Survey of Results for Professional Development School Pilot Study 2007-08

1. Survey of Results for Professional Development School Pilot Study2007-08 Last Updated 9/15/2008

2. Student Survey Results • Fall 2007 and Spring 2008

3. Field Experience Course Which one of the following courses was related to the field experience you took in Fall 2007 or Spring 2008?

4. Field Experience Courses: Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

5. Field Experience Courses: Response Summary Frequency distribution by percentage

6. Field Experience Schools • At which of the following schools did you complete your field experience?

7. Field Experience Schools: Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

8. Field Experience Schools: Response Summary Frequency distribution by percentage

9. Commuting – How? • How did you commute to your field experience?

10. Commuting – How? Cumulative Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

11. Commuting – How? Cumulative Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

12. Commuting to the field experience– Any problems? Which of the following did you experience when commuting to your field experience?

13. Commuting – Any problems? Cumulative Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

14. Commuting – Any problems? Cumulative Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

15. Types of engagement Which of the following did you complete as part of your field experience?

16. Types of engagement 1-7 Cumulative Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

17. Types of engagement 1-7: Cumulative Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

18. Types of engagement 8-14Cumulative Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

19. Types of engagement 8-14: Cumulative Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

20. Amount of Interactions • During my field experience, I engaged in a significant amount of interactions with students

21. Interactions: Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

22. Interactions: Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

23. Conferencing – How often? • How many times did your mentoring teacher conference with you about your field experience?

24. Conferencing – How often? Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

25. Conferencing – How often? Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

26. Conferencing – Mentoring Teacher • My mentoring teacher advised me and answered my questions

27. Conferencing – Mentoring teacher Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

28. Conferencing – Mentoring Teacher Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

29. Impact – Effective and reflective teacher • This field experience has helped me to develop as an effective and reflective teacher

30. Impact – Effective and reflective teacher Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

31. Impact – Effective and reflective teacherResponse SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

32. Impact – Theory and practice • This field experience helped me make connections in my related course between theory and practice

33. Impact – Theory and practiceResponse SummaryFrequency distribution by number

34. Impact – Theory and practice Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

35. Supervision – How many visits? • How many times did your supervisor visit you at your field experience site?

36. Supervision: How many visits?Response SummaryFrequency distribution by number

37. Supervision – How many visits?Response SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

38. Supervision – Help with TWS • Who of the following contributed most to your ability to complete the teacher work sample (TWS)?

39. Supervision – Help with TWSResponse SummaryFrequency distribution by number

40. Supervision – Help with TWSResponse SummaryFrequency distribution by percentage

41. Student Comments • Question #1: How could the value of the field experience be improved? Question #2: What was the impact of the field experience upon your development as a teacher?

42. Student Comments (Question #1 & #2): Coding Categories 1-6 • 1. Commuting to the field experience • 2. Types of engagement in the classroom • 3. Interactions with students • 4. Observing/talking with mentoring teacher • 5. Impact (1): Development as an effective and reflective teacher • 6. Impact (2): Making connections between theory and practice

43. Student Comments (Question #1 & #2):Coding Categories 7-12 • 7. Supervision • 8. Evaluating the experience • 9. Personal career • 10. Classroom placement • 11. Program suggestions • 12. Miscellaneous

44. Examples of Student Comments • Category: Commuting to the field experience • “Driving was an issue. It was difficult to get in all my hours and manage school work when I had to include a two hour drive.” • “Parking! There is not enough parking on campus.”

45. Examples of Student Comments • Category: Types of engagement in the classroom • “I could not have asked for a better classroom. I learned a great deal about lesson planning, collaborating, and finding resources.” • “My teacher included me in her classroom by letting me do small groups and lessons with the class.”

46. Examples of Student Comments • Category: Interactions with students • “I was involved in many of the activities the students did, as well as being given the responsibility of teaching small groups.” • “I got to interact with students and build the student-teacher relationship.”

47. Examples of Student Comments • Category: Observing/talking with mentoring teacher. • “My cooperating teacher and I talked about everything.” • “My cooperating teacher answered a lot of my questions and helped me know what I did really well and how I could improve.”

48. Examples of Student Comments • Category: Impact (1) - Development as an effective and reflective teacher • “”Field experience allowed me to see my strengths and weaknesses as a teacher.” • “I have a better understanding of the teacher I would like to be and learned many ‘best practices’ that I should display as a teacher.”

49. Examples of Student Comments • Category: Impact (2) – Making connections between theory and practice • “I was able to observe many things happening in the classroom that we talked about in our class at UNI.” • “It was good to use ideas from my methods course in an actual classroom.”

50. Examples of Student Comments • Category: Supervision • “I really enjoyed having a supervisor. She really helped me.” • A supervisor coming in whenever a lesson was taught was extremely helpful because it gave immediate feedback.”