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Community Survey Insights Contract

Data & AnalyticsLevel 2 · 10–12 hrs8 sessions · 75–90 minutesTeam 4–6 (5 is ideal; see roles)Project brief, draft

Tell us which 2 of our 6 program ideas to add, and give us a survey we can trust next time.

Client scenario

Welcome to the research team. You've just been contracted by Lakeside Recreation Center (fictional) to help it choose two new programs for next year. The center ran a quick pilot survey last month. It wants a better survey for the future, an analysis of what it already has, and an honest recommendation.

Client: The Center Director (the teacher in role).

The center can afford two new programs out of six ideas, and it wants the choice to reflect what the community actually wants.

Roles

  • Project Lead
  • Survey Designer
  • Data Analyst
  • Visualization Designer
  • Quality Lead

The twist: The Quality Lead's check (or the Data Note, H3, if they haven't found it) shows that most responses came from one age group (55 and over), and 40 responses look like duplicates: same time stamp, same answers.

Standards mapped

Mapped means the framework is verified and the teacher confirms the evidence. It isn't a claim that a project meets a standard.

  • NACE (Dec 2025)
  • ED Employability Skills Framework
  • CA Standards for Career Ready Practice
  • CCSS ELA
  • CCSS Math

Not tagged in this brief: NGSS SEP, ISTE Students.

Safety, devices and privacy

  • School devices only. No phones, and no personal accounts. Spreadsheets and slides are made in an offline tool or a school-managed account.
  • The dataset is fictional and anonymous. Students analyze the teacher-provided file only.
  • Collecting real responses is optional and only with school approval. If the school approves it, the survey is anonymous (no names, emails, birthdays, addresses or student ID numbers; age bands only), taken on paper or a school-managed form with email collection turned off, and only from people the school approves. Students never survey people outside school or online.
  • Nothing leaves the classroom. The survey isn't sent to the public, and the dashboard isn't posted.
  • No photos of students. No student names or personal information on any deliverable. Sign work "Team [#]".
  • Low-cost, school-realistic materials only. Follow the school's usual classroom rules.

Creative Dad On the Job is in-class client project work. It is not a paid, off-campus On-the-Job Training (OJT) placement.

Budget levels

Totals and Amazon links come from the materials sheet.

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change.

Quick Start

Digital downloads only. $0 to buy. Printing is noted separately.

$0 to buy. Printing $3–$5, noted separately.

Print-only version workable

  • Pilot survey dataset (fictional)Borrow or school has1 file per team$0
  • School devices with spreadsheet softwareBorrow or school has1–2 per team$0
  • Printing: brief, role cards, templates, handoutsPrintingAbout 50–70 pages$3–5
  • Classroom timer or wall clockBorrow or school has1$0

Full Experience

Up to $25 per class.

About $3–$5 per class. Fits under $25 per class.

Full Transformation

The bigger kit, with every optional item included.

About $15–$23 per class.

  • Chart paper pad (dashboard sketches, fallback)Optional1 pad$12–18Amazon

The rest of the brief is part of a subscription

Sessions, role duties, deliverables, materials, free tools, and the teacher setup use the same Creative Dad account as the project library. There is no separate student login.

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