Pre-Project Mentor-Teacher Survey Results

Personal Goals:  VARIOUS

• Continue to grow in personal skills and knowledge and become a better resource for more teachers.

• Develop resources that would benefit greater numbers of teachers/students/parents/community.

• Improve teachers' comfort zone (reduce stress) with technology; teach basic skills/programs/hardware.

• Create booklet/teacher guides for procedures used in the lab to integrate with classroom projects.

• Raise level of technology of 4th grade teachers from level 1 to level 2 (minimum) or level 3, if possible.

• Get more teachers to take advantage of technology/web-based projects in their curriculums (webquests, etc.)

• Work with teachers on up-coming mandatory use of new gradebook program.

• Encourage and help others successfully integrate technology into existing lessons.

• Develop electronic portfolios, begin using video projects to display student work.

Mentor-Teacher Self Assessment:

PERSONAL OBSERVATION, TEACHER FEEDBACK, PERSONAL REFLECTION

• When projects come to fruition and meet state standards.

• Teacher/administration feedback verbally and through surveys.

• Personal reflection about how I'm doing.

• Personal observation:  increased use of computer lab and equipment, teachers' comfort level with technology, requests for assistance from other schools in the district.

Goals for Teacher Team:

ENHANCE SKILL & COMFORT LEVELS

• Develop skills they can use in their classrooms that they feel comfortable doing on their own now and in the future.

• Raise skill and confidence levels in use of technology

• Integrate technology into existing lessons - revision of not adding to the curriculum.

• Develop activities and teach skills correlating writing, keyboarding and word processing programs with district standards.

• Develop student/staff/parent-friendly school website promoting the school and its programs.

• Learn to use PowerPoint as e-portfolio base program, teaching it to students using best-practice methods; learn video editing.  Be able to do both on their own with little assistance.

Team Teacher Assessment: 

FORMAL & INFORMAL

• Attitudes of teachers

• Use of skills practiced during time with mentor-teacher

• Observation of solo work with students

• By finished project they can implement in next fall

• Attendance at summer workshop

• Brief summary of progress written by mentor-teacher

Assistance needed:  TIME

• More "play time" for teachers and time for Mentor-Teacher to demonstrate technology and its uses.

• Access to computer lab to develop projects.

• Attend workshops/classes offered in-district

• Assessment forms for Team and Mentor Teachers to gather and give input

Other comments/questions/concerns:

• Conference opportunities?

• Use of respective district resources in lieu of attending conferences?