CM Club: can you please help me formulate a questionnaire for my parents?

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I am doing a course at Kingston and my next assignment involves drawing up a questionnaire for parents about my practice and what improvements they would like to see.

Do you mind giving me some ideas, please, about what to ask??

So far i have asked if there is anything they would like to see changed and if so, what it is. Also, whether there are any general comments they wish to make about my childminding service.

So you can see, I still have a long way to go! Help! thanks!

oh, hang on, I've got one somewhere

''Questionnaire for parents

As an Ofsted registered Childminder I strive to provide the best possible service for you and your child. In order to help me evaluate and improve my practice I have devised this questionnaire. I would appreciate you taking time to tell me what you think I am doing well and how you think I could improve.
Thank you very much
XXX

Name of child

How could I improve the way I cater for your child?s individual needs?

How do you feel about the way I encourage your child to learn and support their development?

Are there any additional activities or experiences you would like me to offer?

Please can you ask your child these questions, and note down the answers:
Are you happy to come to XXX?s?
Do you feel confident to tell XXX anything?
Do you want to do stuff at XXX?s that we don?t do already?

Any other comments?''

Thanks, BALD! That's a great help. Do you mind if i make reference to this in my assignment? I will not use your MN name so you will not be identifiable.

I think you have to be very specific if you want decent answers otherwise you get lots of yes/no's which aren't very helpful.

Do you children express any interest in doing something/ going somewhere in particular whilst with me?

Do you feel my current methods of exchanging information with you are helpful and useful? Would you prefer a different method and if so, what method would you choose?

Are there any paricular resources you would like to see at my setting which i do not currently have?

Are you happy with the current menu? Do you have any suggestions you would like to add to it?

PM me lovely lady x x x

Sorry X posted with BALD!

I love the support we give each other on here

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ooooh don't know how to pm!!

DH told me off for not working on my assignment but for chatting on MN!! told him, I WAS working!!

Yes,NickNack, you're right about how the quesitons are asked. I am using a study guide, too, to help with that (Stella Cottrell's "The Study Skills Handbook" - v good!)

If I can get some ideas of what to ask, then I can make sure that I phrase them properly to get useful answers. I have done a few scaled questions, but I also wanted open ended ones.

When I did mine I used the Ofsted SEF as a guide and asked questions along the same lines as theirs (and then stole the answers to use as my comments on my SEF form)

Excellent idea, HSMM. Thanks for that!