Developmental Educators’ Summit

Summit Evaluation

Overall Summit Evaluation Results
Total participants=119 (est.)
Total number of evaluations=50

 

 (5)
Excellent		 (4)
Very Good		 (3)
Good		 (2)
Fair		 (1)
Poor

Registration/Check-In

27

13

3

0

0

Breakfast/Lunch

31

9

7

0

0

Program/Website

19

18

7

0

1

Comfort of surroundings/environment

33

13

3

0

0

Length of time for Summit appropriate

30

11

6

1

0

Length of time for Keynote presentation appropriate

27

11

3

0

0

Number of sessions appropriate

27

18

3

2

0

Topics Offered

25

20

4

2

0

Summit in general

25

20

1

0

0

Summary of results:
Overall, participants enjoyed the day.  They felt that the sessions were engaging, the topics were interesting, and the information they gleaned from the sessions was useful to them.  There were some comments that the sessions were either too long or too short.  Some participants said that they wanted more of a presentation format in the breakout sessions, with some discussion, instead of only discussion.  Some evaluators said that they would like to see more sessions offered at a time (and adding that they would like to see more than two session times) They also offered some topic suggestions, which included:

  • Using math manipulatives
  • Assessment of developmental/learning support programs
  • Integrating technology to reach today’s students
  • The psychology of learning
  • Developmental course grading
  • Handling repeaters/retention issues
  • Advising at-risk students
  • Supplemental Instruction
  • Curriculum development—specifically, what skills should be included in developmental subject area curricula

Some respondents would have liked a personalized email notification of their registration instead of getting a general notice of registration after hitting “submit” on the website registration.  Some registrants stated that they would have like to pre-register for sessions as some afternoon (subject-specific) sessions were full and others were sparsely attended.

Registrants who attended the keynote address and/or the session that Dr. Tafari facilitated had high praise for him.  Respondents stated his keynote was inspirational and they appreciated the fact he stayed and facilitated an afternoon session.

The disparity of numbers of participants responding to certain questions reflects the fact the weather was a factor in morning attendance.  A number of participants did not arrive in time to register or attend the keynote.  Likewise, some attendants attended only in the morning and left before the afternoon session.