food
	service
	cost (high/low/moderate)
	playground
	space for playing and moving
	playing material
	boundary wall
	smooth ground
Gate
	watch man
	entry/exit rules
	timings
	gate quality
Assembly
	microphone
	discipline
	activities
*FN	presence (tr/st)
	rules/timings
*FN	purpose
Sanitation *FN
	water
	cleanliness
Drinking area
	cleanliness
	enough water
	purification
	sick room
	first aid box
	bed
	doctor/nurse/practitioner
*FN	school health program
*FN	library
*FN	science lab
*FN	computer lab
*FN	staff room
*FN	office
*FN	Corridor
*FN	Support staff

Document analysis

Visitor book

Teacher lesson plan

Yearly plan

Curriculum/syllabus

Attendance register/muster roll

School policies

Time table

Students portfolio/copies/report cards/assessment papers/

Log book

Teachers’ diary

Meeting minutes

Teachers’ anecdote