Instructions: Please respond as HONESTLY as you can. PLEASE GIVE DETAILS, NOT JUST YES OR NO.
If you wish to respond anonymously, you can scroll down beneath this text and write your responses in the "Suggest an Improvement" box;
Just put in your email (which will not be visible to anyone) and then your name as the period you are in.
Then post your answers, single spaced with the question number.
However, if you want to go on record, you can actually annotate the lines, and that would be fine as well.
1. What do like the most about my class?
2. What do you hate about my class?
3. How could we change the things you hate?
4. What does Mr. Varnell do well as a teacher?
5. What does he stink at?
6. How could he get better at the things he stinks at?
7. Is our classroom a place that invites learning – why or why not?
8. Do you feel safe to share your true feelings in our class – why or why not?
9. What would you say to a friend who was thinking about taking this class next year?
10. How do you feel about your classmates?
11. Does our classroom reflect a true community – why or why not?
12. How could we have a better community atmosphere in our room?
13. If you could change the curriculum tomorrow, what would we study first?
14. Do you prefer working in groups, individually, or a mixture – please explain:
15. If you could give me one piece of advice to help me be a better teacher, what would it be?
16. How do you like using Poetry Genius so far? Do you like having class in the lab?
17. Do you feel like you, your culture, and interests are represented in this class – please give details:
18. Does this class help you with anything “real” in your life?
19. How could this class be more useful to you? What could we study that will really help you?
20. Do you enjoy having DEAR time every day? Why?
21. If you could have a celebrity come teach the class, who would it be and what would they teach on?
23. Who is responsible for the learning in our classroom: me or you? Please explain:
24. What should happen to students who misbehave a lot?
25. Do you take my class seriously? Please explain your answer:
If you wish to respond anonymously, you can scroll down beneath this text and write your responses in the "Suggest an Improvement" box;
Just put in your email (which will not be visible to anyone) and then your name as the period you are in.
Then post your answers, single spaced with the question number.
However, if you want to go on record, you can actually annotate the lines, and that would be fine as well.
1. What do like the most about my class?
2. What do you hate about my class?
3. How could we change the things you hate?
4. What does Mr. Varnell do well as a teacher?
5. What does he stink at?
6. How could he get better at the things he stinks at?
7. Is our classroom a place that invites learning – why or why not?
8. Do you feel safe to share your true feelings in our class – why or why not?
9. What would you say to a friend who was thinking about taking this class next year?
10. How do you feel about your classmates?
11. Does our classroom reflect a true community – why or why not?
12. How could we have a better community atmosphere in our room?
13. If you could change the curriculum tomorrow, what would we study first?
14. Do you prefer working in groups, individually, or a mixture – please explain:
15. If you could give me one piece of advice to help me be a better teacher, what would it be?
16. How do you like using Poetry Genius so far? Do you like having class in the lab?
17. Do you feel like you, your culture, and interests are represented in this class – please give details:
18. Does this class help you with anything “real” in your life?
19. How could this class be more useful to you? What could we study that will really help you?
20. Do you enjoy having DEAR time every day? Why?
21. If you could have a celebrity come teach the class, who would it be and what would they teach on?
23. Who is responsible for the learning in our classroom: me or you? Please explain:
24. What should happen to students who misbehave a lot?
25. Do you take my class seriously? Please explain your answer:
( Mr. Varnell )
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