### Page | 1 **INTERVIEW INSTRUMENTS FOR GRANTEE** TARGETED RESPONDENT: These interview questi ons are intended for grantees. The interview will be administered to the grantee’s executive director or designee and/or local site director(s). CONTENT: This document contains interview questions to be asked of grantees. T he timing for each question is as follows: (1) A n interview for grantees that w ill be administered at the beg inning of the school year [PRE] (2) A n interview for grantees that will be administered at the end of the school year [POST]. We use [PP] to suggest that an interview question will be administered both at the beginning of the school year [PRE] and at the end of the school year [POST]. **1. [PRE] Can you describe the activitie**  **s implemented by your organization’s School Turnaround AmeriCorps members last school year?** 
__________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ___________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ **2. [PRE] What worked well last year and why**  **?**
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ __ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ **3. [POST] For each of the following, elaborate on how your**  **School Turnaround AmeriCorps members are**  **providing services to students and/or families and how**  **do those services differ across schools:**  a. Whole school intervention:
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__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ **4. [PRE] What did not work so well last year and why? What changes have you made to your program for this**  **school year?**

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_________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ _______________________________________________________________________________________ **5. [POST] One central objective of School Turnaround AmeriCorps is to increase**  **the school**  **’s capacity to**  **implement school**  **turnaround goals**  **. In what ways did your programm ing directly**  **or indirectly address that**  **objective ? How could programming be changed to better address school capacity building?** 
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ **6. [PRE] Were you working in the same schools last year and if not,**  **what changes were made and why?**
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **7. [P**  **P ] Can you describe the activities that will be**  **/were implemented by your organization’s**  **School Turnaround**  **AmeriCorps members this school year?**
________________________________________________________________________________ __________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ **8. [POST]**  **What are the commonalities and/ o**  **r differences in**  **how your organization uses School Turnaround**  **AmeriCorps members across different schools ?** 
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ **9. [PP]**  **How are you and your staff monitoring the implementation of your School Turnaround**  **AmeriCorps program?**  **What tools do you use?**
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **10. [POST] Who serves as the primary point of contact between the school**  **(s) and your organization?** 
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ **11. [PP]**  **Can you please describe your collaboration with the schools and school districts**  **taking part in the School Turnaround**  **AmeriCorps implementation?**
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___________________________________________________________________________ _______________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **12. [**  **PRE] Why were these particular school**  **s/ this school selected to be a School Turnaround AmeriCorps**  **partner school**  **(s) this year**  **?**
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **13. [PRE]**  **What are the primary roles and responsibilities of your organization and the school (s)**  **as outlined in your partnership agreement?** 
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ __ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ___ **14. [PP**  **] What challenges arose in forming**  **and implementing the partnership**  **with the school(s) you are working with**  **? How did you address them?**
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### 15. **[POST] Have there been any changes in the partnership over time**  **?**
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **16. [POST]**  **What can your organization do to improve your r elationship with your school partners?**  **What can the school**  **(s) do to create a better relationship between**  **school staff**  **and your organization?**
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **17. [PRE]**  **Has the school district**  **and/or school (s)**  **previously hosted AmeriCorps members ? If so, what activities**  **were the AmeriCorps members engaged in?**
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**18. [PRE]**  **Can you elaborate on the extent and type of data your organization uses for tracking program**  **activities and monitoring program progress and outcomes , and how?**  Probes: **a.** Program activities and interim progress toward goals? **b.** Individual student data (e.g. grades, performance on standardized tests, student engagement/behavior ) ? **c.** School - level data (e.g., attendance, graduation rates, achievement)? **d.** Demographic and other descriptive data about students , families , or schools ? **e.** Other types of data ?
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **19. [POST]**  **Can you please describe how your organization and your School Turnaround**  **AmeriCorps members used data**  **for tracking program activities and monit oring program progress and outcomes**  **throughout the year?**  Probes: **a.** Program activities and interim progress toward goals? **b.** Individual student data (e.g. grades, performance on standardized tests, student engagement/behavior)? **c.** School - level data (e.g., attendance, graduation rates, achievement)? **d.** Teacher data (e.g., the approximate number or percentage of teachers who are new to the school this year)? **e.** Demographic and other descriptive data about students, families or schools? **f.** Other types of data?
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **20. [POST]**  **If we were to return a year from now, what indicators would tell us whether**  **the School Turnaround**  **AmeriCorps program is**  **working well ? What indicators would signal loss of**  **momentum?**
__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ **21. [POST]**  **What else should we discuss that is important for understanding how your organiza tion interacts**  **with school (**  **s )**  **engaged in this**  **turnaround effort ?** 
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