Course Evaluation

– Earth & Environmental Science

and MYP Biology -
Miss Escoto– Spring 2020
Did Miss Escoto seem excited about the material?
Why or why not? Very much so, from the way she decorated her
room to the amount of love she has in honey
bees.

Miss Escoto always kept a smile on her face while helping us

learn the very most we could creating an environment in the
classroom to where we were excited about the subject material
as well.
Yes, because we could be learning a topic that I
really dislike, but Miss Escoto would make it very
intereting and a lot more fun to learn since she
teaches with so much energy and passion.

Miss Escoto was always Yes! I felt like she always came prepared with fun
excited about the lesson You're actually Miss Escoto always appeared very labs and even when we had to take notes she
material because she probably the most excited about the subject material incorporated fun aspects.
obviously loves biology excited and she would be teaching that day. Also,
and the subjects she interested about she would always try to incorporate a
yes, it is very clear that she is passionate about
teaches. It was obvious your subject than fun activity including the new
science (both earth/environmental and biology)
how much she loves any other teacher information, which really helped me
biology from the moment I've had. You always to remember things when it came
I stepped into her room had new time for tests and quizzes.
and saw it; and when she assignments for us
and you seemed Yes - her teaching was always very interactive,
began to teach I realized creating a more engaging and efficient learning
just how passionate she like you really loved
your job. environment for everyone.
was. Thank you.
Did Miss Escoto treat you and your
classmates in a respectful manner?
Miss Escoto tried very hard to Not only did Miss Escoto treat
forge individual relationships us with respect but she also
with her students something helped us have and show
that is rare at a big schol like respect for our classmates.
myers park.

Yes, we all always appreciate it.

Yes, she treated us like mini adults and with Yes, she was respectful and really friendly.
respect.

Yes, she was very kind and her enthusiasm was

Always!
contagious.
Yes, she was always very nice to everyone.
Did Miss Escoto encourage students to ask
questions and participate in classroom discussions?
Yes, she would tell us to never be afraid to ask question and just feel free to ask her
Yes - she always made sure the material was whenever we could.
understood by everyone and her classroom
was very encouraging of participation if
students wanted to.
She had a reward system implemented in place so then
Wether it was for a ticket or not it seems students could gain the confidence to ask questions in
someone was always answering a question
and if it was wrong they were invited to try class so then outside the classroom they could use
again.
those skills.
Yes, she had an incentive program that really
made students want to participate even more. Miss Escoto constantly encouraged us to ask questions if we had any and participate in
any classroom discussions.

Yes. We would play very interactive review

games which got everyone to talk.
 Was the teacher available for help
outside of class, if needed?
she always reaches out to me
when i need help, even if i'm too
stubborn to ask for it
Yes, she always offered to teach us outside of
normal classroom hours if we needed help and
was always willing to go the extra mile.
Yes everyday during virtual school she has us
take a survey asking if we need any help. She
always makes sure to tell us that she is always
here if we need her.
Yes, and along with hosting
tutoring classes she was there
as a friend to talk to if you
needed to get something on
your mind.
Yes - we were always able to reach her through Yes, she provided tutoring and was available
during lunch to talk.
an email or Remind message, and we could
come see her in person as well.
Miss Escoto made sure that students could
Yes , when I had few questions. I texted her on come talk for help no matter what. Even now in
remind and she replied back with all the online school she is making sure her students
can conference her individually if they are
information I needed to know. confused.
Do you think the 90 minute period was used
effectively? Did you do more than take notes? Were
there a variety of things to do in each class?
Yes, and I think she chose I do believe the 90-minute period The 90 minute period was
projects and activities that
would captivate her students.
was used effectively. Miss Escoto used the most effectively of
explained the notes and then had any other class I have been in
Even those that aren't interested
us do labs and other fun
in science.
activities. We played kahoot and
at Myers Park. There would
did quizlets, and doing all of always be several activities,
Yes, the 90 minutes were well
spent. We did much more than take
these things really helped me not just notes, such as
notes, I especially loved the labs grow as a learner. interactive games and review.
she made up for us.

Yes we did way more than take notes. The along with learning a lot and taking notes, we
Yes probably one of my most well planned almost always have some sort of game or
and productive classes overall labs and projects were always fun and
review days were a highlight for me. activity that makes the class memorable
What was your favorite activity we
did in class? Why? I enjoyed playing study musical chairs that
one day because we got to go outside and
be with everyone and could talk and just
My favorite activity was the mealworm lab making board games. i thought it was very
have fun. But not only were we having fun
because it was fun to test them out and fun, especially since i got to choose my
but we were learning in a fun way.
see if we could slow them down or speed group
them up.
My favorite activity was the astronomy lab.
Because the way she taught it to us was
My favorite activity that we did in class
I really enjoyed the review games was the review game where we ran to the very interesting and fun and due to that, I
chairs because everyone was involved feel like everyone in the class knew exactly
before tests. They were super fun, and active.
what we were doing, wich made the lab a lot
but also gave me an idea to which
more fun and easier.
topics I needed to go back and
study.
We did a really fun enzymes lab and I
My favorite activity was making a DNA model enjoyed it because we were able to
because we got to be creative and work with watch as enzymes reacted with different
When we melted the starbursts with
partners. substances.
aluminum foil and a candle .
 When you asked questions in class, were they
answered?
My questions were always answered, and after Yes, quickly and helpfully.
her explanation I fully understood what I was
asking about.

Yes, if anyone asked a question she would answer it to the best of her
ability and then ask the student if they understand it, and if they didn't
she would continue to explain.

She always tried her best to make sure she got to

Yes, and Ms.Escoto would always be everyone with their hand raised. She answered all
available to answer questions on Remind. questions asked and gave good explanations and
details.
Other than I didn't really like the
one-pagers that we had to
do at the end of each unit,
I liked being able to do

eliminating
the practice tests, that
were an option on only a
few units.
I honestly believe you gave
every student multiple,

homework and
Change layout of desks,
sometimes it was hard to ample opportunities to
see the board.
improve their grades in the
class and learn the

tests, how would materials. I believe the

I would have enjoyed
more freedom in the
class, like not having a class provided some of the
specified amount of
best chances to improve

you improve this

bathroom passes
yourself as a learner that it
does not need improving.

class?
Maybe increasing
the amount of
hands-on activities,
those are always
how I learned best.