Educational partnerships can involve many different types of organizations. The stages of a partnership range from initial planning to well-established, long term relationships. This section of the NJAPIE survey gathers information about the general characteristics of your organization and the partnership activities in which you are involved.

1. What groups are involved in this partnership? Please circle ALL that apply.

School

Business

Community

Preschool

Higher Ed

Other (Please specify)

 

 

2. Which group do you represent? Please circle the ONE most appropriate answer.

School

Business

Community

Preschool

Higher Ed

Other (Please specify)

 

 

3. How long has the partnership been in existence? Please circle the ONE most appropriate answer.

It's in the planning stage (the project has not started yet)

One year or less

More than one (1) year, but less than three (3) years

Three years or more

 

 

4. How long have you been involved with the partnership? Please circle the ONE most appropriate answer.

I am involved in the planning stage (the project has not started yet)

One year or less

More than one (1) year, but less than three (3) years

Three years or more

 

 

5. What is education's involvement in this partnership? Please circle the ONE most appropriate answer.

One school

More than one school, number of schools =

One school district, number of schools =

More than one district, number of districts =

Countywide

More than one county, number of counties =

Statewide

 

 

6. Briefly describe the primary purpose or goal of this partnership. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. What level of involvement does this partnership have with achievement of the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards?

(5 = very high, 4 = high, 3 = moderate, 2 = low, 1 = very low, 0 = none)

Health and Physical Education	5	4	3	2	1	0
Language Arts/Literacy	5	4	3	2	1	0
Mathematics	5	4	3	2	1	0
Science	5	4	3	2	1	0
Social Studies	5	4	3	2	1	0
Visual and Performing Arts	5	4	3	2	1	0
World Languages and Cultures	5	4	3	2	1	0
Cross Content Workplace Readiness	5	4	3	2	1	0
(career planning, technology, basic skills, etc.)

 

8. In which New Jersey counties does this partnership take place? Please circle ALL that apply.




Northern Counties	Central Counties	Southern Counties
Bergen Essex Hudson Morris Passaic Sussex Warren	Hunterdon Mercer Middlesex Monmouth Ocean Somerset Union	Atlantic Burlington Camden Cape May Cumberland Gloucester Salem

 

9. OPTIONAL QUESTION: Answers to this question will be listed in survey reports and on the NJAPIE website.

What is the name of your partnership?

 

Contact Person:

Address 1:

Address 2:

City/State/Zip:

Phone #:

Fax #:

E-mail Address:

 

Different groups enter a partnership for different reasons. This section of the survey asks about the major benefits of this partnership for you and for your partner.

10. Please list each of the major benefits that YOUR organization has received or expects to receive from this partnership:

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Which ONE benefit is most important to YOUR organization?

 

 

12. Please estimate the expenses incurred by YOUR organization in connection with this partnership.

Cash Expenditures: $

In-kind Expenses: $

 

13. Please list each of the major benefits that your PARTNER organization has received or expects to receive from this partnership:

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. Please estimate the expenses incurred by your PARTNER organization in connection with this partnership.

    Cash Expenditures: $

    In-kind Expenses: $

Many different resources are needed in order to establish and maintain a successful partnership, with some resources more important than others. This section of the survey addresses these resource needs.

15. What resources are needed to help you ESTABLISH an educational partnership? Please RANK your responses in order of importance using the number one (1) for the most important item.

Rank

Resources

 

 

 

 

16. What resources are most helpful in SUSTAINING and/or IMPROVING an ongoing educational partnership? Please RANK your responses in order of importance using the number one (1) for the most important item.

Rank

Resources

 

 

 

 

17. What types of new partnerships would be beneficial to your organization? Please be specific.

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the purposes of this survey is to determine the future role of the NJAPIE in supporting educational partnerships in New Jersey. The questions in this final section of the survey address this purpose.

18. Were you aware of NJAPIE before receiving this survey? Please circle your response.

Yes

No

If yes, through what source(s)?

 

 

19. What NJAPIE activities would be most helpful to you? Please circle ALL that apply.

Award and recognition activities

Information posted on this NJAPIE Web Site -http://www.njapie.org

Regional workshops

Resource center and clearinghouse

Statewide conferences

Statewide database of existing educational partnerships

Training and technical assistance

Other (Please specify)

 

20. Which ONE activity listed above would be most helpful to you?

 

 

21. What are the most important issues related to partnerships that could be addressed through the above activities?

 

 

 

Please list (on a separate sheet) the name and contact information of anyone else you feel is an appropriate person to complete this survey. It can be someone involved in the same partnership, but a different organization, or it can be someone from an entirely different partnership.

We deeply appreciate your time and patience in completing this survey. Thank you

The results of this survey are available in print as well as on this NJAPIE Web Site by contacting
NJAPIE c/o NJASA
Attn: Joan Lloyd, Membership Services Coordinator
920 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08618
Phone: (609) 599-2900, ext. 123
Fax: (609) 599-9359