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Best questions for teacher survey about curriculum support

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Aug 4, 2025

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Here are some of the best questions for a teacher survey about curriculum support, plus tips on how to write them effectively. You can generate a teacher survey about curriculum support in seconds with Specific.

Open-ended questions to uncover valuable insights

Open-ended questions are the best way to draw out thoughtful, in-depth feedback on curriculum support. They give teachers the freedom to voice opinions, detail pain points, and highlight improvements you may not have thought of. According to research, **76% of respondents** in a patient survey chose to provide open-text feedback—even when it wasn’t required—which led to richer, more actionable data. [1] If you want to discover what’s really going on in the classroom, open-enders do the job well.

Here are 10 of our favorite open-ended questions for a teacher survey about curriculum support:

  1. What aspects of the current curriculum support do you find most helpful in your teaching?

  2. Are there any gaps in curriculum resources that impact your ability to deliver lessons effectively?

  3. Can you share an example of a time when curriculum guidance either helped or hindered your teaching?

  4. How could the curriculum support be improved to better meet your students’ needs?

  5. What additional support, training, or materials would make your work with the curriculum easier?

  6. In what ways does the curriculum align—or not align—with your teaching style?

  7. Have you encountered any challenges when adapting the curriculum for diverse learners? Please describe.

  8. What feedback do you receive from students regarding the curriculum?

  9. If you could change one thing about the curriculum support, what would it be and why?

  10. Is there anything else you’d like to mention about curriculum support?

It’s worth remembering that open-ended questions may see higher nonresponse rates than closed-ended ones (sometimes upwards of 18% vs. just 1–2%), so use them strategically—experts recommend they make up about 10% of your survey. [2][4] Still, the rich, surprising insights they reveal often make them worth the effort. **81% of respondents voice issues not captured by rating questions**, underscoring their value in surfacing the unexpected. [3]

The best single-select multiple-choice questions for teachers

When you need structured, easily quantifiable answers or want to gently nudge a conversation forward, single-select multiple-choice questions are ideal. These allow teachers to select one response from a list, making it easy to spot trends and prioritize actions. Often, giving clear options helps get the conversation started, especially for more routine or sensitive topics.

Here are 3 strong examples of single-select multiple-choice questions for a teacher survey about curriculum support:

Question: How satisfied are you with the current curriculum support provided?

  • Very satisfied

  • Satisfied

  • Neutral

  • Dissatisfied

  • Very dissatisfied

Question: Which area of curriculum support do you find most beneficial?

  • Lesson plan templates

  • Professional development resources

  • Subject-specific guidance

  • Peer collaboration opportunities

  • Other

Question: How often do you use supplementary curriculum materials provided by the school?

  • Daily

  • Weekly

  • Monthly

  • Rarely

  • Never

When to follow up with "why?" Often, multiple-choice answers provide a starting point, but the real insight comes with a simple follow-up: “Why did you choose that?” Asking “why?” after a rating or choice helps clarify underlying reasons, revealing motivations and solutions. For instance, if a teacher chooses “Dissatisfied,” follow up: “Why do you feel dissatisfied with the current curriculum support?” This lets you address the most pressing issues directly.

When and why to add the "Other" choice? Including “Other” as a choice acknowledges that surveyed teachers may have needs or beneficial experiences outside the list provided. Always add a follow-up text input to “Other” choices—these responses can expose blind spots and drive innovation in your curriculum support strategy.

Is an NPS question right for your teacher survey?

NPS, or Net Promoter Score, measures how likely someone is to recommend a product, service, or support resource to a colleague. For teacher surveys about curriculum support, an NPS question is valuable—it quickly gauges overall satisfaction and future advocacy, letting you benchmark results over time. Plus, tailored follow-ups for low or high scores let you triage feedback and celebrate wins. Try the Specific NPS survey for teachers to see it in action.

The power of follow-up questions

In a conversational survey, follow-up questions are a game changer. They help clarify unclear replies and collect the full context you need for action. You can learn more about this in our guide to automatic AI follow-up questions.

Specific’s AI-driven interviews are built for this. The system listens to each response, then asks on-the-fly, contextually smart follow-ups—just like a skilled researcher would do in a real interview. This is a huge leap from static survey forms. You can uncover detailed teacher perspectives without tedious back-and-forth emails or incomplete answers.

  • Teacher: “I rarely use the materials.”

  • AI follow-up: “Can you share what makes the materials less useful or applicable to your classroom?”

How many followups to ask? Generally, two or three follow-ups are enough to get to the heart of an answer—without fatiguing the respondent. It’s smart to set an option to skip further probing if you’ve gathered the info you need. Specific’s survey builder allows this setting for tailored survey flow.

This makes it a conversational survey: The flow feels natural—more like a chat than a form. Respondents engage more, share deeper feedback, and you get real clarity.

AI survey response analysis, summaries of open-ended answers: Even if you gather tons of open-text data, don’t worry—AI makes it easy to analyze all responses through tools like AI survey response analysis. Summaries and trends are extracted for you automatically.

Automated follow-ups are a whole new approach—try generating your own teacher survey with conversational logic and experience the difference yourself.

How to prompt ChatGPT to draft great teacher survey questions

If you want to brainstorm your own survey using AI tools like ChatGPT, start with this simple prompt:

Suggest 10 open-ended questions for teacher survey about curriculum support.

You’ll get even better results by giving extra context about your school, teaching environment, and goals. Try:

We’re a middle school in a diverse urban district, aiming to support teachers with our new science curriculum. Suggest 10 open-ended questions for a teacher survey about curriculum support, focusing on gaps, resources, and effective practices.

Once you have a draft, get organized with:

Look at the questions and categorize them. Output categories with the questions under them.

Pick the topics most relevant to your work, then expand with:

Generate 10 questions for the category “Professional Development & Training on Curriculum.”

What is a conversational survey?

A conversational survey uses natural, back-and-forth chat—powered by AI—to dig beneath the surface and capture the real voice of your teachers. Unlike manual or static forms, these surveys feel more like a conversation than a test. That means higher engagement, clearer insights, and easier completion for everyone involved.

Here’s a quick look at how they compare:

Manual Survey Creation

AI-Generated Conversational Survey

Build each question by hand; limited expertise

AI suggests best-practice questions instantly

No dynamic follow-ups; static forms

Real-time, context-aware probing for full context

Harder to analyze lots of text answers

Built-in AI summaries and easy analysis

Slower, less engaging for respondents

Chat-like, mobile-friendly, quick to complete

Why use AI for teacher surveys? Leaning on an AI survey generator takes the guesswork out of survey writing and makes your process as smart as your goals. You’ll go from blank page to research-ready survey in minutes, with expert-crafted logic and adaptive follow-ups built in.

Whether you need an AI survey example for teachers or want to make a conversational survey to gather honest feedback, Specific offers the most seamless experience around—for both survey senders and teachers responding. Everything is crafted with user experience in mind, from the survey builder to open-ended question analysis. If you want a step-by-step workflow, we’ve detailed it in our how to create a teacher survey guide.

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Sources

  1. PubMed. Value of open-ended questions in patient surveys

  2. Pew Research Center. Open-ended questions and item nonresponse rates

  3. Thematic. Why use open-ended questions in surveys?

  4. Drive Research. Best practices for open-ended survey questions

Adam Sabla

Adam Sabla is an entrepreneur with experience building startups that serve over 1M customers, including Disney, Netflix, and BBC, with a strong passion for automation.

Adam Sabla

Adam Sabla is an entrepreneur with experience building startups that serve over 1M customers, including Disney, Netflix, and BBC, with a strong passion for automation.