Introduction

Parents are involved in their child’s school in so many ways. Known as the “invisible workforce”, parents provide invaluable support to their child’s school and education as a whole. This survey is intended to identify the types of involvement that parents have in school and calculate the many unpaid hours they volunteer. By increasing this awareness and understanding the variety of roles they play we hope to be able to identify any support that is needed and possible capacity building that occurs. As a society we hope this will also gain greater respect and recognition for this contribution.

Thank you for participating in this research, we estimate that the survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Please complete one survey only for each family.

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* 1. Please choose your age range from the following options

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* 2. Please indicate your gender

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* 3. Please indicate the age of your eldest child

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* 4. Please indicate the age of your youngest child

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* 5. Please indicate the size of your school from the following options

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* 6. How many years have you been at the school?

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* 7. Where is your school located, please choose from the following options

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* 8. In what State is your school

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The following questions relate to activities you and/or your partner undertake at the school that involve direct contact with the classroom children (e.g. reading, excursions, etc.)

How often do you and/or your partner usually participate?

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* 10. When you and/or your partner participate how long do you usually participate for? (Hours)

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* 11. What sort of training did you and/or your partner receive in relation to these activities?

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* 12. Using a scale of 1 to 10 how confident are you and/or your partner in the work that you are doing?
(1 - not confident, 10 - extremely confident)

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* 13. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you and/or your partner enjoy this activity?
(1 - not at all, 10 - really enjoy)

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* 14. The following questions relate to activities you and/or your partner do at the school that do not involve direct contact with classroom children (e.g. tuckshop, uniform shop, fundraising, working bees etc.)

How often do you and/or your partner usually participate?

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* 15. When you and/or your partner participate how long do you usually participate for? (Hours)

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* 16. What sort of training did you and/or your partner receive in relation to these activities?

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* 17. On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you and/or your partner in the work that you are doing?
(1 - not confident, 10 - extremely confident)

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* 18. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you and/or your partner enjoy this activity?
(1 - not at all, 10 - really enjoy)

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* 19. The following questions relate to activities you and/or your partner do at the school that relate to the running of the school (e.g. councils and committees).

How often do you and/or your partner usually participate?

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* 20. When you and/or your partner participate how long do you usually participate for? (Hours)

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* 21. What sort of training did you and/or your partner receive in relation to these activities?

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* 22. On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you and/or your partner in the work that you are doing?
(1 - not confident, 10 - extremely confident)

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* 23. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you and/or your partner enjoy this activity?
(1 - not at all, 10 - really enjoy)

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* 24. The following questions relate to activities you and/or your partner attend that are conducted by the school that relate to the curriculum components and parenting support programs (e.g. cyber safety seminars, transition information sessions for new grade/s and secondary school,  children's health and wellbeing parent seminars etc.)

How often do you and/or your partner participate?

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* 25. When you and/or your partner participate, how long do you usually participate for? (Hours)

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* 26. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you and/or your partner enjoy this activity?
(1 - not at all, 10 - really enjoy)

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* 27. When you and/or your partner participate, how long do you usually participate for? (Hours)

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* 28. The following questions relate to activities you and/or your partner do with a community group that involve direct contact with direction of children. (e.g. coaching, instruction etc. at sports, churches, community groups).

How often do you and/or your partner usually participate?

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* 29. When you and/or your partner participate, how long do you usually participate for? (Hours)

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* 30. What sort of training did you and/or your partner receive in relation to these activities?

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* 31. On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you and/or your partner in the work that you are doing?
(1 - not confident, 10 - extremely confident)

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* 32. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you and/or your partner enjoy this activity?
(1 - not at all, 10 - really enjoy)

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* 33. The following questions relate to activities you and/or your partner do with a community group that do not involve direct contact with direction of children. (e.g. Canteen, set-up of activities, fundraising etc.)

How often do you and/or your partner usually participate?

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* 34. When you and/or your partner participate, how long do you usually participate for? (Hours)

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* 35. What sort of training did you and/or your partner receive in relation to these activities?

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* 36. On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you and/or your partner in the work that you are doing?
(1 - not confident, 10 - extremely confident)

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* 37. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you and/or your partner enjoy this activity?
(1 - not at all, 10 - really enjoy)

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* 38. The following questions relate to activities you and/or your partner do that relate to the running of a community organisation (e.g. councils and committees).

How often do you and/or your partner usually participate?

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* 39. When you and/or your partner participate, how long do you usually participate for? (Hours)

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* 40. What sort of training did you and/or your partner receive in relation to these activities?

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* 41. On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you and/or your partner in the work that you are doing?
(1 - not confident, 10 - extremely confident)

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* 42. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you and/or your partner enjoy this activity?
(1 - not at all, 10 - really enjoy)

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