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[quote=Anonymous]   When I taught I made up my own survey and had students and their parents complete them ANONYMOUSLY mid and end year. People thought I was crazy. Sure I got some rude comments, but there was something to learn from those. I also got plenty of helpful criticism without all the sugarcoating. I made adjustments and end of year got many more positive reviews-again anonymous. Yes, the first read of even the constructive criticism was hard, but by the time I digested the info and read it a few more times the criticism, even mean comments were incredibly helpful and insightful. I had a blind spot until I got these reviews.

As a parent, I get so sick of sugarcoating and choosing my battles and using the most PC non-accusatory language possible if I say anything at all. Some teachers desperately need major help. Hopefully most parents would be constructive and also mention any positives. I certainly would have positive things to say too, but my goodness some of these teachers are just clueless regarding so many things. It's particularly hard to swallow when you have experienced the truly talented teachers.

Frankly, I think administration should see evals too. A group of parents can say teacher B needs as much help as possible learning (basic) classroom management skills or organizing herself or teaching in a developmentally appropriate manner and they are just looked at as whiners because all the other people who feel this way stay quiet for fear of retaliation.

I truly think this would be 1 big step toward improving our schools.[/quote]

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