2017-2018 Teacher Report Card Results

EDIT: Here is the Teacher Report Card Survey that I used. It was modeled after Matt Vaudrey’s Teacher Report Card and others that I’ve seen over the years, and adapted from my previous ones.

Teacher Report Card Survey (Google Form – will prompt you to make a copy first): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LVlVbXfMsgZBNqiPdXAokqV-xV4aonjoFWk2upqCgRE/copy?usp=sharing

Only 75 of my 105 students took my Teacher Report Card Survey. I’ll post a reflection later.

I think that Ms. Walczak:

• Respects each student: 4.73
• Tries to see the student’s point of view: 4.48
• Does a good job of treating all students how they deserve to be treated: 4.6
• Explains topics clearly: 3.87
• Seems to enjoy teaching: 4.63
• Shows interest in students’ lives: 4.31
• Makes me feel important: 4.11
• Keeps the class under control without being too tough: 3.91
• Grades fairly: 4.48
• Encourages me to be responsible: 4.39
• Cares about her students: 4.6
• Loves math: 4.88

What do you like BEST about class with Ms. Walczak: (some put multiple things in their answers so that’s why it won’t add up to 75)

• She makes math easier/fun/how she teaches (13)
• Reviews for tests/games (8)
• Friendly/chill/caring environment (7)
• Notes packets (6)
• Getting to be in a group (6)
• Fun activities (6)
• Her energy/enthusiasm (5)
• Warn Ups/ Mindset Moment videos on Mondays (5)
• Not much homework (4)
• Moving tables/changing groups each week (4)
• Nothing/NA/She’s cringey (4)
• Freedom but still kept under control (3)
• Retakes (2)
• Plickers (2)
• Using chromebooks (2)
• It’s organized
• New math things
• That it was first period
• Prizes
• High fives
• Good pace
• Whiteboards on desks
• All the things

How can Ms. Walczak improve her teaching for next year?

• Nothing/idk (21)
• Explain/help more clearly (12)
• Be more in control/strict (11)
• More examples/notes (11)
• More time for review and questions/slow down (5)
• More things in the grade (2)
• Don’t treat students like they’re 6
• Keep giving out worksheets
• Be louder
• More activities
• Don’t change her name
• Less notes
• More videos
• Don’t allow phones
• Stop being cringey
• Speak slower
• Better absent notes
• More extra credit
• Encourage more practice at home

You find out that your friend has Ms. Walczak next year. What do you tell him/her? (Note: dropping the class is not an option)

• Pay attention/actually write down the notes/study/work hard (29)
• It will be fun/good (12)
• Be nice to/respect her (10)
• She’s easy going/chill/nice (9)
• Her class is enjoyable and easy once you get the hang of it (4)
• Your sooo lucky/You’ll love her (4)
• She’s the best/fav math teacher i ever had (4)
• Sometimes things will be confusing u just gotta ask for help and she will help u/she will do anything to help you stay on top (4)
• Good luck (3)
• Nothing/idk (3)
• She’s easy until you get on her bad side
• You will take notes
• Do not be afraid of her
• She does daily warm-ups
• She’s cringey
• Make sure you ask questions
• Do not ask for her social security number
• Retake as much as you can
• She will challenge you to your fullest ability
• She kind of cheats at mathketball
• Don’t get stuck on an escalator

What is something Ms. Walczak should keep doing next year?

• Notes packets (11)
• Warm Ups/Mindset Moment Videos (11)
• Teaching (10)
• Everything (9)
• Plickers (8)
• Review games/study guides (7)
• Nothing/idk (3)
• Math (2)
• Weekly Summary (2)
• Switching seats every week (2)
• Sitting/working in groups (2)
• Having fun (2)
• Pushing students to do their best
• Quizizz
• Google Classroom reflections
• Chromebooks
• High fives
• Being great
• Desmos
• Not giving a lot of homework
• Not Just Dead White Dude Mathematicians
• Letting us listen to music
• Retakes

What is something Ms. Walczak should change for next year?

• Nothing/idk (31)
• Warm ups/warm up sheet (10)
• Stop being so nice sometimes/be tougher (4)
• More explaining/explain better (3)
• Plickers/when we do Plickers (3)
• Weekly summaries (3)
• Groups/seating (3)
• Less notes/assignments (3)
• Offer extra credit (3)
• More individual practice/homework (2)
• Changing groups every week
• Calling people’s names
• Review
• Letting us use our phones
• Slow down
• Reflections
• More things (warm up sheets) for grades
• Give notes on tests
• The classroom
• Not have the room be so cold

What is something Ms. Walczak should stop doing next year?

• Nothing/idk (41)
• Warm Up Sheet/Warm Ups (7)
• Being too nice (5)
• Changing seats every week (3)
• Reflections (3)
• Pulling names with the sticks (2)
• Notes (2)
• Plickers (2)
• Assigned seats
• Slope Dude
• Set
• Rick Rolling kids
• Letting kids be on their phones
• Giving answer keys
• Going too quickly
• Activities
• All the quizzes
• Not giving extra credit

What is something that’s memorable from this class?

• Nothing/idk (13)
• Review/review games (8)
• My friends/the people in the class (6)
• Set/Warm Ups/Mindset Moment videos (6)
• Plickers (3)
• Quizizz (3)
• Changing seats every week (3)
• Tin Man project (3)
• Learning new ways to do math/math (3)
• Mathketball (2)
• Her room (2)
• Quadratic formula/song (2)
• Not having that much homework (2)
• Activities (2)
• Water bottle incident (2)
• Donovan’s/Carter’s pencil (2)
• Notes/practice (2)
• Tests/quizzes (2)
• Having freedom
• Slope-intercept
• Ms. Walczak being an amazing teacher
• Weekly Summaries
• Group work
• Chromebooks
• How happy she would be when we were working together and helping each other
• Having fun
• That she’s cringey
• Getting Rick Rolled
• Somebody making fart noises while taking a quiz
• All of first semester
• Everything
• Slope Dude
• Struggling
• Getting a donut

What is one word you would use to describe this class?

What do you think the benefits to teh Daily Warm Ups were?

• Got our brains working before jumping right into math (32)
• Fun (7)
• I don’t know (7)
• Thinking about stuff you wouldn’t normally/outside the box (5)
• Good challenge/brain squeeze (4)
• Getting to know each other better/work together (3)
• It doesn’t benefit us (3)
• Brain skills (2)
• Easy (2)
• Break from the heavy math
• Engaging at the beginning of class

What do you think the drawbacks to the Daily Warm Ups were?

• Nothing/idk (29)
• Took up class time (19)
• Went too fast (3)
• Too much of the same/boring (3)
• Not everyone did them (3)
• Weren’t graded (2)
• All of it (2)
• Extra writing and learning
• Too much talking
• Losing the paper

Je suis heureuse avec mes resultats!