CRB Distance Learning Project BOCES Teaching Assistant Survey

CRB Distance Learning Project BOCES Teaching Assistant Survey Distance Learning Program 2003 – 2004 School Year . . Support Quality. Access

CRB Distance Learning Project Teaching Assistant Survey 2003 – 2004 School Year 2. What did you like about the Distance Learning experience? ___________________________________ I was fortunate to be in Sign Language a new experience. Duanesburg students ___________________________________ enjoyed interacting with the other students and so did I. ______________________________________________________________________ It gave the students a learning experience they normally would not have received ___________________________________ during a typical school day. I was able to see the extra effort most of the students put ___________________________________ in their work and responses. ______________________________________________________________________ I like interacting with other schools and watching the students get more confident on ___________________________________ camera. ______________________________________________________________________ The equipment at our home site worked well once we got used to the equipment. ______________________________________________________________________ The course including information far beyond the scope of the course to introduce real ___________________________________ life experience. Mr. Patzarian made class interesting. ______________________________________________________________________ Different school and classroom participation. - I feel strongly that some of my students ___________________________________ benefited from the exchange because our students are in the country and other ___________________________________ students in the suburbs - great exchange of thoughts. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB Distance Learning Project Teaching Assistant Survey 2003 – 2004 School Year 3. What did you dislike about the Distance Learning experience? ___________________________________. . THIS - by the time our students arrived host at Cohoes and BKW were knee deep in ___________________________________ discussions! ______________________________________________________________________ When not the host school sometimes our students felt slighted that the conversation ___________________________________ was one-sided and that the teacher spoke mainly to her students. ______________________________________________________________________ I feel [the teacher] did a very poor job in utilizing the room to teach the class. He did ___________________________________ not interact very well with [our students]. Rarely involving them in class discussion. ___________________________________ The students had only 30 min class. ______________________________________________________________________ With the time difference sometimes it is an inconvenience. If there is a test for ___________________________________ example and it is not faxed over in time. ______________________________________________________________________ Obviously any technical problems. - All the little problems that shut the system down ___________________________________ from classroom time. - The distance also prevented some of our students from ___________________________________ accompanying their classmates on field trips. ______________________________________________________________________ Sometimes its hard to watch (when) the other schools get the most teacher time. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB Distance Learning Project Teaching Assistant Survey 2003 – 2004 School Year 4. Did you feel comfortable calling the DL toll free number for technical support? ______________________________________________________________________ All those who responded said , “Yes, I did. ” ______________________________________________________________________ Comments: ______________________________________________________________________ Calling the toll free number was a ray of sunshine for me. The person(s) on the other ___________________________________ end, whom ever it was, was always cheerful and very helpful. Really couldn't do ___________________________________ enough for me. ______________________________________________________________________ I had no difficulty getting through when ever difficulties arose. ______________________________________________________________________ Always helpful! ______________________________________________________________________ I didn't need to at all this year. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB Distance Learning Project Teaching Assistant Survey 2003 – 2004 School Year 5. Were you satisfied with the assistance of the BOCES support team? ______________________________________________________________________ All responded , “Yes, I was satisfied. ” ______________________________________________________________________ Comments: ______________________________________________________________________ Your support team that I have dealt with was always there to help me out. If they ___________________________________ couldn't help me they found someone to help me. ______________________________________________________________________ Eileen was very helpful and she took the time to go over the main controls with my ___________________________________ fellow aides and I. ______________________________________________________________________ They assisted us with everything that we needed. ______________________________________________________________________ Very much so, we would call and either the problem was fixed right away or ___________________________________ communication was made if problem could not be fixed immediately. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB Distance Learning Project Teaching Assistant Survey 2003 – 2004 School Year 6. What changes would you offer to improve the DL program? ___________________________________ Suggest to all teachers with time differences that they fax all material prior to start of ___________________________________ class…too much time wasted for material being copied. ______________________________________________________________________ Teachers that stay on course and keep students interested, involved in the class so ___________________________________ that most students feel a part of the class and will pay attention and participate. ______________________________________________________________________ More organization , preparation of materials, less free time between course and ___________________________________ school schedule. ______________________________________________________________________ The teacher should go to the different sites to teach at least one time. ______________________________________________________________________ Work on the time schedule more…Create a criteria for students selected to take the ___________________________________ classes and address the issues with field trips between schools. ______________________________________________________________________ Somehow check out any new teachers and how they teach. Some are just not able to ___________________________________ teach using distance learning. It might be that they don’t know enough about how ___________________________________ the room works or what things they may do in the room. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB Distance Learning Project Teaching Assistant Survey 2003 – 2004 School Year 7. General Comments ___________________________________ A very positive experience! Both teachers did their very best to meet the student's ___________________________________ needs. The sign language course was excellent. The students had the opportunity ___________________________________ to meet hearing impaired students and sign with them. ______________________________________________________________________ Require each teacher to do at least one visit to each school that is involved in that ___________________________________ class and to teach from that site. ______________________________________________________________________ I feel guidance dept should be more selective when putting students in DL Classes. ___________________________________ Only responsible, mature students should be allowed to take these courses. ______________________________________________________________________ The students were able to have an honest interaction with the teacher. I was ___________________________________ impressed by the teacher, his methods and the children's reaction to him. Also I ___________________________________ found the subject matter interesting. ______________________________________________________________________ It was a wonderful experience and the students did well. The class trip …was the ___________________________________ best, we went to NY police Academy Forensic Lab. This is useful as a stepping ___________________________________ stone for students who want to pursue a career in forensics. It gives them insight. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access