Support for PBE Learning Framework Implementation (new)

How supported do you feel by your school to implement the following elements of the PBE Learning Framework

• Learner-centered practices

• Using community as classroom

• Community Impact Strategies (inquiry, design thinking, project-based learning)

• Integrating Content and Place (planning place-based lessons/learning experiences)

PBE Learning Framework Implementation (new)

Please choose the descriptor that best represents your current teaching practice for each of the place-based education strategies:

• Learner-centered

• Community as classroom

• Local to Global

• Inquiry-based learning

• Design Thinking

• Project-based learning

• Integrating Content and Place 

How often do you use each of the following place-based education strategies in your teaching practice:

• Learner-centered

• Community as classroom

• Local to Global

• Inquiry-based learning

• Design Thinking

• Project-based learning

• Integrating Content and Place 

Teacher Experience (new)

Please indicate your personal response to each of these statements by selectinging the option that best represents your answer.

• My students are engaged in their learning. 

• I generally enjoy teaching.

• I often have reasons to be happy while I teach.

• I generally teach with enthusiasm.

• I often have reasons to be angry while I teach.

• I often feel annoyed while teaching.

• Teaching generally frustrates me.

• I generally feel tense and nervous while teaching.

• Preparing to teach often causes me to worry.

• I feel uneasy when I think about teaching.

Place Network Teacher Well-Being (new) 

• How much does your work align with your values?

• How meaningful is your work?

• Currently, how do the following factors of being a teacher affect your well-being as a teacher (generally negatively or generally positively):

  • Student behavior?

  • Relationships with students in my class?

  • Student motivation?

  • Classroom management?

• On a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high), how would you rate the following statements:

  • I am a successful teacher.

  • I am good at helping students learn new things. 

  • I have accomplished a lot as a teacher.

  • I feel like my teaching is effective and helpful.

Background Questions:

• How many years have you been teaching?

• To which gender identity do you most identify?

• What is your race or ethnicity?

Free Response:

• What strategies from Place Network workshops and coaching sessions have been most valuable to your practice?

• What systems or policies implemented by your school have been most supportive for your work with place-based education? 

• What are your biggest challenges and barriers that make it difficult for you to implement place-based education?