2008 volunteer survey questions
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A. Your Peace Corps Assignment
The term "primary assignment" refers to your assignment which is part of an overall project plan designed by your host country partners and in-country Peace Corps staff.
- A1. How many months have you been in your current host country, including PST (Pre-Service Training)?
- A2. Which of the following best describes your primary assignment?
- A3. Which of the following initiatives does your primary work also include?
- A4. How many hours do you spend on your primary assignment during an average work week?
- A5. To what extent are your skills, interests, and experiences used by your primary assignment?
- A6. Which of the following do your secondary activities include?
- A7. How many hours do you spend on secondary activities (initiatives other than your primary assignment work) during an average work week?
- A8. To what extent is the Peace Corps work you do personally satisfying?
B. Training for your Peace Corps Assignment
Your responses here will help staff at headquarters assess and enhance the effectiveness of Volunteer training.
- B1. How long was your Pre-Service Training (PST) before you were sworn in as a Volunteer?
- B2. Please evaluate your Pre-Service Training (PST) effectiveness in preparing you to—
- a. Manage cultural differences
- b. Deal with adjustment issues
- c. Work with counterparts
- d. Use language needed in work and social interactions
- e. Perform technical aspects of your work
- f. Work with project goals and objectives
- g. Use participatory development assessments (e.g., Participatory Analysis for Community Action or PACA)
- h. Monitor project goals and outcomes
- i. Maintain your physical health
- j. Maintain your mental/emotional health
- k. Maintain your personal safety and security
- B3. What aspects of your PST could have been improved? Please be specific and provide examples.
- B4. Please evaluate your In-Service Training (IST) effectiveness in preparing you to—
- a. Manage cultural differences
- b. Deal with adjustment issues
- c. Build and strengthen working relationships with counterparts
- d. Use language needed in work and social interactions
- e. Perform technical aspects of your work
- f. Work with project goals and objectives
- g. Use participatory development assessments (e.g., Participatory Analysis for Community Action or PACA)
- h. Monitor project goals and outcomes
- i. Maintain your physical health
- j. Maintain your mental/emotional health
- k. Maintain your personal safety and security
- B5. What aspects of your IST could be improved? Please be specific and provide examples.
- B6. Please give us feedback about the following skills in relation to your work.
- B6.1 Did you have the skill before joining the Peace Corps?
- a. Skills specific to my assignment
- b. Assessing community needs
- c. Organizing/implementing community activities
- d. Building capacity of local organizations
- e. Monitoring, reporting and evaluating my work
- f. Designing and implementing training sessions
- B6.2 Is the skill needed for your Peace Corps work?
- a. Skills specific to my assignment
- b. Assessing community needs
- c. Organizing/implementing community activities
- d. Building capacity of local organizations
- e. Monitoring, reporting and evaluating my work
- f. Designing and implementing training sessions
- B6.3 Have you had adequate Peace Corps training to acquire the skill?
- a. Skills specific to my assignment
- b. Assessing community needs
- c. Organizing/implementing community activities
- d. Building capacity of local organizations
- e. Monitoring, reporting and evaluating my work
- f. Designing and implementing training sessions
- B6.1 Did you have the skill before joining the Peace Corps?
C. Your life in the Peace Corps
These questions help us monitor and compare Volunteer living conditions. Your access to information and communications will help us to know the options available to reach Volunteers.
- C1. Please choose the best description of your assigned site.
- C2. Have you lived with a host country individual or family (including living in a family’s compound)?
- C3. How integrated into your community do you feel now?
- C4. How well can you communicate in the language used by most local people now?
- C5. How well does your living allowance meet your basic needs?
- C6. How far away (in distance and time) is the closest PCV to you, other than your spouse or site mates?
- a. kilometers
- b. minutes by my typical type of transportation (e.g., walking, bicycle, bus, etc.)
- C7. How often do you see other PCVs (not including spouse or site mates, if applicable)?
- C8. Do you prefer to have other PCVs living near you?
- C9. Do you have the following...
- a. ...at your residence?
- a. Electricity
- b. Running water
- c. Landline telephone
- d. Short-wave radio
- e. Cell phone
- f. Satellite phone
- g. Computer
- h. Internet access
- b. ...at your work site?
- a. Electricity
- b. Running water
- c. Landline telephone
- d. Short-wave radio
- e. Cell phone
- f. Satellite phone
- g. Computer
- h. Internet access
- a. ...at your residence?
- C10. Please describe how often you typically use the following...
- a. ...for work use?
- a. Landline telephone
- b. Short-wave radio
- c. Cell phone
- d. Satellite phone
- e. Computer
- f. Internet
- g. Email
- h. Text messaging
- i. Other telecommunication:
- b. ...for personal use?
- a. Landline telephone
- b. Short-wave radio
- c. Cell phone
- d. Satellite phone
- e. Computer
- f. Internet
- g. Email
- h. Text messaging
- i. Other telecommunication:
- a. ...for work use?
- C11. From the list below, choose the THREE most effective ways that you use to communicate with Peace Corps staff.
- C12. In general, how do you rate the effectiveness of your communication resources for contacting your Peace Corps staff in-country?
- C13. Please mark the typical ways in which you cope with stress.
- a. I "talk" with: (i.e., in-person, by phone or email)
- b. I do the following:
D. Volunteer Assignment Goals and Impact
Your answers will provide important documentation of the impact of your Volunteer service.
- D1. Your Volunteer assignment work is part of an overall project plan. How clear to you are the following aspects of your Volunteer assignment?
- a. Project plan’s goals and objectives
- b. Project activities
- c. My role and responsibilities
- d. Sponsoring agency’s responsibilities
- e. My APCD/Program Manager’s responsibilities
- f. Monitoring, reporting and evaluating tasks
- D2. To what extent does your Volunteer assignment work address the following?
- a. Meets the objectives of my project
- b. Builds local capacity for sustainability
- c. Involves local people in planning and implementing activities
- d. Complements other local development activities
- e. Transfers skills to host country individuals and organizations
- f. Mobilizes host country nationals (HCNs) to volunteer
- g. Helps promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served
- h. Helps promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans
- D3. How much impact does your assignment have on the capacities of your host country counterparts (e.g., teachers, health workers, community leaders)?
- a. Ability to access information (e.g, library, internet, etc.)
- b. Leadership skills
- c. Planning and management
- d. Problem solving
- e. Self-esteem
- f. Technical skills
- g. Use of local resources
- h. Use of external resources (e.g., grants, international NGOs)
- i Better understanding of Americans
- j. Other
- D4. How much impact does your assignment have on the capacities of host country individuals (e.g., students, farmers, villagers) with whom you work?
- a. Ability to access information (e.g, library, internet, etc.)
- b. Leadership skills
- c. Planning and management
- d. Problem solving
- e. Self-esteem
- f. Technical skills
- g. Use of local resources
- h. Use of external resources (e.g., grants, international NGOs)
- i Better understanding of Americans
- j. Other
- D5. Based on your contact with host country nationals, to what extent have host country individuals gained a better understanding of Americans?
- D6. Please provide examples of how you have helped people from your host country gain a better understanding of Americans.
- D7. To what extent does your assignment enhance the capacities of organizations (e.g., NGO, school, community group) with whom you work?
- a. Identifying and prioritizing organizational needs
- b. Leadership
- c. Management
- d. Monitoring and evaluation
- e. Planning and implementing organizational activities
- f. Teamwork/participatory decision-making
- g. Use of local resources
- h. Better understanding of Americans
- i. Other
- D8. Peace Corps’ third goal is to "help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans." In which of the following third goal activities (including contact with family and friends) have you participated during your Peace Corps service?
- D9. Would you recommend participation in the Coverdell World Wise Schools/Correspondence Match (CWWS/CM) to other Volunteers?
- D10. Please evaluate the following resources that you use to support your Volunteer activities.
- a. HIV/AIDS funds–PEPFAR/VAST
- b. PC Partnership Program (PCPP)
- c. Resource Center materials
- d. Small Project Assistance (SPA)
- e. Other: