tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post1799358774727514091..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: Student Rating SystemsPissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-8992506306697065522011-06-02T06:37:13.376-04:002011-06-02T06:37:13.376-04:00In response to Lsquared, there has to be balance. ...In response to Lsquared, there has to be balance. More often than not students at any level cannot learn from someone they cannot relate to. Many of the questions that pissed off's kids generated, show that they value being able to relate to someone and knowing that their teacher cares about them as both people and learners. Good teachers always know how to be good politicians when it comes to gaining student's confidence. You catch a great deal more bees with honey than you do with vinegar. The same is true for students. They will respond to the subject matter if you make it easier to swallow and if they know that you value their opinions and use their feedback. I wish my students were my rating officers, because their would be no fluffy jargon like rigor, it would be I learned this, and here's how I will use it. Much more practical as this would save the city millions in the wasted salaries of those who talk, talk, talk, and never seem to teach, did someone say administrator?abused teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558418463522706345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-55415608788657682632011-05-31T21:09:26.865-04:002011-05-31T21:09:26.865-04:00I like these questions in that they show what stud...I like these questions in that they show what students really value. I also agree that there should be more of this sort of thing in K-12 teacher evaluations (OK--what I really think is that K-12 teacher evaluations should not be high stakes, and should have more context than just test scores or adjusted test scores.) On the other hand, I'm not really excited about this sort of an evaluation. I'm at a university, and we have a student survey system that has questions that sound a lot like these, and I think it would be nice to have a little bit more of the test-score type data. There is a faculty member in the department who gets great evaluations, but whose students are not always well prepared for the later classes; there is another faculty member in the department who gets pretty good (but not usually great) evaluations and whose students are really well prepared for their later classes. I'm pretty sure I know whose classes students are learning more in.LSquared32https://www.blogger.com/profile/00858524638866166691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-38573048024177800382011-05-31T21:06:28.845-04:002011-05-31T21:06:28.845-04:00A good survey would mix positive and negative comm...A good survey would mix positive and negative comments and ask the same question multiple ways.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-27224611750789210492011-05-31T20:28:41.814-04:002011-05-31T20:28:41.814-04:00I have an issue with item 15 on survey 1, which is...I have an issue with item 15 on survey 1, which is negative. All the others appear positive. Won't that screw up the survey?<br /><br />Still, I like this idea much better than the one Mayor Bloomberg has. I suppose that's not saying much.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.com