{"id":7448,"date":"2020-03-10T23:08:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T06:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.road2ca.com\/blog\/?p=7448"},"modified":"2020-03-10T23:08:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T06:08:52","slug":"why-class-evaluations-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/10\/why-class-evaluations-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Class Evaluations Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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At Road to\nCalifornia 2020-25th<\/sup> Anniversary Show, Road offered over 200 classes,\nLectures, and Special Events. To help us get feedback on what was offered \u2013 and\nto help us plan for future quilt shows — we provide each instructor and all\nstudents with a Class Evaluation to complete before leaving the Show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road staff appreciates\nthe input it they receive from the class evaluations. All class  evaluations that are returned are read.<\/strong> Comments\nand feedback received are evaluated to see what changes need to be made for the\nfuture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Changes\nInstituted  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some of the changes Road has made from past class evaluations have included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turn on irons before class starts to\nmake sure they are working<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change the way classes are numbered for registration <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replace ironing board covers as\nneeded<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A past common\ncomplaint was that the irons were not hot enough. To address this issue, we\ntake all classroom irons back to our office and clean them after the show is\nover. Then, we test each iron to make sure they are working before boxing them\nup and storing them for next year\u2019s show. If an iron is not working, and cannot\nbe repaired, we take them out of our inventory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Suggestions We\nDon\u2019t Have Control Over<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are some issues from the class evaluations that we cannot fix, especially when they have to do with the Convention Center<\/a>. We are a contracted guest with the Convention Center and need to adhere to their rules and regulations. Still, we will let them know of the concerns we receive such as issues with the food or the temperature in the classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teacher\nRecommendations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Road to\nCalifornia prides itself for getting the best and most relevant teachers in the\nquilting and sewing worlds. The class evaluations play an important part in\nhelping us secure those types of teachers. Road\u2019s Show Assistant, Stevii\nGraves, makes a list of all the recommendations and researched those names she\nis not familiar with. Some teachers suggested might be retired,  their teaching style does not fit Road\u2019s\nteaching philosophy, or they might even have passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Future teachers that we will be bringing to Road based off class evaluations include Sue Nichols<\/a>, Paula Nadelstern<\/a> and Sue Spargo<\/a> (who will be coming in 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road to California\ntakes very seriously<\/strong> each and every class evaluation that is returned. They\nare very important as they help us plan for future events. If you were not able\nto fill out a class evaluation at Road 2020, please contact our office at info@roadtocalifornia.com<\/a> and we\nwould be happy to send one out to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to all those whose comments help make Road to California the Best in the West Quilters Conference and Showcase. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At Road to California 2020-25th Anniversary Show, Road offered over 200 classes, Lectures, and Special Events. To help us get feedback on what was offered \u2013 and to help us plan for future quilt shows — we provide each instructor and all students with a Class Evaluation to complete before leaving the Show. Road staff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7452,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7448\/revisions\/7452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}