Grambling State University Standard 4 Compendium3 R4.3 Satisfaction of Completers

All are teaching in their fields of certification.

Question 1. How well did we prepare you to teach your subject areas?

THEME: FELT WELL-PREPARED TO LEAD FROM THE BEGINNING

Consensus Explanation: “Currently, in addition to uncertified teachers and veteran teachers who are not changing, there are some teachers who have not been through our program and did not have the content we received.”

Sample Statement:

“I think I was well-prepared, especially having student teaching in Math and Science. I know about different ways to teach it and about the various manipulatives being used.”

Question 2. Have you had a chance to teach with colleagues who went through other programs?

THEME: COMPARED TO COLLEAGUES, I AM CONFIDENT IN MY TEACHING PREPARATION

Sample statements:

“At Grambling, we did participate in doing lesson plans, so when hired to teach, I was already doing them. When lesson plans were required by the school where I started teaching, it was a ‘walk in the park.’”

“At the high school level, colleagues have been there more than 10 years. When I first started teaching, I was put in charge of lesson plans for the [more experienced] “group” because I made the best lesson plans. For the past two years, I have been on Lesson Plan Duty”

Question 3. Do you think you were prepared to teach diverse students (economically, ethnically, language, etc.)?

THEME: PREPARED FOR DIVERSITY BUT NEEDED MORE PRACTICE

Sample statements:

“We definitely had the strategies (like a guidebook) on how to teach them but nothing compares to personal experience.”

“In music, some students have ‘put me through the ringer’ but I learned to sit down and make a plan for how to instruct the students. It was a matter of taking the time to evaluate each one. I use a combination of technology, hands-on of me performing with the students and peer study. With peer study, everybody’s mind works differently so they sometimes learn better from each other.”

Question 4. How do you think the University prepared you to create a safe learning environment in your classroom?

THEME: PREPARATION AND DESIRE TO PROVIDE SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON TRAINING AND MODELING OF PROFESSORS

Sample statement:

“Making students feel safe came from 'Y’all being sincere human beings. When we were in y’all’s presence at Grambling, you were always bright and welcoming and calm…That—in my mind—was the way a teacher was supposed to be… Also, many students come from a single-parent household with no male figure. I had to take on that role and they developed a certain amount of trust. That effort 'tore down barriers to learning’ the music when I tried to teach them”.

Question 5. In terms of aligning your teaching with state and national standards, how do you think we did in preparing you?

THEME: WE ARE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE CONTENT AND IMPORTANCE OF STANDARDS

Template for the Presentation of Evidence by Dr. Michele Brewer and Dr. Amber Vraim is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International "College of Education Office of Technology, Assessment, and Compliance: Template for the Presentation of Evidence." Copyright 2020 by Wilmington University.

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