Evaluations

My students learned from day one that trust and integrity are a huge ordeal in my class. I let them know that I will be trusting them with video cameras. They cost money and I have to trust them to not shoot things that are inappropriate. My evaluation of students is not only if they have gotten the material I am teaching, but also the integrity that they have towards the assignments. A case in point, I have some students that are great at shooting videos and editing. A few of them will goof off and act like they are working during the assignment and then in the last moments, they will throw together a project that is better than the rest of the class. I have to explain to them that just being better than the rest of the class is not our goal. You doing the best possible work YOU can do is how you are being evaluated. I have students that take until the last second to finish their projects and sometimes they are are hard to watch, but I know they have put everything they have into it. I believe as career and technology teachers, teaching them the trust of our trade and integrity of our trade will help them in whichever career field they choose to go in. It is a life long lesson.