1) In the absence of
useful feedback, most teachers’ performance plateaus by their third of fourth
year on the job. – MET White Paper.
“Useful feedback will definitely help a teacher’s success
and improvement. Without useful feedback
a teach might create harmful teaching habits.”
“With this quote, it shows that good, constructive feedback
is necessary and imperative for a teacher to increase their performance each
year, not plateau or decline. Everyone,
including teachers, can always improve and solid feedback is the way teachers
can see what can be improved.”
“Feedback is important but more importantly, teachers will
grow more with workshops and ways to keep teaching them and inspiring
them. Teachers never need to stop
learning either.”
“(response to above) I agree! I think workshops are an
awesome idea.”
“Every person in every career field benefits from useful
feedback. It is necessary. It doesn’t matter if someone is a teacher a
McDonald’s employee, or the President.
Feedback is crucial, especially from those with plenty of experience and
those in this scenario being taught.”
“Without outside feedback, teacher’s ideas can’t grow. They are only left with their ideas.”
“Without feedback, it can be hard for teachers to learn and
grow as educators.”
“If we are giving feedback, teachers need to know what to do
with it. I know many who do not.”
“(response to above) If teachers never see evaluations or if
they do, they are given to them after the fact and the feedback isn’t
given. Why would someone need to
change. Why fix what isn’t broken?”
“I can see where this could happen. Teachers are human and crave a response on
their hard work. Furthermore, if no
extrinsic motivation is given, there certainly won’t be intrinsic motivation to
do better.”
“(Response to above) I find this in a way true and agree
there must be some sort of extrinsic motivation to increase intrinsic.”
2) Research has long
been clear that teachers matter more to student learning than any other
in-school factor. Improving the quality
of teaching is critical to student success. – Gathering Feedback for Teaching brief
“Well I agree, I think the quality of the teacher is
EXTREMELY important to student learning.
I think materials are important too.”
“Communication is pretty important in any school
environment.”
“I agree 100% but I also think that time is extremely important. A quality teacher who doesn’t have quality
time to spend with the students loses their power.”
“While technology is great in aiding the learning process,
there will never be a replacement for a great teacher.”
“I agree with this. I
think more value money is used on technology that might be used once a year
that could be better spent educating teachers.”
“Teachers alone are simply not enough to ‘fix’
schools…there are other factors to consider…”
“Teachers are important but there are other factors like
materials, location, peers, etc…”
“Teaching is by far the most important factor to student
success. If that weren’t so, then
students would learn from a computer or robot.
It’s not necessarily the information that is given, but how it is given to students.”
“I would agree that the guidance of the teacher is the most
influential factor in student learning and success. The materials, environment, student’s peers
are all managed by the teacher. The
teacher makes them what they are.”
“I think teachers are very important to student
learning. A teacher’s enthusiasm and
overall love for teaching is way more positive to a student who is probably
more willing to listen in comparison to a teacher who doesn’t care all that
much.”
