Un Survey Bilingüe to get to Know Your Students

Great teachers get to know their students.  We can integrate opportunities for students to share in our lessons, but it never feels like enough time to gather the kind of information that could help us plan amazing culturally responsive / affirming lessons.  School events where our students' adults are present seldom occur, and those of us who work at multiple sites (and travel significantly between locations) are unable to be present enough to have the kind of meaningful interactions that would allow us to communicate to them that we truly values their input and partnership in their child's education.

I created a free, fun short anonymous survey in English and Spanish that you can print and distribute to students or to their classroom teachers (to put in their take-home folders).  It's anonymous to make sure folks are comfortable sharing and also so that they know that we are grateful for anything they are willing to contribute to our knowledge of our students. 

The file allows you to print the survey on two sides of a sheet to create two surveys that include both language options.

Students will feel more connected to you and light up when you mention something you learned about them, maybe something you have in common with them, or when you use a song or other media they shared with you in the survey.
 

To encourage participation, you can display the survey to the students and answer the questions yourself first! Good luck and I hope this survey supports the magic you create in your music classes!

 

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Did you try this lesson planning tool?  Let us know how it went!