## S **UN** 

## W **ISE** 

## T **EACHER** 

## I **NTERVIEW** 

## G **UIDE**

One

- on - one interviews with SunWise teachers will follow a semi

- structured framework, based on open - ended discussion topics and themes. Each interview will take a slightl y different direction , depending on the answers given by participants and their own experiences , as well as evolving questions and informational needs from y ear to y ear.

- **Registration and promotion methods , e.g.:**  o What do you think is the best or easiest way to sign up for SunWise? Are there improvements that SunWise could be making in registering teachers and getting materials to them? o How can SunWise promote itself more effectively? o Have you spread the word about SunWise to other teachers? If yes, h ow were your efforts received? If not, why?

- **Use of SunWise activities**  **, e.g.:** o Do you use the same activities each y ear? I f you have taught some activities one y ear and not the next, why ? o Do you use the SunWise activities as

- is or adapt them to your students’ needs? I f so, how? o How could the SunWise activities be improved? o Do you combine SunWise resources with other sun safet y activities or resources? I f so, which ones? When you receive sun safety materials from other programs, do y ou often like to modify

them? o Which activities have yo u and your students found most effective or enjo yable? What is it about these activities that your students seem to enjoy so much?

- **Making school policy changes and promoting school**  **- wide activities**  **, e.g.:** o Have you tried to make any changes in your school’s sun safet y policies (su ccessfull y or unsuccessfully) ? I f so, what changes? o Did you work with other teachers, parents, or school administrators to get those policy changes made? Please tell us about that experience and an y l essons you have learned. o What barriers have you face d to making th e se changes? If you were successful in inst ituting policies, how did y ou overcome the barriers? o Have the materials provided in the SunWise Tool Kit been useful in making policy changes? How could th e se materials be improved? o Have you organi zed an y school

- wide sun safet y activities? If so, what t ypes? o Do you involve parents or guardians in sun safet y activities? If yes, how? If no, how could their involvement be solicited? o If parents or guardians are involved , have their interest in sun p rotection r emained the same, i ncreased, or d ecreased over the past y ear?- **SunWise recognition program , e.g.:** 

o If SunWise developed a program to recognize levels of SunWise achievement among educators, how would you want to be recognized?
 Probe: for exampl e, plaques, discounts on resources, letters to your principal. o What incentives would encourage you and other teachers to participate? o Do you think that a recognition program would encourage deeper SunWise participation among educators? o What SunWise achieve ments would you like to see recognized?
 Probe: for example, teaching SunWise, working to implement school policies, organizing schoolwide sun safet y activities, participating in the Don’t Fry Day pledge, etc.