In light of the first
twelve months of your fellowship placement, please provide us with
feedback by completing the following survey. The survey is broken
down into categories which cover the major activities and
milestones of the first half of your fellowship experience (e.g.
orientation, projects) with a mix of questions.
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Application and
Orientation:
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How did you learn about the
SC2 Fellowship Program?
Friend/Family
Co-Worker
List-serv
Website
Other, please
specify: ______________
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Overall, rate the
selection process in terms of timing and communication.
1-Very good
2-Good
3-Fair
4-Poor
5-Very Poor
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What do you
suggest for improving or enhancing the selection process in the
future?
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Rate your
satisfaction with the orientation materials/resources you
received at the start of the fellowship program.
Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Somewhat
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
Very
Dissatisfied
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How helpful was
the program orientation webinar (September 5, 2012) to you and
your work in your pilot city?
Very Helpful
Helpful
Somewhat
helpful
Of little help
Not at all
helpful
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Is there anything
specific that can be done to improve the overall orientation to
the program and your pilot city?
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Did you
participate in any formal orientation organized by your host
city when you arrived?
Yes
No
If yes, what was organized and how did they do it? If no, what
would have been helpful?
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Who
helped/assisted with informal or a more formal orientation?
(Check all that apply.)
Local Project
Manager (LPM)
Other SC2
Fellows
Others in my
department
CST
NGOs
Others outside
of the city
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How did you get
acclimated to your host city (e.g. finding a place to live,
establishing a network for activities outside of your fellowship
position)
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Is there anything
specific that you would suggest to improve or facilitate the
transition into a fellowship placement?
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How familiar are
you now with the different aspects (national and local
activities/projects) the Strong Cities, Strong Communities
Initiative and its primary goals?
1-Very familiar
2-Familiar
3-Somewhat Familiar
4-Little Knowledge
5-No Knowledge
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How connected are
you (have you been) with other SC2 components (i.e. the federal
community solution teams, the resource network) in your pilot
city?
1-Very Connected
2-Connected
3-Somewhat Connected
4-Little Connection Exists
5-No Connection
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Should the
fellows have stronger connection with the CSTs in their pilot
cities? If yes, do you have any suggestions for how HUD and the
management team could better facilitate this?
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How connected are
you with other SC2 Fellows?
1-Very Connected
2-Connected
3-Somewhat Connected
4-Little Connection Exists
5-No Connection
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Would you like
more connection with other SC2 Fellows in and outside of your
placement city? If yes, do you have any suggestions for how the
management team could better facilitate this?
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Professional Development:
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Now having attended and participated in four o Management
Academies:
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How helpful is
the content of the academies’ training sessions to your
primary SC2 project(s)?
1-Very Helpful
2-Helpful
3-Somewhat Helpful
4-Of little help
5-Not at all helpful
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How helpful is
the content to your professional skills and development?
1-Very Helpful
2-Helpful
3-Somewhat Helpful
4-Of little help
5-Not at all helpful
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What other
benefits do you receive from attending the management academies?
Please rank:
Networking and
socializing with other fellows
Learning about
the challenges of other cities similar to your host city
Learning
from/networking with the SC2 Management Team
Other benefits,
please specify: ___________________
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Have you sought
any additional professional development opportunities? Why or why
not? Is there anything the management team can do to assist?
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Are you engaged
in other professional development projects or programs offered by
your host city or nonprofit groups in your community? If so,
please list these projects/programs and the host organization or
sponsor:
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Are you engaged
in other community service/civic projects or programs within your
host community? If so, please list the project/programs.
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Reflecting on the
first year of your fellowship, how has it measured up to your
personal expectations and professional goals?
1-Very Good
2-Good
3-Somewhat Good
4-Poor
5-Very Poor
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What have you
learned so far that you think will be useful moving forward in
your career (this can be substantive subjects, concrete skills,
or general awareness of local government, etc.)
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Projects:
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Describe the process of working with your LPM in identifying and
selecting the projects included in your original Project Plan
Agreement (PPA).
How many meetings did you have
with your LPM about your original PPA?
How many weeks did the process
take to select and finalize the work plan and milestones for your
projects?
What worked best to hone your
(and your LPM’s) plan to a defined list of realistic
projects?
What influences (internal to
your host organizations or external) where involved with the
final selection of your project(s)—positively and
negatively—and its incorporation into the PPA?
Does your PPA include important
or significant mid-term adjustments or modifications to the scope
of work or changes to the milestones? Why or why not? If so,
please explain.
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Do you think the
projects listed in your original and amended PPA match your
skills and talent?
1-Strongly Agree
2-Agree
3-Somewhat Agree
4-Disagree
5-Strongly Disagree
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Is it feasible
for your projects (those included in your original and amended
PPA) to be completed by the end of your Fellowship appointment
(September 2014)? Please provide a predicted percentage completed
for each of the projects listed in your PPA.
Main Project
Supplemental Project 1
Supplemental Project 2
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Do you believe
your project(s) will help build capacity within the scope of:
(Please check
all that apply.)
The
agency/department or nonprofit where you work
The government
A specific
neighborhood, please specify: ___________________________
A specific
section of the population, please specifiy:______________________
Other, please
specific: _______________________________
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Describe the
process of working with the SC2 Management Team in the draft,
review and revision of your original and amended PPA.
How much time did you spend on
each? (Estimate the time you spent in meetings, phone calls and
writing your original PPA and compare that with you’re the
process to amend or refine your PPA.)
In general, how effective do
you think the PPA is/will be in guiding your work
1-Very effective
2-Effective
3-Moderately effective
4-Of little effective
5-No effect
Approximate the date you began
work on the project(s) outlined in your original PPA. (E.g.
started in October 2012, started in the first quarter of 2013,
etc.)
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Where in your
work plan are you with respect to your major SC2 project (provide
a percentage, e.g., 30% complete, etc.)? (Project used in
Management Academies.)
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Were there any
delays or issues in focusing your time/efforts on this major
project? If so, please explain (e.g. internal issues with LPM,
issues caused by other city processes and department; issues
caused by external partners and stakeholders outside of the city)
and discuss the type of issue/delay (e.g. lack of resources,
time, focus, confusion over roles, lack of political support,
insufficient buy-in from partners, etc.)
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Did you have some
early or recent breakthroughs or important milestones in working
on your major project thus far? If so, please describe. If not,
explain why:
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In general, how
satisfied are you with your progress toward project milestones?
1-Very Satisfied
2-Satisfied
3-Moderately Satisfied
4-Dissatisfied
5-Very Dissatisfied
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Inputs:
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In general, how
satisfied are you with the level of contact and availability of
your mentor?
1-Very Satisfied
2-Satisfied
3-Moderately Satisfied
4-Dissatisfied
5-Very Dissatisfied
Would you like more contact?
Please explain: ______________________
If so, what is the
best method for mentors to make contact?
Email
Conference call
Google Hangout
Other, please
specifiy: ______________________
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What type of
additional guidance /support could mentors provide to you
professionally as well as in support of your projects? (E.g.
help navigating relationships with LPM and others at City Hall?
Help with more strategic dimensions of my project? Help with more
technical dimensions of my project?)
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In general, how
would you rate your relationship with your LPM?
1-Very Good
2-Good
3-Fair
4-Poor
5-Very Poor
Please explain the positive and/or the negative of your
relationship with your
LPM:________________________________________________
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In general, are
you satisfied with the level of communication with your LPM?
1-Very Satisfied
2-Satisfied
3-Moderately Satisfied
4-Dissatisfied
5-Very Dissatisfied
If dissatisfied, please
explain:
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What issues, if
any, have you had in working with your LPM or others who directly
supervise or manage your work?
Yes
No
If so, has it been resolved?
How was it resolved? If it is remains unresolved, how can the SC2
Management Team assist?
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How would you
rate your level of contact with your city’s Community
Solutions Team?
1-Very Frequent
2-Frequent
3-Occasional
4-Rare
5-Never
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Are you (were
you) satisfied with the level of contact with your CST?
1-Very Satisfied
2-Satisfied
3-Moderately Satisfied
4-Dissatisfied
5-Very Dissatisfied
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Was/Is CST
contact important to the success of your project?
1-Very Important
2-Important
3-Moderately Important
4-Of little importance
5-Not at all important
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Do you believe
CST contact/relationship is important to the overall fellowship
experience?
1-Very Important
2-Important
3-Moderately Important
4-Of little importance
5-Not at all important
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If contact would
be valuable, do you have ideas on how to enhance and improve CST
relationships for future fellowship programs?
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In general, how
satisfied are you with the resources provided through your host
institution and other local partners?
1-Very Satisfied
2-Satisfied
3-Moderately Satisfied
4-Dissatisfied
5-Very Dissatisfied
Are there any resources not
currently provided to you that would be useful?
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In general, do
you find your host institution to have an advantageous (informal
or formal) structure and/or organizational culture to hosting
fellows? Please explain.
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Placement:
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Do you believe your placement is a good match:
With your current skills?
1-Very good
2-Good
3-Fair
4-Poor
5-Very Poor
Substantive interests? (i.e.
working on topics or issues familiar to you or that you want to
work on)
1-Very good
2-Good
3-Fair
4-Poor
5-Very Poor
Current professional
development and career goals?
1-Very good
2-Good
3-Fair
4-Poor
5-Very Poor
Overall?
1-Very good
2-Good
3-Fair
4-Poor
5-Very Poor
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How would you
rate your placement work’s level of difficulty?
Too difficult
Too easy
Acceptable
level
Don’t
know yet
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How would you
rate your work load?
1-Too light
2-Light
3-Acceptable
4-Heavy
5-Too heavy
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Reflecting back
on the first year of the fellowship, knowing that you and your
LPM and host agency worked hard to get your fellowship placement
up and running, overall, how would you rate your satisfaction
with your placement?
1-Very satisfied
2-Satisfied
3-Moderately satisfied
4-Dissatisfied
5-Very dissatisfied
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