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February 28, 2013

 

mtl readership survey time

Written by: Susan Fleming Morgans

 

Every couple of years we go to you, our readers, to ask questions about our magazine, how it fits into your life and what you read most. But in the last two years, we have added many additional outreach tools to complement our print version, from our new website at www.lebomag.com, to such social media as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube videos that also air on our cable TV stations.

The survey helps us do two things: 1) tailor our content to what you need–and want–to know and 2) identify emerging trends in use so we can be more reflective of the community’s needs.

It is 20 questions long and should take you no more than five minutes to complete. We are grateful for your time. Thank you!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B5HVMV5



http://lebomag.com/9981/mtl-readership-survey-time/

Vote early and vote often?

In the November 2011 Board President Report, Josephine Posti wrote about the steps of the Stakeholder‐Driven Strategic Planning process.

At the October 17, 2011 School Board meeting, the School Board voted to pay Mr. Ewy $1,000 a day plus expenses, not to exceed $15,000.

So what are we getting for $15,000? We can get our money's worth by voting over and over again on the District website Strategic Plan Survey. According to a Lebo Alert, we can go to the Municipal Building and Public Library to get paper copies. According to the District website, paper surveys will be available in the lobby of C-28 at the high school.

I am no expert in surveys, but I have run a few polls on this blog. I have found that if Blogger is working properly, one can vote once per computer. Polls on Blogger are free. The District Survey - $15,000.

One thing I found out was, having multiple answers disqualifies the validity of the results. When adding up the percentages, the results would be well over 100%. That cost me nothing to discover. The District survey demographics, allowing multiple answers - $15,000.

The District website states that the results will be reviewed by Strategic Plan Steering Committee members, District administrators, and Board members. One of Dr. Steinhauer's goals for this year:

The Superintendent will direct and supervise the completion of the District’s Strategic plan.

To see "Provide support to retain top quality administrators" on a survey that will be reviewed by District administrators and one of the Superintendent's goals, isn't that kinda, well...self-serving?

How much money is this costing us in District administrators' salaries? The School Board voted to pay Mr. Ewy $1,000 a day. This is one expensive, invalid survey. Mine are free.

Strategic Plan Survey

From: Dr. Tim Steinhauer [mailto:noreply@mtlsd.net]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:22 PM
Subject: MTLSD Strategic Plan Survey

[Attachments to this email can be found by clicking on the links at the bottom]

Dear Mt. Lebanon Parents,

The Mt. Lebanon School Board has initiated a District Strategic Planning process. A key component of this process is to receive input from a survey from students, parents, staff, and community members that will be used to set District priorities for the next six years.

The survey is short, taking about five minutes of your time. The survey asks for basic demographic information and then presents four multiple choice questions and two open-ended questions regarding priorities you believe to be important for the District to consider. The list of responses to each of these questions was developed by a Steering Committee made up of a cross-section of community members. Please complete the survey by May 1, 2012. Click the link at the bottom of this email to take the survey.

Thank you for your participation in this most important process. Your answers to this survey will be reviewed by Strategic Plan Steering Committee members, District administrators, and Board members.

Sincerely,
Timothy Steinhauer Ed.D.

Attachment: http://forms.mtlsd.org/StrategicPlanSurvey

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MTLSD DISCLAIMER: THIS TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE ADDRESSEE AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, OR THE EMPLOYEE OR AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING THE MESSAGE TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISSEMINATION, RETENTION, DISTRIBUTION, OR COPYING OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER IMMEDIATELY.

According to the MTLSD Disclaimer at the bottom of Dr. Steinhauer's email, I guess I am doing another no-no since I am copying this communication and distributing it on this blog. My bad.