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Overview

In January, HTHNC students took the YouthTruth survey.

Yesterday, staff received feedback data.

We will share some of the feedback we received, ask questions, and have a frank discussion with you as a group so that we can do our best to improve your experiences and our teaching practices.

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What You Were Surveyed On

Personal Relationships

Student Engagement

Academic Rigor

Instructional Methods

Classroom Culture

Relevance

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Celebrations

Carol received the highest scores in these areas:

Personal Relationships
Academic Rigor

Schwartz received the highest scores in these areas:

Personal Relationships
Academic Rigor

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Growth Areas

Carol received the lowest scores in these areas:

Relevance
Culture

Schwartz received the lowest scores in these areas:

Relevance
Culture

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What did we take away from this?!

*We have learned that you perceive our practices similarly which is why we decided to present this to you together.

*We love that you see how rigorous we attempt to make our classes and how much we love you with the relationships piece!

*We are concerned about the culture in the classroom and the relevance of our classes and we want to know how we can improve these things.

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What does it mean to be relevant?

The following four questions appeared in this section:

How much effort does your teacher make to understand your life outside of school?
How much do you think your teacher cares about you?
How useful is what you learn in this class for your life outside of school?
How well does your teacher connect what you're learning in class with your life outside of school?

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What is Classroom Culture?

The following four questions appeared in this section:

How many of your classmates behave the way your teacher wants them to?
How much is student behavior under control in this classroom?
How respectful are students to the teacher in this class?
How often does your class stay busy and not waste time?

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Of all the questions, Schwartz’s highest score was for this question:

Of all the questions, Carol’s highest score was for this question:

How well does your teacher understand the subject that he or she is teaching?

How much do you think your teacher cares about you?

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Of these eight questions, Schwartz’s lowest score was for this question:

Of these eight questions, Carol’s lowest score was for this question:

How much effort does your teacher make to understand your life outside of school?

How useful is what you learn in this class for your life outside of school?

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Thank you!

Please do not hesitate to reach out via email to any of your teachers to give us more feedback or continue discussions that we began today.

NOTECARD INSTRUCTIONS:

Don’t put your name down! Keep it anonymous.

On one side of your notecard, write a tip for Schwartz on how he can improve his teaching practice.

On the other side of your notecard, write a tip for Carol on how she can improve her teaching practice.