Do you have a sense of how your colleagues are as teachers without ever having set foot in their classrooms? I didn’t realize that students would be so open with their student feedback about a teacher in front of another teacher! As a beginning teacher--I thought I was doing pretty well--that is until I had my summative observation from my principal who pointedly asked me, “would you take your class?” The lesson he observed was like many of my lessons that involved a presentation that was created based on a chapter of the textbook. I was upset at first, but after thinking about it, my lessons were terrible, and quite frankly, “No, I wouldn’t want to take my class!” If I had used student feedback earlier and more frequently, I may have had a better idea of how I was doing.

Getting feedback like this from an administrator is not the time to find out if what you’re doing is engaging for students. Like you give your students constant feedback on how they are doing, you need to get constant feedback from them. You need to understand why receiving and implementing feedback from students is important and ultimately impacts your enrollment. You also need to know what questions to ask and how to ask them. Finally, you need to know how to put together the survey or form and how to receive responses.

In this episode, Khristen discusses:

• Why Collecting and Implementing Student Feedback Impacts Enrollment

• Questions to Ask Students Regarding Feedback

• How to Put Together and Gather Responses For Your Student Survey

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ON YOUR PREP PODCAST SHOW NOTES: http://khristenmassic.com/episode13/