Post-Seminar Evaluation

Post-Seminar Evaluation Form

Thank you for joining us on the recent study seminar. We hope you had a meaningful and enriching experience. As we continuously strive to improve our programs, we kindly request your feedback by completing the post-study seminar evaluation form. Your input is essential in helping us assess the effectiveness of the seminar, identify areas for improvement, and ensure that future participants have the best possible experience. Your responses will be kept confidential and used solely for evaluation purposes. All responses will be kept confidential. We ask for your name so we may follow up (in order to work with you to improve your experience and our programming) , but you may leave the identifying demographic fields blank if you wish to maintain anonymity.

Name(Required)

First Last

Email(Required)

Please select which Study Seminar you are evaluating(Required)

I am a(n)(Required)

Educator

Administrator

Student

Community Learner / Change Maker

Select CWB Region(Required)

Pittsburgh

Sarasota

Wheeling

Youngstown

Other

Name of the School

Grade Level

High School

Middle School

Elementary School

Type of School/District

Public

Independent

Paraochial

How long have you been a professional educator?

1-5 years

5-10 years

11 - 20 years

20 or more years

By the time of your participation in the study seminar, had you ever previously traveled outside of North America?

Yes, 1-3 times

Yes, at least 3 times

Preparation

How many preparation meetings did you attend prior to attending the study seminar?(Required)

All of them

3-4

1-2

None

How much of the printed material in the CWB Source Book did you read before your trip?(Required)

All of it

Most of it

Some of it

A little

None of it

Did the readings from our preseminar meetings and resource book provided enhance your knowledge? To what degree? Did they help prepare you for the travel segment of the program?

Before travel, did you "study up" on any background i.e. geography or history by going online or looking at materials?

Yes

Please share any of these sources you found engaging, enlightening, or helpful in understanding the subject matter or its application in an educational setting. (Additional documents may be uploaded below)

Expectations

We ask you to respond to several reflection questions in this section of the survey. We will use these responses for marketing and fundraising purposes to communicate what was learned and how it has added value for you.

What were your expectations prior to the study seminar?(Required)

Did this seminar fall short, meet, or exceed your expectations? Please explain.(Required)

Reflection

Use the following prompts to write a brief statement that we may use for marketing/fundraising purposes. 1. What did your travel experience teach you that you could never have learned in a classroom setting? 2. Reflect on some aspect of your trip that totally changed your thinking on a specific issue – and tell how or why. 3. How will your experience inspire you to be a better teacher or advocate for CWB travel seminars?

Based on your experiences, how important is it for Educators & Educational Leaders to participate in this seminar in order to more effectively implement lessons on the the Holocaust to give students a framework for understanding history, building critical and civic literacy, and making connections between historical and present-day struggles against racism, segregation and discrimination?(Required)

Based on your experiences, how important is it for Educators & Educational Leaders to participate in this seminar in order to provide participants a broader global perspective and help them to examine their role as school/community change-agents by exploring a serious, in-depth educational journey?(Required)

Throughout the program, how valuable was the collaboration among participants- Administrators, Teachers, Educational and Community Leaders ? How important is it to learn and travel with Educational and Community Leaders for this subject matter? Did it help prepare you for the post travel culminating project (ie: new curriculum/ witness in the living room?)(Required)

What are the most interesting ideas or experiences that you will take back to your students or peers? How will you implement them into your curriculum or everyday lives? Before, during, or after the trip, what inspired you to bring your experience back to the classroom or your community?

Based on your experiences, how important is it to be on site in order to more effectively teach or study the Holocaust?(Required)

How valuable was the collaboration among teachers? With students? With living witnesses of the Holocaust? With locals?(Required)

Besides curriculum development, in what ways do you envision bringing this experience to a larger audience?(Required)

Would you recommend this program to others? Why?(Required)

Please comment on the site visits you found the most impactful.(Required)

Where you would have liked more time to explore the exhibits. Were there any particular sites that weren't effective or could be improved or omitted?(Required)

Please comment on the quality of this program, the master educators, guides, leadership, staff, travel accommodations, etc.. (All responses will be kept confidential.) Do you have any suggestions for how we can better meet the specific needs of Educational Leaders?(Required)

Consent(Required)

I understand the post seminar requirements including an educator project and Witness in the Living Room event.

Final Thoughts and Additional Uploads

Please make any additional comments regarding Classrooms Without Borders or the Study Seminar here.

You may also upload a file with your thoughts and reflections.

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Please Upload any additional resources or documents you wish to share with CWB here.

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Upload your favorite photo from the seminar (might be used for marketing purposes):

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Post-Seminar Evaluation