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    Incorporating student voice and feedback to improve evaluation

    By Katy Myers
    June 2025
    Students have powerful but underutilized perspectives on the impact of educators’ professional learning. When students are directly engaged in providing feedback, they can offer unique insights into how professional learning translates into classroom practice and affects their learning experience. Incorporating student feedback also helps educators refine their approaches to meet the needs of their learners better. For example, at our school, Rufino Mendoza Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, feedback was collected through Google Forms surveys from students, teachers, and parents. Student responses highlighted a desire for more collaboration and creativity in lessons. In response, we implemented professional learning focused on cooperative learning strategies and hands-on STEM activities. After three months, follow-up surveys showed a 30% increase in student engagement. Teachers also reported higher levels

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    Katy Myers is the principal of Rufino Mendoza Elementary in Fort Worth ISD. She is a doctoral student at Texas Christian University, researching compassionate leadership and teacher retention in turnaround schools. Katy is passionate about cultivating campus culture and developing people-centered systems for sustainable change and student success.


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