NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY School of Education and Social Policy Social Network Survey Distributed Leadership for Content Leadership Knowledge in Practice

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: James P. Spillane, Ph.D. SPONSORS: National Science Foundation

The first section of the survey asks for your name and demographic information. As with all of the data collected in this survey, your answers will be kept confidential. Only the study investigators and members of the investigators' staffs will have the authority to review your data.

What is your name?
First Name
Last Name

What is the name of your current school?

In what year were you born? (Please enter a 4-digit number.)

What is your gender?
	Male
	Female

What is your race?
	African American
	Native American or Alaska Native
	Asian American
	Asian, including Indian subcontinent
	Hispanic, Latino
	Mexican American, Chicano
	Hawaiian Native or Pacific Islander
	Puerto Rican
	White or Caucasian
	Other

Please specify your race.

The next section of the survey asks for your views on a variety of topics related to your school environment. These data will be used to understand differences in the work environments of various schools. We realize that some of the questions may seem repetitive; this is because the design is intended to measure subtle differences between schools.

How many teachers in this school:
	None		Some		About Half		Most		Nearly All
Help maintain discipline in the entire school, not just their classroom?
Take responsibility for improving the school?
Set high standards for themselves?
Feel responsible for helping students develop self-control?
Feel responsible to help each other do their best?
Feel responsible that all students learn?
Feel responsible when students in this school fail?

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements.
	Strongly disagree		Disagree		Agree		Strongly agree
There is really very little I can do to ensure that most of my students achieve at a high level.
My success or failure in teaching is due primarily to factors beyond my control rather than to my own efforts and ability.
The attitudes and habits students bring to my class greatly reduce their chances for academic success.
By trying a different teaching method, I can significantly affect a student's achievement.
I am certain I am making a difference in the lives of my students.
I sometimes feel it is a waste of time to try to do my best as a teacher.
If I try really hard, I can get through to even the most difficult or unmotivated student.

How much control do you feel you have in your classroom over each of the areas below?
	None		A little		Some		A great deal
Selecting textbooks and other instructional material
Selecting content, topics, and skills to be taught
Selecting teaching techniques
Disciplining students
Determining the amount of homework to assign

Please indicate the extent that you:
	None		A little		Some		A great deal
Feel respected by other teachers
Feel respected by your principal

Please indicate the extent