Our mission for our 21st century chat is to create a positive 21st century learning environment for our students by sharing resources and ideas that has worked in our classrooms. Join us every Sunday from 8:00-9:00 PM (EST) on Twitter using the hashtag #21stedchat. All are welcome!
My name is Brinkley Harvey and I am from Kent State University going for Special Education Mild/ Moderate, exited for tonights chat! @barbersclass#barbersclass#21stedchat
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Hi My name is Mila Paige I am a graduate student at UC Berkeley's school of education. I am currently student teaching in a 9th grade ELA classroom
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Q1: On a scale of 1-10 (10 = great) rate the evaluation tool that you evaluated on. Explain your answer. #21stedchat This includes you pre-service teachers. Especially if you have student taught or assisted.
Hi! My name is Amanda Ebbott, and I'm a preservice teacher at Grove City College ready to learn more about how to become a better teacher! #gccedu#21stedchat
A1 I'm in the process of creating an evaluation tool for student produced podcasts. I haven't implemented it yet. I've been thinking about how students convey tone and voice/use music scoring to enhance these elements of craft
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A1: 7- Our evaluation tool uses both observation and student performance. Having had different evaluators over the years you can see the it can be subjective and used differently. #21stedchat
My score depends on the evaluator and their understandingly the tool, 6-7. My rating depends on their personal feelings towards the work I do...#21stedchat
A3: I think it depends on if your evidence is well supported and if you agree with it or not. If you dont, you should be able to explain why. #21stedchat@barbersclass#barbersclass
A3: I think it would be helpful if evidence was either required or strongly suggested. This would make the evaluations more applicable and help the evaluated person understand the reasoning behind their evaluation and what needs to change to improve. #21stedchat
A4 My role doesn't involve enough time spent directly with students for this kind of input but the idea is interesting. I worry it would turn into a popularity contest with the students- "easy" teachers getting rated higher, etc. #21stedchat
I think that it is important to involve the student and take their opinions into consideration. I am not sure how much should count? Any suggestions? #21stedchat@barbersclass#barbersclass
What advice would you give to a preservice teach about evals? I had teachers that would implement silly techniques just to score well on evals (you could tell), then I had teachers that disregarded those techniques to continue to run their classroom how they wanted. #21stedchat
A3: I think this might depend on what grade level you teach, although at any age students should be able to explain the standard or objective of the lesson. I think it could be a part of the observation, but not a separate percentage. #21stedchat
that would be my fear as well-though I do feel student feedback is important for us as educators this might be better served as an in-class evaluation you could host for yourself throughout the year with your students #21stedchat
What advice would you give to a preservice teach about evals? I had teachers that would implement silly techniques just to score well on evals (you could tell), then I had teachers that disregarded those techniques to continue to run their classroom how they wanted. #21stedchat
A4: student input is very important and I believe it should be one of the main components of teacher evaluations. Students are the ones who can gauge the quality of a teachers lesson plans #21stedchat
A4: I think student input should be considered as it gives more evidence for the teacher's evalutaion. I think these evaluations are also strongly bias, which needs to be taken into account. #21stedchat
A4: What about including student input as data for formative feedback? Making it part of summative evaluation invites us on a stroll through a minefield #21stedchat
A5: I would love to see more follow up action in evaluations. I think a lot of the time people will just tell you something needs worked on, and then they never follow up or give specific examples of how to fix the mistake. #gccedu#21stedchat
A5: I think evaluations should be heavily forward thinking based. Ex: This teacher could improve in this area for these reasons and here is an idea how. This could be helpful in conveying what area specifically the teacher need improvement in #21stedchat
A5: Less amount of prep time/paperwork for teachers to complete on one lesson and more focused on what is happening everyday, consistently in the classroom with students. #21stedchat
A5: I would like to see a better balance of information going into evaluations such as students' opinion of teacher, lesson plans, content etc. #21stedchat
Q6: I think my greatest takeaway would be understanding just how critical all the different components of evaluations are. Paying attention to detail is so important! #gccedu#21stedchat
Another great #21stedchat Next week we will do an open mic chat where you get to ask the questions...especially the pre-service teachers. Join us at 8 PM Sunday ET US.
A5:I want evaluations to be more of a time to collaborate then judge. I am adult, tell me what I did wrong but make a goal with me and then help me improve by coming back. One or two times sitting in my class does not give you a true impression of my class. #21stedchat
A6: I have learned more about what goes into teacher evaluations, and what areas they could be improved. Standards in education seem to be constantly changing, and keeping up with the changes is so important for any content area. #21stedchat
Thanks for a great chat tonight everyone, and to @dprindle for moderating! Remember to follow those with ideas you find interesting or challenging! #21stedchat
