2008-09 Annual School Survey

Results

If you complete and return the survey by the deadline of May 15 you will be able to view the results at no cost. Those who do not complete the survey can access the results for $150 per school.

NOVA SCOTIA SCHOOLS: PLEASE NOTE THAT WHENEVER REFERENCE IS MADE TO "KINDERGARTEN," PLEASE UNDERSTAND IT TO MEAN YOUR "PRIMARY"

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Part I: School Information

Years the school has been in existence 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51+

This school has been an ACSI member school since year 

Is your school:  Select Below Church Run Board Run Parent Run Sole Propriater  ?

Do you have preschool? Yes      No

If "yes," please indicate the type(s) of programme. Please check all that apply.

Academic     Readiness     Developmental

Do you have a Junior Kindergarten (JK) programme? Yes      No

If "yes," please indicate the type(s) of programme. Please check all that apply.

Academic     Readiness     Developmental

Do you offer grades other than preschool and/or JK? Yes      No

If "yes," what grades do you offer? Please check all that apply.

Kindergarten     Grades 1-3     Grades 4-6     Junior High      High School

Number of full time faculty (FTE)

Number of administrators/principals

on staff (FTE)

Number of years chief administrator/principal has been with this school

Number of FT teachers:

with no Degree                                                            

with Bachelor's Degrees                                            

with Graduate Degrees                                              

with Degrees from Christian Colleges/Universities

Number of full-time teachers who will retire within 5 years

Number of administrators who will retire within 5 years     

Please indicate which of the following you have at your school:

Your own website?                                     Yes      No

Development Department/Director?        Yes      No

Admissions Department/Director?           Yes      No

Technology Director/Coordinator?            Yes      No

Library Coordinator?                                    Yes      No

Programme for special needs students?  Yes      No

Annual fund to encourage contributed support?   Yes      No

Family tuition assistance programme?                 Yes      No

If "yes," number of families in your school:              and the

 

number of families receiving tuition assistance:  

Student accident insurance?                                     Yes      No

If "yes," is it through an ACSI-sponsored vendor?

                                                                             Yes      No

Do you have a programme to host foreign students?             Yes      No

If "yes," do you work with any particular organization? Yes      No

 

If "yes," please indicate the primary organization with whom you work:

  

Do you have an ESL programme?       Yes      No

If "yes," how many students?       Yes      No

Do you have a boarding programme?  Yes      No

If "yes," how many students?       

Annual operating budget $  (include facility operation costs)

Tuition makes up what percentage of your annual budget revenue?     1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100 %

Salaries make up what percentage of your annual budget?   1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100 %

Number of annual fund raising projects to augment budget revenue

Amount raised in all these projects $

Percentage of budget funded by contributions and fundraising events: None 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91+ %

How many computers does your school have for:

student use              ?

 

faculty use                ?

 

administrative use   ?

Does your school have internet access?                   Yes      No

If so, what is your school's primary method of internet access?

Dial-up DSL Cable I don't know

At school, do:

faculty and staff have access to the internet?  Yes      No

students have access to the internet?              Yes      No

Current year's enrollment  

Previous year's enrollment

Enrollment capacity

Percentage of non-English speaking students in your school None 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31+ %

Illustration: Student retention from previous year

A 07-08 enrollment, excluding graduating students

(e.g., 120 enrolled - 20 graduates = 100)

B 08-09 re-enrolled from 07-08

(e.g., 80 students from 07-08 re-enrolled in 08-09)

Divide B (i.e., 80) by A (i.e., 100) = 0.80 or 80%

Student retention from previous year (i.e., percent of last year's students who re-enrolled) %

Staff retention from previous year (i.e., percent of last year's staff who are still at the school) %

Percent increase or decrease in tuition rates from last year (average tuition and all fees). Enter a negative % if they decreased: %

PLEASE NOTE: Indicate cost per child (for the 1st child ONLY) for a FULL YEAR, not monthly

Registration Fees

(first time enrolment in your school)

Preschool

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Entrance Test

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Junior Kindergarten Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Entrance Test

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Kindergarten

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Entrance Test

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Elementary (Grades 1-6)

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Entrance Test

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Junior High

  Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Entrance Test

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

High School

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Entrance Test

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

 Re-registration Fees

(yearly re-enrolment fee subsequent to first time enrollment fee)

Preschool

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Due Date

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Junior Kindergarten

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Due Date

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Kindergarten

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Due Date

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Elementary (Grades 1-6)

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Due Date

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Junior High

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Due Date

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

High School

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Due Date

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Other Yearly Fees

Preschool

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Junior Kindergarten

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Kindergarten

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Elementary (Grades 1-6)

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Junior High

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

High School

Not Applicable 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+

Tuition Fees

**Note: If your Preschool or Kindergarten programmes differ from those schedules listed below

(e.g., you have a 1-day or 4-day week),

please adjust and approximate values as best as you can to fit into the categories as indicated.

Preschool

Please fill in the annual rate(s) for your preschool (answer in whole dollars) ADJUST AMOUNTS TO FIT CATEGORIES IF NECESSAY

Junior Kindergarten (JK)

Whole week, half-days: NA 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+ /week

 

Whole week, full-days:   NA 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+ /week

Senior Kindergarten (SK)

Whole week, half-days:  NA 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+ /week 

Whole week, full-days:    NA 1-50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 301-350 351-400 401-450 451-500 500+ /week

Elementary (Gr. 1-6) Not Applicable 1-3000 3001-3500 3501-4000 4001-4500 4501-5000 5001-5500 5501-6000 6001-6500 6501-7000 7001-7500 7501-8000 8001-8500 8501-9000 9001-9500 9501-10 000 10 001-11 000 11 001-12 000 12 001-13 000 13 001-14 000 15 000+

Junior High Not Applicable 1-3000 3001-3500 3501-4000 4001-4500 4501-5000 5001-5500 5501-6000 6001-6500 6501-7000 7001-7500 7501-8000 8001-8500 8501-9000 9001-9500 9501-10 000 10 001-11 000 11 001-12 000 12 001-13 000 13 001-14 000 15 000+

High School Not Applicable 1-3000 3001-3500 3501-4000 4001-4500 4501-5000 5001-5500 5501-6000 6001-6500 6501-7000 7001-7500 7501-8000 8001-8500 8501-9000 9001-9500 9501-10 000 10 001-11 000 11 001-12 000 12 001-13 000 13 001-14 000 15 000+

Annual Administrator Salaries (excluding benefits)

Full-time administrators/principals or FTE only

Are administrator/principal salaries based on a schedule? Yes   

Please complete only those that are applicable.

Title►

Length of Ministry▼

Headmaster/Top Administrator

Elementary School

Administrator

Junior High Administrator

High School Administrator

Beginning Administrator

Administrator with 10 years experience

Longest Administrator

Annual Elementary School Teacher Salaries (excluding benefits)

FTE (Full-time teachers) only

NOTE: Junior High may be included under this rubric, Elementary School, or the next one, High School,

without indicating your choice on this survey.

Are elementary school teacher salaries based on a schedule? Yes      No

  NOTE: Preschool teachers are reported separately, below.

Starting teacher with no degree

(excluding benefits)

Starting teacher with a bachelors degree (but not in education)

(excluding benefits)

Starting teacher with a bachelors degree in education

(excluding benefits)

Ten years experience with a bachelors degree in education

(excluding benefits)

Ten years experience with a masters degree

(excluding benefits)

Highest teacher salary this year at your school (regardless of degree(s))

(excluding benefits)

Teacher's Aid/Assistant

(full-time salary, excluding benefits)

Annual High School Teacher Salaries (excluding benefits)

FTE (Full-time teachers) only

Are high school teacher salaries based on a schedule? Yes      No

Starting teacher with a bachelors degree (but not in education)

(excluding benefits)

Starting teacher with a bachelors degree in education

(excluding benefits)

Ten years experience with a bachelors degree in education

(excluding benefits)

Ten years experience with a masters degree

(excluding benefits)

Highest teacher salary this year (regardless of degree(s))

(excluding benefits)

Teacher's Aid/Assistant

(full-time salary, excluding benefits)

Annual Preschool Teacher Salaries (excluding benefits)

FTE (Full-time teachers) only

Are preschool teacher salaries based on a schedule? Yes      No

(NOTE: ECE represents Early Childhood Education training that your staff have received. This term is intended to be generic to all provinces for the sake of consistency in this survey.)

Preschool teacher with ECE diploma/training

(excluding benefits)

Preschool teacher with ECE and a bachelors degree

(excluding benefits)

Preschool teacher with ECE, bachelors, and masters degree

(excluding benefits)

Hourly Wages 

Starting secretary    

Starting administrative assistant

Highest secretary this year  

Highest administrative assistant this year  

Starting custodial staff 

Highest custodial staff this year 

Does the school pay for:

Do any of the above benefits differ for faculty or administration?  Yes      No

Retirement Provisions for Faculty?                                                   Yes      No

If "yes," percent of pay contributed to retirement by the school: or

match employee contribution to $ per year.

Retirement Provisions for Administrators/Principals?                    Yes      No

If "yes," percent of pay contributed to retirement by the school: or

match employee contribution to $   per year.

Does your school have a designated Missions Coordinator? Yes      No

Has your school ever sent a short-term team outside of Canada?

Yes      No

If so, how many mission teams have you sent?