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CEPTC Dispositions:

Teachers exhibit dispositions required for effective teaching and professional practice

Professional Behaviors Feedback:

o Excellence in attendance 4
Total for this disposition: ____________________/4___
o Excellence in promptness
My professional behaviors are great. Attendance,
o Dresses to convey professionalism appropriate to site and content
promptness, dressing, and language are all professional.
o Understands and uses professional language in all public settings
Initiative and Dependability

o Demonstrates creativity and resourcefulness Total for this disposition: 4/6


o Seeks opportunities to further own learning
I show creativity, resourcefulness, and seek opportunity to
o Works effectively with limited supervision
grow. My indentification of problems is good, but i need
o Identifies problems and is able to prioritize, propose solutions, options and resources
to work on making solutions and responding to situations.
o Advocates for self, takes responsibility for own actions, and is responsive
o Completes responsibilities with quality, without excuses or prompting
Tact and Judgment
o Demonstrates sensitivity to others feelings and opinions while articulating own opinions, Total for this disposition: 3 /4
feelings and needs I need to work on communicating with students to keep a
o Approaches situations with an open mind positive climate. My empathy to other's feelings
o Appropriately uses verbal and nonverbal language and cues to remain positive and and my open mind are excellent.
respectful
o Perceives what to do or say in order to maintain professional relations with all stakeholders
Ethical Behavior and Integrity
o Consistently honest and worthy of trust Total for this disposition: 4 /4
o Honors confidentiality Integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness are part of who I
o Assesses information critically fact from opinion, right from wrong and responds honestly am. I model professionality well and can easily determine
and respectfully right from wrong.
o Consistently models professional standards of conduct
Collegiality and Responsiveness
o Is collaborative: willing to share resources, seek advice and work towards common goals Total for this disposition: 5/6
o Demonstrates ability to compromise and negotiate Working in teams and collaborating with others is one of
o Is respectful of all and works effectively in teams my strongest skills. I have a growth mindset and a huge
o Is open to constructive criticism part of that is being open to criticism. Effectively
o Keeps an open mind: is receptive and reflective concerning perceptions of others compromising with students is an area I need to work on.
o Proactively addresses feedback through an adjustment in performance
Effective Communicator
o Professional oral expression: expressive, articulate, respectful, effective for purpose, Total for this disposition: 3/4
appropriate to situation
Oral expression is an area I need to improve. I know
o Professional written expression: organized, clear, effective for purpose, appropriate to
what is appropriate, but need to work on effective
situation, free of grammatical errors and misspellings
expression. Utilizing technology in an appropriate way
o Demonstrates understanding of audience and purpose, body language and eye contact
is one of my strong skills.
during communication situations
o Uses digital media in a professional manner

Revised 8.3.16
Desire to Improve Own Performance
o Demonstrates a responsibility for own professional performance Total for this disposition: 3 /3
o Actively pursues new and better ways of teaching I know I have a lot of skills to improve and will
o Expresses sincere interest in personal and professional growth constantly work towards bettering myself.
Cultural Responsiveness
o Demonstrates the belief that all students can learn and are welcome in the classroom Total for this disposition: 4 /5
o Demonstrates commitment to culturally responsive teaching Differentiation is a concept I understand, but I need more
o Demonstrates the desire and ability to plan, assess, and implement instruction to address, experience putting it into practice. I believe that all
engage and nurture the learning of every student students can learn and are welcome, but engaging each
o Demonstrates a commitment to the growth and development of each student by taking into of them in class is hard.
account issues of class, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientations, language and special
needs
o Demonstrates an understanding of how families and communities impact student learning
Commitment to Profession
o Demonstrates a deep commitment to life-long learning Total for this disposition: 4 /4
o Expresses passion and enthusiasm for teaching Teaching is a profession that requires a growth mindset,
o Models democratic ideals personally and professionally passion, enthusiam, and awareness. Those are some of
o Demonstrates awareness of program policies and professional practices the reasons why I decided to teach in the first place.

Please check the box below that most closely describes the candidates overall dispositions:

Please clarify areas of Emergent Developing Proficient Accomplished


concern:
< 20 points 21-30 points 31-35 points 36-40 points
The candidates displayed The candidates displayed The candidates displayed The candidates displayed
dispositions are inconsistent to dispositions are not dispositions are consistent with dispositions are consistent with
weak. General interactions fall consistently strong and those of a successful the highest degree of
significantly short of those positive. General interactions beginning teacher. The professionalism expected of a
expected of a professional do not always meet candidates dispositions, as successful teacher. The
educator. The candidates professional expectations. The demonstrated by daily candidates dispositions, as
dispositions, as demonstrated candidates dispositions, as interactions contribute to a demonstrated by daily
by daily interactions are demonstrated by daily positive learning climate in interactions are consistently
sufficiently weak so as to call interactions could be the classroom and school. positive and productive
into questions his/her fitness to strengthened to improve the
become a successful teacher candidates ability to become
a successful teacher.

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