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 |
| 0 |
1 |
Increased registration for advanced math courses |
| 1 |
0 |
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 |
| 1 |
0 |
Other areas |
Please describe additional areas that may have been impacted by this program.
Depth of knowledge working with professionals
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.
Students worked on a series of "real world" problems that helped them
develop organization, time management and exposure to wide range of
topics within healthcare. This is turned help them to solidify some of their
career interests. Most of these students are already proactive learners in
terms of engagement however they probably have not thought about how
to proceed beyond into the post secondary.
How many students would you prefer to directly supervise in the program next year?
70
Please provide some tips on how we can partner with you to expand the program in your area.
Possible to have a presentation to school board?
How would you rate the quality of the matches between your students and mentors overall on a scale of 1 - 5?
3
Please describe any changes you'd like to see that might further improve the quality of the matches.
Biggest improvement would be to have mentors that are within the field of
interest. Students who had mentors not working in the health care arena did
not feel they received the same assistance as those with professionals that
had deeper understanding of topics.
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 project mentors were so valuable at helping students stretch to go
deeper and providing feedback for improvement.
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?
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.
Biggest change is providing more time for student/mentor feedback on final
product which is more on me. Time frame gets very tight so I need to build in
more time for revision and reflection.
How has this program assisted you to use technology more effectively?
We are already using technology on a regular basis.
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.
Most impact would be on written and oral communication standards along
with math.
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.
75%
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?
My communication with students and mentors.
Please describe which requirements, if any, were difficult to meet. Please note why these requirements were difficult to meet.
Students were not "self-selected" everyone in class participated regardless
of their interest in a mentor.
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?
Allow more time than planned for mentor contact emails.
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?
200
What additional training would you recommend for teachers next year?
Training not sure about but improvements to the platform or training on the
platform as there may be features that I'm not aware of that would have
helped organize when working three projects and over 100 students.
