Institute for Workforce Competitiveness

TP Needs Assessment

The IWC developed the Tech Prep Professional Development Needs Assessment for the Florida Department of Education in 1999. The needs assessment was completed by Tech Prep Regional Coordinators and focused on the needs of School/District Administrators, Classroom Teachers, and Business/Industry Partners.

The Needs Assessment form is below. It is also available in PDF format as Appendix A of the report of the needs assessment results.

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Florida Tech Prep Professional Development Needs Assessment

Directions: Below is a list of topics that may address your consortium’s needs for professional development. Please note that you are being asked to assess the needs of three audiences: school/district administrators, classroom teachers, business/industry partners. Provide an estimate of the level of need for professional development for each topic and audience by circling L for Low Need; M for Moderate Need; or H for High Need.

Example:

Topics	School/District Administrators			Classroom Teachers			Business/Industry Partners
Historical background and context of Tech Prep	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H

In the above example the Tech Prep Coordinator indicated that school/district administrators and classroom teachers have a moderate (M) need for information about the background of Tech Prep while the business and industry partners have a high (H) need for this information.

Topics	School/District Administrators			Classroom Teachers			Business/Industry Partners
1. Historical background and context of Tech Prep	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
2. Overview of the new "Florida Tech Prep Pathway"	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
3. Planning and implementing consortium evaluation activities	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
4. Continuous Quality Improvement practices	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
5. Data Collection and assessment tools	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
6. Integration of academic and applied technology education	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
7. Project-based learning: Overview	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
8. Project-based learning: Designing projects that meet the state’s CBCs and Sunshine State Standards.	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
9. Integrating SCANS into the academic curricula	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
10. Technology utilization (e-mail, Internet, web pages, etc.)	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
11. Available Tech Prep Internet resources	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
12. Available career education resources	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
13. Demonstration of school-based "best practices"	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
14. Demonstration of work-based "best practices"	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
15. Components of a portfolio	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
16. Portfolios as an assessment tool	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
17. Authentic/alternative assessment methods	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
18. Establishing and maintaining connections between business/industry and schools	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
19. Designing and conducting marketing and community awareness	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H
20. Developing articulation agreements with vocational/technical centers and community colleges	L	M	H	L	M	H	L	M	H

Please share any additional professional development needs that were not addressed in this survey:

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