Comments on: The Audit II Follow-Up /2007/the-audit-ii-follow-up/ less helpful Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Christian /2007/the-audit-ii-follow-up/#comment-11280 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:45:26 +0000 /?p=282#comment-11280 Glad that you’re considering more student projects with an eye on scaffolding prep.

And agree with a previous commenter that there are opportunities to get the kids involved in setting goals early on in the year that are then woven into the end-of-the-year reflection re: the class and your teaching.

Also think — as someone mentioned earlier — that there is value in the kids doing periodic reviews throughout the year. Quick bursts. Aligned with key objectives and year benchmarks.

Keep the sarcasm, however. Vital to their health and well-being!

Cheers,
Christian

]]> By: Kelly Christopherson /2007/the-audit-ii-follow-up/#comment-11265 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:47:13 +0000 /?p=282#comment-11265 Dan, sounds like you’ve given some good thought to what students have said. As an administrator, I’ve been used the same type of thing, except much longer and in more detail and with a 1 to 6 scale. This definitely gives one a much better read on how things are going. I did this in my first year at my present school and then again this year. I’m also working on a parental survey and a student survey which will give me feedback on what students perceptions. As a school, we just finished a great survey on student perceptions of school and different activities at the school. You might try to use an online survey format, like surveymonkey which does a pretty good job of these types of surveys and gives you printouts of comments.
The negative/disgruntled comments are the ones that provide the greatest insight into how those who are marginalized are feeling.
See, I’m not always passive aggressive! Oh, and on the survey – did well – with 80% support from teachers in the building. If you’re interested, I could send you the entire document in PDF format. How many administrators you work with do surveys?

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