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) |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved subject grades |
| 0 |
1 |
Improved standardized test scores |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved critical thinking skills |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved teamwork |
| 1 |
0 |
Improved school attendence |
| 1 |
0 |
Increase in self-directed learning |
| 0 |
1 |
Increase integration of knowledge across subject areas and interest areas |
| 1 |
0 |
Increase in knowledge of the workplace |
| 0 |
1 |
Increased desire to become a proactive learner |
| 1 |
0 |
Increased desire to go to college |
| 1 |
0 |
Other areas |
Please describe additional areas that may have been impacted by this program.
Increased organizational skills and collaboration skills
Please indicate the percentage of your students who are actively moving in the direction of becoming proactive learners.
95%
I have a better understanding of the importance of doing well in math.
Kids these days say "keepin it real." This is the real deal, real life collaboration for their future plans. Not just a school assignment they turn in and forget about
How many students would you prefer to directly supervise in the program next year?
25
Please provide some tips on how we can partner with you to expand the program in your area.
Not sure...perhaps a solar project and bringing on mentors from Sunpower, Solarcity(I have contacts)
How would you rate the quality of the matches between your students and mentors overall on a scale of 1 - 5?
5
Please describe any changes you'd like to see that might further improve the quality of the matches.
Mentors were awesome. Don't know how you could improve the quality of the mentors.
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.
Students had breakthru's that would have been impossible without the program. Students are headed to college and career ready to go and anxious to get started down their own path
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?
5
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?
Weekly
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.
My own situation is the lack access to a computer lab, which was promised at the outset.
How has this program assisted you to use technology more effectively?
Student have had to generate documents to be used in different formats. Students now see value in being connected.
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
5
Please describe this impact, if any, in your own words.
Has enhanced their ability to navigate the global world of work
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.
50%
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.
5
Please describe which requirements, if any, helped you be successful in the program?
Quick response to mentors was the most important aspect that will help the students in the future.
Please describe which requirements, if any, were difficult to meet. Please note why these requirements were difficult to meet.
Students were not self-selected. I enrolled the entire class and later dropped 2 who just would not communicate.
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?
Keep it simple with not too many steps, and to have a regularly scheduled time at a computer to collaborate with their mentor. Build in time to communicate to mentors at least weekly
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?
300
What additional training would you recommend for teachers next year?
Pretty intuitive and straight forward. Not sure any additional training would have helped me. This project took alot longer than I thought it would and that surprised me.
