Final+Evaluations

//The final evaluation has been made into a [|survey] for teacher use however because of my unique situation in the CCES program many of the questions are not applicable to me.// //I have provided some brief summaries of my experiences in the Climate Clever program that will evaluate my experience of the program://

**Western **Sydney** Regional (WSR) Team**
==== As a team we have functioned well throughout the CCES program. A big part of our team working well has been the programing days taken before CCES started for the year. We used these days to program and make resources that were presented in workshops and placed on the Wiki. As well as this, our second workshop day was a good opportunity to get member of our region exposed to possible ways of running the CCES program. ====

As a group we have evaluated our role as regional support and begun planning for 2012. The continued improvement for the WSR will include more support for teachers along the process of CCES, with opportunities and encouragement to 'check in' at various points during the program. This will be done by a restructuring of the Wiki and additional VC's available for students to present their progress to other schools and members of the regional team.

**Wiki and Related Technology**
==== The Wiki is a valuable part of the CCES experience, it allows teachers to gain access to the information they need in order to implement a successful program. The up keep of this resource in the Sydney West region was a role that I took up and enjoyed, this role allowed me to gain some unique insight into the use of this resource. ====

==== Based on the surveying of our region, many teachers did not use the resources on the Wiki and 40% of the teachers involved in CCES 2012 did not make a post or add to a discussion on the Wiki. If the use of the Wiki is to be improved in our region and become a sharing space rather than a static webpage, it needs to have more elements of a digital community. Each member should be inputting their own experiences and commenting on the experiences of others as the program progresses. Toward the end of the program I started to get teachers to post their progress on a page of their own. The postings were taken up by four teachers and it is my belief that if the Wiki had this layout to start with we would see a greater interaction between teachers in the program and a synthesis of ideas within the newly formed digital community. [|Some teachers]have voiced a need for more chances at interactions between other CCES teachers and this could solve that problem. ====

==== Alternatively the Wiki could be set aside for next year and the digital sharing process could take place within a private MAANG group with attached workspaces e.g. my [|MAANG Enviro group]and workspaces. ====

**Workshops and Presentations**
==== Our regional team made a number of in-school visits to run workshops and start classes on their CCES program. We were able to offer a number of activities, which have changed as needed. This seems to be a valuable resource and depending on the class size, can often be run by one member of our team. For next year we are considering expanding this resource with more activities and offering some services by video conference. ====

Attached are some highlights from 2011 provided (via survey monkey) by some of the teachers from our region. These comments have helped shape my evaluations and our direction for 20012.