I know teaching at the end of the school year can be crazy at times…it seems as if teachers are given more and more to do with less and less time.

For this reason it is easy for us teachers to set our sights on our upcoming extended vacation and try to just cruise right on into summer, but it is much more important for us teachers to take some time to reflect on this past school year.

A couple of weeks ago I posted an article that my principal sent to her teaching staff…If you have not read the article you can do so here: http://teaching-tips-machine.com/blog/?p=34

While the article had many end of the year tips for teachers, the one that stood out the most for me was…Decide how you are going to be a 10% better teacher next year.

Since next week is the last week of school for Manatee County teachers I decided I am going to give my students a teacher evaluation form for them to fill out…

Yes, I am going to have the students evaluate the teacher. It will be anonymous and will have roughly 20 questions with space at the end to add more comments. Similar to something you may fill out for your professor at the end of a college course.

I will then use the information provided by my students to make myself a better teacher next year!

I’ll let you know how it goes

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If you’d like to discuss this some more or see what others have to say about this idea visit this thread on the Teaching Tips Machine Forum:

http://www.teaching-tips-machine.com/forum/index.php?topic=205.0
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