Please select those areas where you witnessed significant improvement for your participating students.
| Yes |
No |
Area of Potential Impact |
| 0 |
1 |
Improved math comprehension and ability |
| 0 |
1 |
Increased registration for advanced math courses |
| 0 |
1 |
Improved science comprehension and ability |
| 0 |
1 |
Increased registration for advanced science courses |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved Communication skills (Written or Oral) |
| 0 |
1 |
Improved subject grades |
| 0 |
1 |
Improved standardized test scores |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved critical thinking skills |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved teamwork |
| 0 |
1 |
Improved school attendence |
| 1 |
0 |
Increase in self-directed learning |
| 1 |
0 |
Increase integration of knowledge across subject areas and interest areas |
| 1 |
0 |
Increase in knowledge of the workplace |
| 1 |
0 |
Increased desire to become a proactive learner |
| 0 |
1 |
Increased desire to go to college |
| 0 |
1 |
Other areas |
Please describe additional areas that may have been impacted by this program.
Please indicate the percentage of your students who are actively moving in the direction of becoming proactive learners.
100%
I have a better understanding of the importance of doing well in math.
I use this program to encourage students to explore a variety of careers and, hopefully, to choose a path that will enable them to pursue a major that has been chosen with a specific goal in mind.
How many students would you prefer to directly supervise in the program next year?
3
Please provide some tips on how we can partner with you to expand the program in your area.
I'm not really sure.
How would you rate the quality of the matches between your students and mentors overall on a scale of 1 - 5?
4
Please describe any changes you'd like to see that might further improve the quality of the matches.
None. I chose the matches I wanted this time, and my students were better served.
Describe a few things you and your students and mentors were able to accomplish through this program that would have been difficult or impossible any other way.
For this student, there were none. She could have done this in the classroom with other students, but since she was alone in the class, this gave her a sounding board for some of her ideas and frustrations.
How would you rate the quality of the help you received from the International Telementor Center staff throughout this project on a scale of 1 - 5?
3
How often were you able to communicate with the mentor group as a whole?
Less than biweekly
How often were your students able to communicate, on average, with the mentors?
Every other day
Describe significant changes that you would like to see in the program or school environment that would improve the effectiveness of the program for you and your students. Please note who would be responsible for making those changes.
This is difficult for me to say because I teach such a small number of students. With the new evaluation and laws put into effect in Louisiana, as well as being on a block schedule, many of the teachers I have spoken to do not have the time available in their curricula to implement a program of this nature.
How has this program assisted you to use technology more effectively?
Since all of my students have access to computers each day in class and our school has a bring your own technology program, this has had no significant effect.
Please note the impact this program has had on meeting state or national standards on a scale of 1 - 5. Where 1 is none and 5 is signifigant
4
Please describe this impact, if any, in your own words.
Students have become better at expressing their thoughts and feelings through writing. Also, their research skills have improved.
If "students at-risk" are defined as those who have low motivation to learn, what percentage of the students you supervised this year met this criterion.
25%
When you applied to be a teacher contact you were asked to meet the following requirements.
- All student/mentor commmunication is project based
- Participating students receive a subject grade and turn in work at least biweekly
- Teachers should communicate at least biweekly with the mentors
- Students should be self-selected for participation.
- Teachers should expect a high degree of accountability from their students.
- Teachers should respond to specific program problems within 48 hours
How many requirements you were able to meet this year.
4
Please describe which requirements, if any, helped you be successful in the program?
Self-selection makes students more willing to work. If I am to do this with a whole class, students who are not interested balk and refuse to do the work. It becomes such a problem that nothing is accomplished. I was not aware that this was ever an option, but I'm glad it is.
Please describe which requirements, if any, were difficult to meet. Please note why these requirements were difficult to meet.
Using this program in my class is difficult because of my personality type. I realize that I have some control issues, but I prefer my students to work on my schedule. If we get off base or something happens that does not allow us to communicate twice a week, it makes me nervous. Also, I don't always have time to communicate with the mentors (as evidenced this semester). The feeling of failing to do what I am committed to doing is not one I enjoy. For those reasons, this project puts a lot of stress on me as a teacher.
If you were helping a new teacher start in this program, what advice would you offer that would aid this new teacher and his or her students to be successful participants?
I'm really not sure.
Do you plan to participate in the program next year?
Yes
Please estimate how many students in your school district or city could take advantage of this program next year?
100
What additional training would you recommend for teachers next year?
None
