Focus your survey. Ask yourself what key information you want to find out as a result of the survey. If all you're seeking is information about how much money specific types of employees make, then you are better off contacting the school board and inquiring there. A survey generally allows people to share their private views in an anonymous setting. Therefore, a pay survey for a single school would have more to do with employees' emotional responses to changes in their pay. A pay survey may also ask for employee input about how to manage additional budget cuts predicted for the upcoming school year.
Choose questions that relate specifically to the focus of your survey, and decide which format you want to use for each question. Questions may be either multiple choice or open-ended. Using a mixture of each type of question is appropriate. For example, you may have multiple choice questions which ask faculty to choose their specific job title and salary range from a list of responses. You may then have them rate their job satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 5. You may also present them with several specific district-wide suggestions for managing budget cuts and have them rank each one on a scale of 0 to 5. Finally, you may include open-response questions that allow employees to suggest alternative options and to provide additional feedback.
Create and distribute your survey. Print copies and place them in employees' campus mailboxes or post the survey online. You may use programs like SurveyMonkey.com to create an online survey that will be distributed to everyone and returned to you via the Internet. SurveyMonkey.com also automatically tabulates results and charts them for you per your specifications. Basic packages are free but you may pay a fee for additional features.
Announce your survey via email or by promotion within faculty meetings, and set a deadline for the survey's completion. If using SurveyMonkey.com to distribute your survey, send formal electronic invitations and reminders to all potential participants. Also, print a flyer that announces your survey and provides its URL. Place the flyer in campus mail boxes after you create the survey and as its deadline draws near.