Professional
Dispositions for Secondary and K-12 Teacher Preparation Program
Under each
of the fourteen professional dispositions, circle the one that most closely
describes your performance in General Instructional Methods and at your apprenticeship site this semester. Provide comments to support your self-evaluation, and include if appropriate goals that you set yourself to develop this area further in future.
1.
Attendance/Punctuality
- Perfect
attendance record/Always on time
- Rarely absent/generally
punctual
- Frequently absent
- Frequently late
Comments:
2. Self initiative/Independence
- Self-Starter; Identifies
needs and attends to them immediately
- Creative and resourceful;
Independently implements plans
- Has good ideas, works
effectively with limited supervision
- Passive; Depends on other
for direction, ideas, and guidance
Comments:
3.
Reliability/Dependability
- Responsible; Attends to
assigned tasks or duties on schedule without prompting
- Sometimes needs to be
reminded to attend to assigned tasks or duties
- Usually fails to complete
assigned tasks and duties
Comments:
4. Oral Expression
- Expressive, animated
- Articulate
- Inarticulate/hesitates
to express self
- Makes frequent speaking
errors
Comments:
5. Written Expression
(Please attach writing examples if available)
- Frequently and effectively
communicates with peers, instructors, advisors, parents, and/or administrators
- Organizes and clearly
expresses ideas
- Writing is often unclear
and disorganized
- Written work demonstrates
frequent misspellings and/or grammatical errors
Comments:
6. Critical Thinking
Skills
- Distinguishes between
relevant and irrelevant information, claims, or reasons in an efficient
and effective manner
- Poses probing questions
and problems once issues are identified
- Struggles with initial
analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of information
Comments:
7. Tact Judgment (with
peers and/or instructors)
- Diplomatic; Sensitive
to others’ feelings and opinions
- Perceives what to do in
order to maintain good relations with others and responds accordingly
- Limited sensitivity and
diplomacy
- Appears thoughtless, Insensitive
to others’ feelings and opinions
Comments:
8. Collegiality
- Willingly shares ideas
and materials
- Prefers being part of
a team
- Reluctant to share ideas
and materials
- Prefers to work in isolation
Comments:
9. Reflective Response
to Feedback/Supervision
- Solicits suggestions and
feedback from others
- Receptive and adjusts
performance accordingly
- Receptive but doesn’t
implement suggestions
- Defensive: Unreceptive
to feedback
Comments:
10. Interaction with
Students/Peers/Teachers/Others
- Outgoing; Actively seeks
opportunities to work with students/peers/others
- Relates easily and positively
with students/peers/others
- Shy; Hesitant to work
with students/peers/others
- Is sometimes antagonistic
towards students/peers/others
Comments:
11. Desire to Improve
Own Teaching Performance
- Continually seeks new
and better ways of teaching
- Makes some effort to improve
own teaching performance
- Makes no effort to improve
own teaching performance
Comments:
12. Commitment to the
Profession
- Appears deeply committed
to the teaching profession
- Expresses a sincere interest
and enthusiasm for teaching
- Genuine interest but lacks
enthusiasm
- Unsure of teaching as
a profession
Comments:
13. Attitudes Towards
Learners
- Seeks instructional strategies
that provide opportunities for all students to attain higher order
learning outcomes
- Believes all students
can learn
- Makes negative comments
about students’ abilities to learn
Comments:
14. Professional Ethics
and Demeanor
- Maintains
high ethical and professional standards (e.g., does not share confidential
information) [Circle one: Yes/No/Unable to Judge]
- Is
aware of program policies and professional practices and responds to
these guidelines [Circle one: Yes/No/Unable to Judge]
- Maintains
a professional appearance [Circle one: Yes/No/Unable to
Judge]
Comments: