Needs Assessment
Part of the mission of the Telescope Network is to find out what BPS educators want and need to learn next in order to best serve the needs of their students.
Annual Reports
2023 Telescope Annual Report (YER 2022-23)2023 Annual Report
Final Version Telescope Network EoY Report 2018-2019 v.9.2019.pdf2019 Annual Report
2021-2022 Telescope YER Report.pdf2022 Annual Report
2021 Telescope YER.pdf2021 Annual Report
2020 Telescope Annual Report.pdf2020 Annual Report
Past Needs Assessment Reports
Spring 2023 Needs Assessment Report
Thank you to the 446 survey responses from 71 different BPS schools and Central Office Departments who completed our Spring 2023 survey. The survey was shared through BPS and BTU announcements. Some schools took the survey as part of their PD time. We also reached out to our network of over 2000+ BPS educators who have previously participated in Telescope Network events or surveys. Afterwards, the Telescope Network reviewed and coded the responses to look for district-wide themes and to find trends among select subgroups of educators.
Thank you to the 368 educators across 60 BPS schools (and 3 departments in central office) who completed our Fall 2022 survey. The attached report includes a summary of our current professional learning needs and trends by grade level. The report also has data disaggregated to reflect the professional learning interests of educators of color.
(June 2022) Thank you to the 205 educators who completed our Spring 2022 survey. The attached report includes trends and a new coding structure for responses to reflect our current professional learning needs.
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(January 2022) Thank you to the 245 educators across BPS who completed our Fall 2021 survey. The attached report includes a summary of our current professional learning needs. The report also includes trends by grade level, feedback on our PD preferences, and data disaggregated to reflect the professional learning interests of educators of color.
( Report Link )
(July 2021) We are pleased to share the end of year Telescope Network Professional Learning Needs Assessment report, based on 323 survey responses. Compiled by our Networkers, Alison Mosher and Mark Lonergan, it includes insights from educators about their needs and preferences in both content and format for professional learning in summer and next year. The report also includes trends by grade level, a section on the big questions of practice on educators' minds (instructional and operational), and data disaggregated to reflect the professional learning interests of educators of color.
(Report Link)
(April 2021) Needs Assessment Report: Hear what educators across BPS are saying about professional development needs: What do we need to learn now? What do we want to learn next?
(Report Link)Fall 2020 Needs Assessment Survey Report
(November 2020) Thank you to the 370+ educators across BPS from who took our our Fall 2020 survey. You told us how we can support educators and families in remote and hybrid learning. Here is our preliminary report. Four main priorities emerged from the data:
We need more examples of effective remote learning and hybrid practices.
We want to engage our students more effectively in remote learning.
We want to build in sustaining practices and self-care so that we don’t burn out this year.
Our learning and technology needs are becoming increasingly more specialized by role and grade-level.
June 2020 Needs Assessment Survey Report
(June 2020) Thank you to the 200+ educators across BPS from who took our June 2020 Survey. You told us how we can support educators and families as we prepare for the fall and beyond. Here is our preliminary report. Four main priorities emerged from the data:
Schedule: We need to know what the Fall schedule will look like to start planning (mentioned in 54% of survey responses)
SEL: We want to connect and build relationships with our students in the Fall. (mentioned by 54% of survey responses)
Engagement: We want to engage our students more effectively in remote learning. (mentioned by 59% of survey responses)
Antiracism: We want to address issues of racism and cultural proficiency (mentioned by 11% overall, 25% of Black/Latinx responses)
March 2020 Needs Assessment Report
(March 2020) Thank you to the 200+ educators from 78 schools who took our Needs Assessment Survey over the past week. You told us how we can support educators and families in this new learning climate. Here is our preliminary report. Two big headlines:
69% said that they are willing to help other educators in some way.
55% said that they have no “bright spots” or people to turn to for collaboration right now.
With this, our two big themes for the next few weeks are finding ways for teachers to connect and share with each other.
2018-2019 Needs Assessment Report
(June 2019) This was the first version of our needs assessment report. It includes our questions on our inagural survey, as well as coding of responses and the big trends.
Keyword Diagram from 2018-2019 Survey
