This article provides information on completing the SEW Early Years teacher perception survey. The following topics are covered here:
Related article: Administering SEW primary and secondary surveys
Background
The Early Years Teacher Perception Survey should be completed by someone (teacher, aide) who
has known the student long enough to answer wide‐ranging statements concerning the
student's emotional, social and behavioural characteristics.
The survey is designed to provide detailed information concerning student's social‐emotional
wellbeing. Teachers/aides who see students in action on a regular basis are in a prime position
to make some judgments concerning their social‐emotional attitudes and competencies.
For some of the survey statements, it may be difficult to evaluate the development of a specific
element of a student's social‐emotional wellbeing. You are not expected to be an "expert" in this
area. Make an on‐balance judgment for every statement.
These are anonymous group surveys, student identification details are not included in the survey
reports. No one at the school will know how you evaluated individual students. Reporting is by
year level and gender groups, e.g. year 1 boys, year 1 girls etc, and not by student.
There are 50 questions in the Early Years Survey.
Preparation
The following steps need to be completed ahead of time:
- Check the technical requirements and run the browser exam from a student device to identify any potential technical issues.
- Ensure that all students are listed within your school's online assessment account and have been assigned the necessary tests.
- Review and assign appropriate test levels to all students according to their ability.
- Download or print a list of your students' login details.
- Make note of your school's online assessment login page, or make sure that the URL is saved on student devices, or available as a link. The address will be similar to https://oars.acer.edu.au/your-school-name.
Log into your school’s unique test web address.
Enter the username and password for the first student and compete the survey questions.
Completing the survey
You will need to record an answer for every question to move through the survey. If you are unsure how to answer a question, click on the response you feel most comfortable with and move onto the next question. You can go back and change your answers if you need to.
Each question in the survey asks whether you agree or disagree with a statement about the student.
Choose a response from the following four options:
Strongly disagree; Disagree; Agree; Strongly Agree
Click Next to move to the next screen.
When you have finished the survey click on Finish to submit your survey and exit the system.