GeoKids LINKS Year-end Survey for Teaching Fellows.
You thoughtful participation in the evaluation of this program is much appreciated. Your
responses to this and other surveys will be used to help improve the program, and to provide data to
funders of the program. Your name will not appear on any individual data or quotes used in
reports. You can either print this form and write into it, or open it in MS word and type into the
spaces.
Background information
Name: ____________
How much time have you been involved in GeoKids LINKS? ___________
How successful have you been in accomplishing the following objectives during the past year of
GeoKids, in your opinion?
Very
successful
Somewhat
successful
Neutral
Not very
successful
Not successful
at all
Sharing subject matter expertise with
your partnering teachers
Sharing subject matter expertise with
the students as a group
Sharing subject matter expertise with
students one-on-one
Introducing new materials and
methods for instruction (curriculum
units, lesson planning, preparation)
Providing or creating teaching
materials, including hands-on
exercises
Introducing new classroom
technology (e.g computers,
software.)
Providing teacher partners with
contact to science content resources
Improving your own teaching skills
Serving as a role model for students
Completing your coursework
Making progress on your research
project
Please comment here (or on the back of the paper) about any of the above. Include any
comments about the appropriateness of these goals, ideas about better ways to achieve
them, etc.
How important was each of the following resources in helping you meet your GeoKids
LINKS objectives?
Very
important
Somewhat
important
Neutral
Not very
important
Not important
at all
The summer workshop
The monthly meetings with teachers
and Wagner staff
Your teacher partners
School principals and other staff
Wagner education staff
Other teaching fellows
Your SJU faculty research mentor
Faculty associated with the GeoKids
LINKS project
Please comment about any of the above.
Using the following scale, indicate your level of understanding of the K-12 issues below,
both before and after your involvement in GeoKids LINKS this year.
no understanding
1
minimal understanding
2
significant understanding
deep understanding
3
4
Before GeoKids LINKS
The experience of elementary school teachers in the classroom
General issues in elementary school science education reform
(standards, assessments, etc.).
Barriers to improving elementary school science education
Roles I can play to help improve science education
Special needs of children in urban Philadelphia schools
How to create age-appropriate curriculum materials
How to create curriculum materials aligned with K-12 standards
Approaches to teaching
Ways to assess student learning
How to participate in future K-12 outreach activities
Please comment about any of the above.
After GeoKids LINKS
Using the following scale, rate your skill level for the items below, both before and after
your participation in GeoKids LINKS this year.
no skill
1
minimal skill
2
moderate skill
3
great skill
4
Before GeoKids After GeoKids
LINKS
LINKS
Managing multiple and/or conflicting demands on my
time
Working effectively on a team
Explaining science topics to a non-expert audience
Making presentations
Writing collaboratively
Please comment on any of the above.
What do you see as the most worthwhile outcomes of your participation in GeoKids
LINKS from the perspective of the children you worked with this year?
What do you see as the most worthwhile outcomes of your participation in GeoKids
LINKS from the perspective of the teachers you worked with this year?
From a personal perspective, what do you see as the most worthwhile outcomes of your
participation in GeoKids LINKS this year?
What do you see as having been the largest barriers to this program being more successful?
What improvements need to be addressed for next year’s program?
How, if at all, has participation in this program influenced decisions about your career?
Feel free to include any additional comments you feel will help us improve the program
and/or measure its success.