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Figure 7: Sample Needs Assessment Questionnaire<br />
♦ To what extent are conflicts interfering with teaching and learning processes within the school?<br />
♦ What percentage of conflicts is attributable to:<br />
The competitive atmosphere of the school or classroom?<br />
An intolerant atmosphere in the school or classroom?<br />
Poor communication?<br />
Inappropriate expression of emotion?<br />
Lack of conflict resolution skills?<br />
Adult misuse of authority in the school or classroom?<br />
♦ To what extent are diversity issues manifested as conflicts in the school community?<br />
♦ To what extent is representation in decisionmaking an issue manifested in the conflicts observed<br />
in the school?<br />
♦ What percentage of the conflicts arising in the school is:<br />
Between students?<br />
Between teachers and students?<br />
Between teachers?<br />
Between students and school expectations, rules, or policies?<br />
Between teachers and administrators?<br />
Between school staff and parents?<br />
Between other groups specific to the school?<br />
♦ What procedures are followed when conflicts cause disruption of teaching and learning<br />
processes? Who administers which procedures?<br />
♦ Who are the sources of referrals to these procedures?<br />
♦ How effective are these procedures according to the perceptions of students? parents?<br />
teachers? administrators? others?<br />
♦ What existing attitudes or behavior will facilitate the implementation of a conflict resolution<br />
program in the school? Who exhibits these?<br />
♦ What existing attitudes or behavior will impede the implementation of a conflict resolution<br />
program in the school? Who exhibits these?<br />
♦ Which foundation skills for conflict resolution are now included in the school curriculum?<br />
When are they developed? Who provides the training in these skills? Which students receive<br />
this training?<br />
♦ Which staff members have training in conflict resolution? How many hours of training?<br />
♦ What staff development opportunities in conflict resolution are available? What opportunities<br />
are desired?<br />
♦ What present and future monetary resources are available to support implementation of a<br />
conflict resolution program?<br />
♦ What conflict resolution processes currently exist within the school? Within the school<br />
community?<br />
♦ What community resources exist to assist the school in designing and implementing a conflict<br />
resolution program?<br />
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