Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Survey



Since Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is such an important issue along with AICP mandated continuing education (CE) for urban planners, please take a few minutes to fill out this survey to determine what CE program topics are important and what modes of learning best serve you.

As a thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey, you may enter a 31 October drawing for a free registration for the upcoming 2003 Planning and Zoning Institute. Please enter your e-mail address and state:
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 1. What is your position title?  

 2. What is your primary planning responsibility?  
      Member of APA?       Member of AICP?

 3. How many people are employed in this agency or firm?  

 4. Formal degrees of the professional staff in your agency or firm:
     [Check all that apply]
  urban planning architecture landscape architecture
  civil engineering economics statistics computer science
  geography other;  please specify:

 5. Formal degrees of the last professional staff person hired in your agency:
    [Check all that apply]
  urban planning architecture landscape architecture
  civil engineering economics statistics computer science
  geography other;  please specify:

 6. Do you own the firm, are you a partner in the firm, or are you Director of an agency?
    Yes    No

 7. Sex:
    Male  Female

 8. Age range:
    20-30    31-35   36-40   41-45   46-50   51-55  56-above

 9. Years since last formal degree:
    0-5   6-10   11-15   16-20   21-25   26-above

10. My formal degrees are in:
      [Check all that apply]
  urban planning architecture landscape architecture
  civil engineering economics statistics computer science
  geography other;  please specify:

11. Please rate the importance, based on your career or volunteer needs, of the following continuing professional development program topics:

      Scale  1 (Not Important)  - 5 (Important),  NA-Not applicable

Planning Law: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Negotiation: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
GIS: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Management: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Historic Preservation: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Urban Design: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Tourism: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Intermodal Transportation: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Housing: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Community Development: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Economic Development: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Planning Technology: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Built Environment: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Natural Environment: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Zoning Administration: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Planning Commissioner Training: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Green Construction: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Sustainable Design: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Planning Ethics: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Subdivision Design: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Building a Constituency for Planning: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Public Hearings: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Enforcement of Zoning Regulations: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Impact Fees: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Capital Improvement Planning: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Traditional Neighborhood Design: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Energy Conservation in Urban Development: 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Other: 1   2   3   4   5   NA

12. Keeping in mind your preferred way of learning and your rankings of the above CPD program topics, please rate the following modes of learning.

   Scale  1 (Not Preferred)  - 5 (Preferred),  NA-Not Applicable

Workshop 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Symposium/institute 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Online course 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Online masters in urban planning 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Journal Article JAPA, JPER,
Architecture, Landscape Architecture		 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Read book(s) 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Consult with local colleague 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Consult with state colleague 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Consult with national colleague 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Consult with a colleague in another
profession 		1   2   3   4   5   NA
Chapter newsletter 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Division newsletter 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Other professional newsletter
 		1   2   3   4   5   NA
Other professional journal
1   2   3   4   5   NA
Regional APA chapter conference 1   2   3   4   5   NA
State APA chapter conference 1   2   3   4   5   NA
National APA conference 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Other professional conference
 		1   2   3   4   5   NA
Search internet 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Professional listservs 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Planning magazine 1   2   3   4   5   NA
PAS (Planning Advisory Service) 1   2   3   4   5   NA
PLANET 1   2   3   4   5   NA
PLANETIZEN 1   2   3   4   5   NA
Other 1   2   3   4   5   NA


13. From the above list pick 5 that work best for you.
      

14. What limits your participation in continuing professional development programs?

      Scale  1 (Not Limiting)  - 5 (Very Limiting),  NA-Not Applicable

Amount of agency money budgeted/year for your CPD:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Cost of the program:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Length of the program:  
   1   2   3   4   5   NA

Location of the program:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Travel distance to venue:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Housing costs:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Content of the program:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Sponsorship of the program:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Quality of the program:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Number of AICP CPD credits:
    1   2   3   4   5   NA

Time of year :  
   1   2   3   4