I met with eight districts earlier this week to discuss their plans for using student feedback. A meeting summary appears below.
Student Feedback Meeting Summary
How might CES support districts in gathering and using student and staff feedback?
July 8, 2014; Attending: Easthampton, Frontier, Hatfield, Hadley, Northampton, Pioneer Valley, South Hadley, Union 28
Sense of the Meeting: participating districts (8) intend to pursue one of these approaches:
- Use the state student survey short form (3 districts)
- Roll out a personalized approach to gathering and using student feedback (3)
- Wait to see what develops while concentrating on other ed eval components (2)
Student Feedback Next Steps:
- Once districts have studied the state’s student surveys (available here), convene another inter-district meeting to discuss and assess interest in using them. (August or September)
- Maintain communication with Panorama Education in order to:
- book student feedback PD for teachers (Fall ‘14) and district leaders (through the county superintendent steering committees, Fall ‘14)
- pursue cost-saving offer to serve aggregations of small districts (July)
- Check in with districts rolling out local solutions — some districts expressed desire for analysis support (ongoing, FY15)
CES Support for Districts (proposed)
- implement surveys via google forms or survey monkey, utilizing the state instrument or an adaptation of it
- share effective practices for using student feedback to evaluate teachers
- identify sample contract bargaining language about how student feedback data will be used in the evaluation process (available here)
Staff Feedback Next Step:
- Discuss district interest in using the state’s staff survey (available here). (Fall ‘14)