SPARK NH MEMBERSHIP SURVEY

May 2012

Survey Process Online survey in early March 2012 Evaluation Committee developed the

survey to determine membership satisfaction and opinions on committee communicating, participation and workplans

63 total respondents, 14 of which were council members

Perspectives About Committees

About the Committee

0%

100% 94% 91% 83% 82%

N=78

Comments about committee activity

Hard to answer 'All committee members actively participate and share opinions at meetings" - during meetings, I feel those present do share, etc, but not all members have been present at most meetings

Diverse representation on most committees

Comments Cont.

Might help to have list of committee membership and name tags for committee meetings

Committees are doing a LOT of work, sometimes feel as if we've "bitten off more than we can chew"

Perspectives on individual involvement with the

committees

Perspectives on Involvement with the Committee

0%

100% 94% 83% 79% 78% 78% 74%

N=78 unless otherwise noted

Perspectives on organizational support and benefit

0%

100% 90% 83%

N=78

Comments about committee involvement

Fact sheets would be very helpful to explain how entities other than Early Childhood benefit from Spark NH

Travel time to get to committee meetings is difficult. Would be helpful to have teleconferences available for all meetings.

Comments Cont.

Demands of Direct Service do not allow me to participate as I would like-- time involvement to do a good job participating is not available to most program directors. My agency did not feel I could afford to be off site four times a month and there are already three other professional meetings specific to child care programs which I try to attend regularly

I value being able to share my opinion

Approximately how many meetings of this committee have you attended?

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3-4 m

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5-6 m

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6+ m

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100%

4%19%

49%

26%

3%

N=78

Consider your current level of participation in the Committee. In the future would you like to be:

More in

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Less in

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Not inv

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l0%

100%

28%

64%

6% 1%

N=78

Current level of participation in the Committee. If "Less involved" or "Not at

all involved" please explain Teleconferences would be helpful for

increased participation

On numerous committees and increased workload makes things difficult.

Frequency and Length of Meetings

Too Often

Not Enough

Just Right

Too Often

Not Enough

Just Right

Frequency of Meetings (N=71)

Length of Meetings (N=73)

0%

100%

1% 3%

96%

0%7%

93%

Comments about Committee meetings

the scope of the project is greater than time involvement will allow most people who work in direct service to participate

Usually get through our agenda. At the same time, it often feels that we have more work than we can get through in our monthly meetings

Meetings well facilitated, wish there was more ability to participate from a distance and accomplish work thru the internet

What steps do you think we could take in the next few months to

improve the effectiveness of the Committee?

More marketing tools and web completion

Better understanding of the big picture and how our work links with others

Video/web-conference availability

Steps… Continued

Possibly hold ONE meeting for Child Care directors to catch them up on the purposes and progress of the committees.

Set goals and a timeline

Steps… Continued

Taking some action, making progress on the workplan would give the committee some sense of accomplishment

Continue to share what the other committees are working on so we can be clear where we align and how it may impact future directions we may recommend

Personal and professional gains as a result of participation in Spark NH

0%

100%65% 63%

48%Increased knowledge of services available for young chilren and families

New professional con-tacts

Support by a larger professional com-munity

N=63

How does your participation in Spark NH benefit your organization? I am able to share with other colleagues

It keeps us more informed

Connections and potential partnerships/collaborations

Organization benefit continued…

Awareness of what other initiatives exist

Participation in development of a strategic plan that will have comprehensive impact for the 0-8 age group in NH

Not sure yet but feel positive about the direction

Organization benefit continued…

The benefits are not apparent but they [my organization] support Spark NH.

Links us to important work being done for young children and their families

Organization benefit continued…

Allows north Country representation and sharing of information with specific regards to north country families and needs

Since we provide training and technical support, it assists us in keeping our programs up to date on state initiatives that may have impact on services.

What does this mean? What is next?

High level of satisfaction with Committees/ Taskforces

Desire for teleconference and/or web-meetings

Help membership take Spark NH messages back to respective organizations (newsletter, fact sheet, 30 second elevator/stair speech)

 Keep eye on some areas in future evaluations