Educator Disposition Assessment

Name:___________________________________________________________________Date:_________________________

Evaluator:______________________________________________________________________________________________

Directions: Please use the following numbers to rate the individual on each disposition based on the following scale by
marking the corresponding number in the cell. Please note that italicized constructs are further explained in the
technical manual. Indicators for each disposition are found in the cells. Scores for each of the nine dispositions will be
averaged to calculate an overall composite score. Lastly, please add comments to support ratings as needed.

0-Needs Improvement: minimal evidence of understanding and commitment to the disposition

1-Developing: some evidence of understanding and commitment to the disposition
2-Meets Expectations: considerable evidence of understanding and commitment to the disposition

Disposition Associated Indicators

1. Demonstrates Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
Effective Oral 0 1 2
Communication
Skills

□ Does not consistently □ Demonstrates professional □ Demonstrates strong

demonstrate oral communication skills professional oral
professional oral as evidenced by using communication skills as
communication skills as appropriate language, evidenced by using
evidenced by making grammar, and word appropriate language,
major errors in choice for the learning grammar, and word
language, grammar, environment, yet makes choice for the learning
and word choice some common and environment
noticeable errors
□ Does not vary oral □ Strives to vary oral □ Varies oral
communication to communication as communication as
motivate students as evidenced of some evidenced by
evidenced by students demonstrating a encouraging
monotone voice with lack of participation participatory behaviors
visible lack of student
participation
□ Choice of vocabulary is □ Occasionally uses □ Communicates at an
either too difficult or vocabulary that is either age appropriate level as
too simplistic too difficult or too simplistic evidenced by explaining
content specific
vocabulary

Disposition Associated Indicators

2. Demonstrates Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
Effective Written 0 1 2
Communication
Skills

□ Communicates in tones □ Communicates respectfully □ Communicates

that are harsh or and positively but with some respectfully and positively
negative as evidenced detectable negative with all stakeholders as
by fostering negative undertones, evidenced by evidenced by fostering
responses unproductive responses conventional responses
□ Demonstrates major □ Demonstrates common □ Demonstrates precise
spelling and grammar errors in spelling and spelling and grammar
errors or demonstrates grammar
frequent common
mistakes

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 Disposition Associated Indicators
3. Demonstrates Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
professionalism 0 1 2
Danielson: 4f;
InTASC: 9(o)

□ Does not respond to □ Delayed response to □ Responds promptly to

communications and communications and late communications and
does not submit all submission of assignments submits all assignments
assignments

□ Fails to exhibit □ Not consistently punctual □ Consistently exhibits

punctuality and/or and/or has absences punctuality and
attendance attendance
□ Crosses major □ Crosses minor boundaries of □ Maintains professional
boundaries of ethical ethical standards of practice boundaries of ethical
standards of practice standards of practice
□ Divulges inappropriate □ Occasionally divulges □ Keeps inappropriate
personal life issues at inappropriate personal life personal life issues out of
the issues into the classroom/workplace
classroom/workplace classroom/workplace, but
as evidenced by this is kept to a minimum
uncomfortable
responses from others
□ Functions as a group □ Functions as a collaborative □ Functions as a
member with no group member as evidenced collaborative group
participation by minimal levels of member as evidenced by
participation towards high levels of
productive outcomes or participation towards
monopolizes conversation productive outcomes

Disposition Associated Indicators

4. Demonstrates a Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
positive and 0 1 2
enthusiastic
attitude
Marzano: 29

□ Often complains when □ Seeks solutions to problems □ Actively seeks solutions to

encountering problems with prompting problems without
and rarely offers prompting or complaining
solutions

□ Resists change and □ May tentatively try □ Tries new ideas/activities

appears offended new ideas/activities that are that are suggested
when suggestions are suggested yet is often
made to try new unsure of how to proceed
ideas/activities

□ Demonstrates a □ Overlooks opportunities to □ Demonstrates an

flattened affect as demonstrate positive affect appropriately positive
evidenced by lack of affect with students as
expressive gestures and evidenced by verbal and
vocal expressions non-verbal cues

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Disposition Associated Indicators
5. Demonstrates Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
preparedness in 0 1 2
teaching and
learning
Danielson: 1e, 3e,
4a; InTASC: 3(p)

□ Rejects constructive □ Somewhat resistant to □ Accepts constructive

feedback as constructive feedback as feedback as evidenced
evidenced by no evidenced by a lack of by implementation of
implementation of follow through on some feedback as needed
feedback suggestions
□ Possesses an □ Reflection contains □ Learns and adjusts from
inaccurate perception inaccuracies as evidenced experience and reflection
of teaching/learning by needing assistance for as evidenced by
effectiveness as corrective measures of improvements in
evidenced by limited improvement performance
concept of how to
improve
□ Comes to class □ Comes to class with some □ Comes to class planned
unplanned and without plans and most needed and with all needed
needed materials materials materials
□ Does not have □ Aware that lesson is not □ Alters lessons in progress
awareness to alter working but does not know when needed as
lessons in progress as how to alter plans to adjust evidenced by ability to
evidenced by change plan mid-lesson
activating no changes to overcome the deficits
when needed

Disposition Associated Indicators

6. Exhibits an Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
appreciation of 0 1 2
and value for
cultural and
academic diversity
Danielson: 1b, 2a,
2b; Marzano: 36,
39; InTASC: 2(m),
2(n), 2(o), 3(o),
9(m), 10(q)

□ Demonstrates □ Goes through the expected □ Embraces all diversities as

inequitable and superficial motions to evidenced by
embracement of all embrace all diversities implementing inclusive
diversities activities and behaviors
with goals of
transcendence
□ Is challenged to create a □ Strives to build a safe □ Creates a safe classroom
safe classroom as classroom with zero with zero tolerance of
evidenced by ignoring tolerance of negative negativity to others as
negative behaviors by behaviors towards others but evidenced by correcting
students needs further development in negative student
accomplishing this task behaviors

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7. Collaborates Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
effectively with 0 1 2
stakeholders
Danielson: 4c, 4d;
Marzano: 55, 56;
InTASC: 1(k), 3(n),
3(q), 7(o)

□ Is inflexible, as □ Demonstrates some flexibility □ Demonstrates flexibility as

evidenced by inability evidenced by providing
to work well with others considered responses
and does not accept and accepts majority
majority consensus consensus
□ Tone exhibits a general □ Maintains a respectful tone in □ Maintains a respectful
lack of respect for others most circumstances but is not tone at all times, even
as evidenced by consistent during dissent as
interruptions and talking evidenced by not
over others interrupting or talking over
others
□ Rarely collaborates or □ Shares teaching strategies as □ Proactively shares
shares strategies and evidenced by some effort teaching strategies as
ideas even when towards collaboration evidenced by productive
prompted collaboration

Disposition Associated Indicators

8. Demonstrates self- Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
regulated learner 0 1 2
behaviors/takes
initiative
Danielson: 4e;
Marzano: 57; InTASC:
9(l), 9(n), 10(r), 10(t)

□ Is unable to self- □ Is beginning to recognize □ Recognizes own

correct own own weaknesses and asks for weaknesses as evidenced
weaknesses as support making some effort by seeking solutions
evidenced by not to become involved in before asking for support
asking for support or professional growth
overuse of requests
for support
□ Does not conduct □ Level of research needs □ Researches and
appropriate research further development to implements most
to guide the acquire fully and integrate effective teaching styles
implementation of resources leading to as evidenced by citing
effective teaching as implementing different and works submitted
evidenced by a lack effective teaching styles
of citations in work

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Disposition Associated Indicators
9. Exhibits the Needs Improvement Developing Meets Expectations
social and 0 1 2
emotional
intelligence to
promote personal
and educational
goals/stability
Marzano: 37, 38

□ Demonstrates immaturity □ Demonstrates level of □ Demonstrates

and lack of self- maturity to self–regulate after appropriate maturity and
regulation as evidenced initial response is one of self-regulation as
by overreacting to overreaction to sensitive evidenced by remaining
sensitive issues issues calm when discussing
sensitive issues
□ Does not demonstrate □ Demonstrates perseverance □ Demonstrates
perseverance and and resilience (grit) most of perseverance and
resilience (grit) as the time resilience (grit) as
evidenced by giving up evidenced by tenacious
easily and determined ability to
persist through tough
situations
□ Demonstrates insensitivity □ Demonstrates sensitivity to □ Demonstrates sensitivity to
to feelings of others as feelings of others most of the feelings of others as
evidenced by a lack of time evidenced by
compassion and compassionate and
empathetic social empathetic social
awareness awareness

AVERAGE COMPOSITE SCORE ACROSS NINE DISPOSITIONS:

COMMENTS:

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