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Utilizing Student Voice To Improve Teacher Practice

5/30/2017

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Finding Out What Students Really Think and Feel About Our Teaching

One of the most powerful avenues to self-improvement as a teacher involves accessing the voices of those who matter most —  our students. When carefully planned out, student voice can be an extremely effective tool for helping to critically reflect upon our own teaching by using this data to inform next steps  in regards to  how we might improve upon our practice.  

All teachers in my current school are required to collect student voice throughout the year in order to identify needed areas of growth and development. Once this feedback is collected from the students, the teachers sit down with their pedagogical coordinators to analyze this data  and to create their own action plan for improvement.  

The 5 areas that teachers can seek feedback on are; Expectations, Safety, Relationships, Communication, and Motivation.  Each of these areas are further broken down into specific guiding statements  related to that particular area as seen in the diagram below.  Our school adopted this model from a well-known educational consulting  agency  from New Zealand.  The company's name is Interlead and they have  played an influential role in improving upon teacher practice at our school.  I highly recommend checking out their work. 

In utilizing student voice in your program, not only will students know that what they think and feel truly matters, teachers have an opportunity to model  what having a growth mindset  looks like by taking action on the feedback received.  Teachers can share the feedback with their students,  identifying the areas that they have to get better at and how they are going to do this. 
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 Teachers can pick  any of the above areas to receive feedback on and can collect it in whatever way they feel is best.  Students are generally more inclined to  respond honestly if  an anonymous survey is given as they can sometimes worry that their responses might be used against them.  In creating a culture of trust with your students, it is critical to let them know that  you genuinely seek their honest feedback.  Of course,  many of you already understand this, but it is still important to be aware of. 
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Justin link
6/1/2017 05:14:07 am

I too believe in student voice driving our instruction. I have been collecting data this year in an attempt to improve my relationships with ss. As Kretchmar states we can invite them into the kingdom not force them.

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