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Project Assessment



Fall Survey The fall survey showed that many of the teachers contacted parents by phone. This was more for individual student concerns than for general information. Also noted is that I have 7 teachers at the two colony schools and that they do not have any internet access and neither do their parents. This is number is reflected in many of the quesitons. We should have included a place in the survey to indicate if they were a secondary teacher, colony teacher or elementary teacher. Question #4 shows that the teachers stated that they did not have email address. In checking the emergency contact forms I found that the majority of parents had email addresses listed. So I assisted teahcers in compiling that information so that distribution lists could be made.

Several of the teachers used the notification of read receipt to make sure the parents received the newsletter. If they did not receive a notification they contacted the parents by phone. One teacher decided to send the midterm grade reports home by email. She stated that this did not take her any more time and several students commented that their parents discussed the grades with them and had not done that before ( grades were not low and were determined not to be a factor). She is planning on continuing this practice. Teachers also commented that this was a "green" way to communicate. For the first time in several years the upper elementary students hosted a science fair, one of the teachers is sending a survey home by email to receive feedback on the science fair from parents. She is hoping to collect data on such areas as if it was worthwhile, if enough work time was given to work on project, and if directions were clear. Feedback from parents on the increased communication was positive and several teachers reported that parents would reply to the newsletter with comments and questions. Two teachers also began sending newslettes twice a month.

Spring Survey Results We saw an increase in the electronic use of communicating with parents. The survey does not reflect that the colony teachers improved their content in the parent information sent home to make the calendars and letters more parent firendly. Teachers liked the email for sending general information. We discussed that parents may check email more frequently if they know the school is sending information home and if students work was used.