School Improvement Planning Interview Questionnaire
Section 1: Structured Questions (Yes/No Format)
Please answer the following questions with Yes or No, and feel free to elaborate if needed.
1. Are you aware of your basic roles and responsibilities in the school improvement?
2. Have you attended School Improvement Planning trainings?
3. Have you initiated the organization of stakeholders for school improvement planning?
4. Have you initiated the School Planning Team?
5. Have you organized the School Governing Council?
6. Have you assumed responsibilities as a partner in the School Improvement Plan?
7. Have you recorded the trend of the results of data for your school report card?
8. Have you prepared a situational analysis?
9. Have you helped in the identification of the core values for the school?
10. Have you helped in the formulation of the school’s mission and vision?
11. Have you set priorities for the improvement plan?
12. Have you formulated the 3-Year Work Plan?
13. Have you formulated the financial plan?
14. Have you set performance indicators?
15. Have you set the means of verification for the plan?
16. Have you prepared the Annual Improvement Plan?
Section 2: Interview Guide (Open-Ended Questions)
These questions are designed to explore your experiences and insights. Sub-questions will
be asked as needed.
Personal Background:
• Please tell me something about yourself.
- Educational background
- Length of service in school
- Length of experience as a member of the School Planning Team / Principal
Understanding and Experience:
Describe your idea of a School Improvement Plan.
How did you learn about preparing the School Improvement Plan?
Can you describe the processes you followed in preparing the School Improvement Plan?
- How did you gather your data?
- Did you consult anyone in the school or community?
- Can you cite references you used in the process?
- What documents did you review while preparing the plan?
- How did you define the school’s mission, vision, and values?
- Did you use a school report card? Was it useful?
- How did you analyze your data?
- Who computed your performance indicators?
- How did you validate the problems of your school?
- Who wrote the School Improvement Plan? Were there editors involved?
- How did you communicate your plans to stakeholders?
Implementation and Evaluation:
How did you implement the plan?
How did you evaluate its implementation?
In your opinion, have you successfully implemented your plan?
Challenges and Improvements:
Can you talk about specific issues that troubled you during the SIP preparation?
How do you think those issues affected the preparation of the plan?
How can you improve the school improvement planning process in your school?
Can you suggest ways to address the issues affecting the planning process?
During implementation, did you encounter problems? Please cite instances.
How would you solve these issues?
Reflection:
Constructively, can you criticize your own SIP and its implementation?
