Evaluating Teachers (November 2005)

ORIGINAL QUESTION:

From Korelle Hendee, Rushford, MN  AYTT 2002

I am currently working at a new emerging yoga studio. The director would like to develop a way to evaluate teachers and the studio. Can anyone recommend a procedure or send me copies of evaluation forms that have worked well for you? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

ANSWERS:

From Stuart Moody, AYTT Nov '03

Below are two types of form that I have used, in numerous variations, to elicit students' feedback on their experience of our yoga classes.  One includes open-ended questions combined with a rating system.  The other has only open-ended questions, with only minimal direction offered.  Both forms have elicited rich and valuable comments, and are given out at the end of a series or of a longer workshop (3 hours or more). 

CLASS EVALUATION

You can help us shape and improve our program for the next quarter.  Please take a few minutes to respond to the questions below and on the other side, and return the form to the teacher at the end of class. Thank you!

1.  What did you like best about the class?

2.  What did you like least?

3.  What would you recommend to improve the class next time?

Please check the appropriate boxes below. (From Gyandev: It was a table with the first six lines as column headers, and the next  four as row headers. The table, unfortunately, did not come through in e-mail.)

Strongly Agree    
Moderately Agree    
Slightly Agree    
Slightly Disagree    
Moderately Disagree    
Strongly Disagree

The lessons were clear and well-organized
I learned valuable skills or information
The class held my interest
I would recommend this class to my friends

Yoga & Aging

Reflections

This class explored issues of energy, strength, flexibility, breathing and circulation, order and entropy.  Please take a couple of minutes to reflect on your experience of the class, using the prompts below to stimulate your thinking.  

I remember . . .

I learned . . .

I feel . . .

I want . . .