Feedback

        Providing students with feedback regarding their classroom behavior has been such a rewarding experience. I decided to collect data on four different criteria and observe students biweekly.  To collect this data can be a bit time consuming especially when you are also focusing on teaching and utilizing WBT strategies, but then again, as B said in her previous post about feedback,  "there are not shortcuts to being an excellent teacher!"(Thanks Coach Biffle) B and I both provide students with feedback and in collaborating with B and sharing our data we realized that just a few students were “not making smart choice.”   We meet with these students and talk about what this looks like. The Guff counter has been a great way to keep students on track as well!

In the middle of December I provided students with a feedback form that I stapled to a progress report. Students often focus on their assessment scores and final grades that they see on progress reports and report cards, so when they received a progress report with a stapled copy of the percentage of times they raised their hand for permission to speak, followed directions, stayed on task and completed assignments they were surprised and grateful.  I could see the switch go off for many of my students that their grades are not just a number on a quiz but are a reflection of their classroom engagement, participation and behavior.  Below is a copy of the feedback form attached to a progress report. 

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