### INTERVIEW INSTRUMENTS FOR AMERICORPS MEMBERS

Note: If you serve at multiple schools, think about the school where you spend most of your time serving, on questions that are specific to a school rather than the program overall. NOTE: Telephone interviews with a sample of AmeriCorps members, across all grantees, will be conducted at the end of the school year. Sample selection and size are to be determined. **1. Can you please describe**  **your role and duties at the school**  **where you**  **served ?** 

**______________________ _______________________________________________________________________**  **_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **_ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.**  **Can you please tell me about**  **your top three activities and responsibilities at the school** **, in terms of those activities on which you spent the greatest amount of time**  **? For each of these, I’d like to know with**  **whom you collaborated to**  **carry out the activity, how frequently the activity too**  **k place , and approximately what**  **percentage of time you spent on the activity .**  **Probe: Ho w**  **did/does this activity support the school’s turnaround effort**  **? Probe: Who was this activity**  **intended to help or support ?**  **Probe: What**  **was the**  **frequency and amount of time spent**  **on the activity?**  **Activity Collaboration**  **Target ed**  **Audience Frequency**  **Percentage of Time a.**  **b. c.**  **3. Did the activities change throughout the year? If so, then why?** 

**_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **______________________________________________________________________ _______________________**  **_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What types of supports have you received, or are available to you, to implement your planned activities at the**  **school?**

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**_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **______________________________________________________________________________________ _______**  **_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5**  **. What are the formal or informal channels among**  **school staff**  **and AmeriCorps**  **members for communicating** 

**about school improvement goals (for example,**  **grade -**  **or team meetings, faculty meetings, informal meetings with teachers whose students you support, email communication from principal**  **) ?** 

**_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________**  **_________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **_________________________________________________________________________________ ___________**  **6 .**  **What was the general attitude among school staff and faculty to your addition to the site/school when you**  **first began serving? How did perspectives, collaboration, and/or relationships with the school staff**  **(principal/teachers/counselor/school leaders) cha**  **nge throughout the year?**

**_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **______________________________________________________________________ _______________________**  **_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **7 .**  **In which of the following**  **ways did you ( A** **meriCorps members) contribute to the school’s capacity to**  **implement school**  **turnaround program activities**  **? Specifically, how did**  **you help the school build capacity**  **through...** a) F ostering respect among students and staff? b) I nvolving families ( e.g. in attending events, providing access to information and resources to support their child’s education, helping students complete homework, volunteering in child’s classroom ) ? c) Meeting the academic needs of specific groups of students ? d) Meeting the behavioral and/or socio - emotional health needs of specific groups of students? e) I mproving the school environment and climate f) Filling additional instructional/support staff positions ? g) Supporting teachers in the use of data/assessments and with classroom activities ? h) P roviding before- or after-school or extended learning time programming? i) Other activities and contributions? (please specify)

**_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **______________________________________________________________________ _______________________**  **_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8**  **. In your opinion, is your AmeriCorps program successful in helping students**  **you directly worked with at this**  **school to improve in the following**  **areas:** a) Academic achievement? b) Academic engagement? c) Behavior? d) Attendance? e) Socio - emotional health ? **H ow have you determined this?**  **Probe: Ask specifically if members participate in discussions w** **ith teachers about student performance based on**  **interim assessment data?**  **Also ask if members participate in discussions with teacher about student attendance, behavior, and engagement.** 

**_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________**  **____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **____________________________________________________________________________________________ 9**  **. What**  **kind of academic and social supports are currently in place to help the students in your assigned**

**class/group succeed? Were you or other AmeriCorps**  **members involved in providing these supports? How?**

**_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **______________________________________________________________________ _______________________**  **_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 10**  **. Are these services helpful**  **to the**  **students you directly worked with at this school**  **? Why or why not? Are there additional supports**  **that you think need to be put in place?**

**_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________**  **______________________________ _______________________________________________________________**  **_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1**  **1 . How do you think AmeriCorps**  **member services that were implemented this year**  **will help student** **s at this**  **school?**

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