Learning Experience- PBE Implementation:

• How often do you get to have a choice in what you are learning? 

• How often do you learn outside your regular classroom - with people or in places that are part of your community? (For example: learning outdoors, meeting with guest speakers or local experts, or visiting parks, museums, businesses, or historic sites.)

• How often do you learn about issues in your local community and also learn about the same topic in other parts of the country or the world? (For example: learning about a flood in another country and then studying how water moves in your neighborhood, or comparing animals in your area to animals in faraway places.)

• At school, how often do you ask questions about a topic you are studying, and then find out the answers to those questions without the teacher telling you?

• How often do you design solutions to a problem in your community? 

• How often do you get to work on real-world projects that are important to you?

• How often do you learn about your community and where you live? 

• Overall, how much have you learned about your community from your work at school?

School Experience:

• How excited are you about going to your classes?

• How focused are you on the activities in your classes? 

• In your classes, how excited are you to participate? 

• How interested are you in your classes? 

• I feel support to learn a lot at this school. 

• I know a lot about my place (school, community, neighborhood, etc.) 

•  I feel connected to my place (school, community, neighborhood, etc.) 

• Teachers and students here are working to make our school and community better. 

Student Well-Being: 

• I can change my intelligence with hard work. 

• I can increase my intelligence by challenging myself. 

• I am capable of learning anything. 

• I can do well in a subject even if I am not naturally good at it. 

• I can earn an A in my classes. 

• I can do well on all my tests, even when they’re difficult. 

• I can master the hardest topics in my classes. 

• I can meet all the learning goals my teachers set. 

• I came to class prepared. 

• I remembered and followed directions.

• I got my work done right away instead of waiting until the last minute. 

• I paid attention and resisted distractions. 

• I listened carefully to other people’s points of view. 

• I noticed and complimented someone else’s accomplishments. 

• I got along with students who were different from me. 

• I respected the views of others even if I disagreed with them. 

Free Response:

• What added value does Place-Based Learning bring to this school?  (Please write I don’t know if you’re not sure).

• How likely are you to recommend this school to your friends? 

Background Questions:

• What is your gender?

• What is your race or ethnicity?

• Please indicate the primary language you speak at home.

• What kind of grades do you usually get?