SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

February 9, 2009

Dear NSTP Graduate,

NSTP: does it really make a difference? With so many demands on your time
and resources, it is worth enrolling? Do the training programs and community projects
impact your study or your life? We want to find answers to these and other questions in
our research along NSTP curriculum of the University of Pangasinan.
You are important to the success of this study! Please provide information and
share your experience and opinions with us. The information you provide will increase
our knowledge of effective NSTP and community extension programs. It will also help
the coordinator and facilitators improve the program for future NSTP students and
community projects.
Your participation in this study is voluntary and there is no loss of benefits if you
decline to respond. We will keep all responses strictly confidential and will not disclose
your name or personal answer to anyone.
Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

NSTP Students
 I. Please reflect on your NSTP experiences then indicate your opinion on each of
the following statement:
Strongly Mode- Unsure Mode- Strongly
Agree rately rately Agree
Agree Disagree
a. The Instruction was effective.
Most of what I learned was
useful to me in my own life.
b. The course addressed the
leadership skills I needed for
community service and I saw
how my work helped others.
c. The course provided
opportunity for my career
development because I
developed new skills.
d. The course enhanced my
personal life, I can make a
difference in myself using the
knowledge and skills I
acquired in NSTP.
e. The course allowed me to
learn and solve some of the
problems that community
faces.
f. The course met my
expectations

What did you achieved in NSTP? To a To a To a To No To a

Great Mode- small Extent Negative
Extent rate Extent Extent
Extent
a. Learned more about leadership

b. Developed myself professionally

c. Improved my academic
performance.
d. Enhanced my chances for
academic promotion
e. Connected with other students
and communities
f. Improved my self-confidence

g. Others:
To what extent did your participation To a To a To a To No To a
in NSTP affects you? Great Mode- small Extent Negative
It affected me to the extent that: Extent rate Extent Extent
Extent
a. I was able to perform
community service better.

b. My career advanced after

completing the course
c. I was motivated to serve
marginalized population
d. I became more committed to
services in the community
e. My understanding of
leadership and community
development increased
f. I gained a network for
leadership and community
service information and
assistance.
g. Others:

Given a community, you can: Very, Very Quite a A little Not at all
very much bit
much
a. Identify what improvements
are to be made to the
situation of the target group
b. Identify what changes are to
be made to the target groups’
actions

c. Identify what results will be

needed to generate specific
impact

d. Identify that activities must be

done in order to obtain
specific outputs

e. Identify what human, material,

financial resources are
needed to perform the
activities

f. Recognize that impacts and

results have been achieved
After successfully passing the NSTP, To a To a To a To no To a
to what extent can you demonstrate great mode- small extent negative
the following competencies? extent rate extent extent
extent

a. Take responsibility for

changing personal behaviors
or acquiring skills that lead to
personal, academic and
community development
success.

b. Demonstrate techniques in
making community analysis.
c. Demonstrate ability to create
and execute effective
community development plan
and take responsibility for
outcomes.
d. Develop a clearer
understanding of personal,
social, and civic
responsibilities by acting on
accurate information to
improve community health
e. Generate and manage
resources to support
community development
projects.
f. Demonstrate a local
perspective that includes
knowledge of and comfort
with all dimensions of culture.
g. Present information, concepts
on environmental issues and
develop conservation
programs.
h. Understand basic economic
activities and how they
influence the community and
help in the development or
improvement.
i. Understand effective
leadership styles, key
concepts of group dynamics,
team and individual decision-
making, the benefits of
workplace diversity and
conflict resolution.
 To a To a To a To no To a
great mode- small extent negative
extent rate extent extent
extent
j. Present information, concepts
on literacy issues and develop
programs.
k. Employ a wide range of
writing strategies and
processes to generate and
present community profile and
indicator.

l. Demonstrate and apply

monitoring and evaluation
concepts in community
development projects.
m. Locate, evaluate, and cite
information to support a
community analysis report.
n. Analyze systems of power
and oppression.
o. Act on convictions and stand
up for beliefs.
p. Examine how decisions are
made and weigh the probable
consequences of actions.

Pick one competency above in which you think that you improved the most and write the
corresponding letter of the competency in the blank. ___________________________

Pick one competency above in which you think that you improved the least and write the
corresponding letter of the competency in the blank. ___________________________

What is your course? ____________________________________________________

Where is your community assignment? ______________________________________
If there is anything else you would like to say about NSTP, please do so here.
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Thank you again for taking the time to fill out this survey.