Please select those areas where you witnessed significant improvement for your participating students.
| Yes |
No |
Area of Potential Impact |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved math comprehension and ability |
| 1 |
0 |
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) |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved subject grades |
| 1 |
0 |
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 |
| 1 |
0 |
Increased desire to go to college |
| 0 |
1 |
Other areas |
Please describe additional areas that may have been impacted by this program.
Students have an increase knowledge of technology skills especially in Excel.
Please indicate the percentage of your students who are actively moving in the direction of becoming proactive learners.
70%
I have a better understanding of the importance of doing well in math.
I used my classroom website to give students a to-do list. Each time we had Telementoring they were directed to the website to complete their todo list.
How many students would you prefer to directly supervise in the program next year?
12
Please provide some tips on how we can partner with you to expand the program in your area.
It is hard to tie the vast amount of standards to any single project. We cover over four standards in each unit and throughout this project we needed to cover more standards then the project allowed. It would have been helpful to have more eyes on the project in its development stage to help tie in all standards.
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.
We had a few mentors that pulled out of the project. This caused disappointment for the students and they thought it was something they did. We also had some great mentors who picked up those students and provided guidance, support, and positive praise.
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.
The mentors taught me about finding averages in an easier way using Excel! Also, the mentors checked the data points for accuracy for each individual student. This would have been impossible for me to do with the needs of the classroom.
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?
4
How often were you able to communicate with the mentor group as a whole?
Weekly
How often were your students able to communicate, on average, with the mentors?
Less than biweekly
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.
The volume of emails was overwhelming. I have over 1,00 emails from this one semester project.
How has this program assisted you to use technology more effectively?
I am pretty technological savvy, besides learning a new way to calculate averages in Excel I don't think I learned anything new.
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
3
Please describe this impact, if any, in your own words.
The children learned that it is helpful to have someone check over their work, the importance of effective communication, and the power of follow-through.
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.
90%
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?
Please describe which requirements, if any, were difficult to meet. Please note why these requirements were difficult to meet.
It was difficult to have students communicate twice a week. Currently, this group of students are not meeting standard to the level of my two other classes that did not participate in the Telementor program.
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?
If your students are not strong writers, create a scaffolded message each week and students can fill in the blanks according to their current position on the project.
Do you plan to participate in the program next year?
No
Please estimate how many students in your school district or city could take advantage of this program next year?
30
What additional training would you recommend for teachers next year?
Project development training
