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APPENDIX A
INSTRUMENTS

Open-Ended Statement of Concern

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the last 4 digits of your Social Security number: ___ ___ ___ ___

The purpose of the open-ended question on the next page is to determine what people who are using or thinking about using innovations are concerned about at various times during the innovation adoption process.

Please respond in terms of your present concerns, or how you feel about your involvement or potential involvement with the SMILIES Reading Tutoring innovation. We want you to think of it in terms of your own perceptions of what this innovation involves. Remember to respond in terms of your present concerns about your involvement or potential involvement with the SMILIES Reading Tutoring innovation.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this task.

 

Adapted from:

A Manual for Assessing Open-Ended Statements of Concern About an Innovation by Beulah W. Newlove & Gene E. Hall (1976).

Response Sheet

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SMILIES READING TUTORING PROJECT, WHAT ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT? (Do not say what you think others are concerned about, but only what concerns you now.) Please write in complete sentences, and please be frank. ___________

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Please place a check by the statement that reflects your greatest concern.

Interview Questions
Vision

• What is your understanding of the mission of this program?
• What are your personal goals? Program goals?
• Describe the expectations of the volunteers involved with this program.
• Who carries the main vision for the program?
• What inspired you to become involved?

Skills
• Describe the training you received or that you offered to volunteers.
• How comfortable do you feel with your skill level?
• What type of training did leaders/supervisors receive?
• What is the plan for continued training of volunteers?

Incentives

• How does the administration of the program offer support to the tutors?
• What type of recognition do volunteers and program personnel receive?

Resources

• Describe the manual and its usability/clarity.
• What other materials did you receive? What materials do you use and where did they come from?
• Who provides materials or funds for materials?
• How are parents informed/involved?
• Tell me about your overseers in this program.

Action Plan

• How is the program organized? Who reports to whom?
• Tell me about how you are received and treated by teachers and other persons in the school (if the program is in a school).
• How are students selected?
• How often does tutoring take place, and for how long?
• Do you monitor student progress?
• Show me/describe a typical lesson.

Is there anything else you'd like to tell me or that you wished I would have asked?