COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES,
AND
EDUCATION
Department of Teaching and Learning
2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21216
Grace Hill Jacobs Room 730; (410) 951 – 3066
“Educator as Reflective Facilitator of Learning”
Revised Fall 2015 (LLL)
Disposition Assessment Form (Self-Administered)
Name: _______________________________________ Student ID #: _______________________________ Date: _________________
Program: _____________________________________ Milestone #: □ I □ II □ III
Professional dispositions are the values, beliefs, and attitudes that influence behaviors toward students, families,
colleagues, and communities (Learning Community) and which affect student learning and achievement, and
motivation; safety and successful yield within the learning environment, well-being of others, motivation, and
development, as well as the educator's own professional growth (Professional Behaviors). As such, unit faculty and
stakeholders consider sincerely held, professional dispositions ultimately lead to positive actions and patterns of
professional conduct.
Directions: Each candidate will complete the Disposition Assessment Form to measure the level to which s/he believes
that s/he demonstrates the values of the CSU dispositional measures. The candidate must present a computer processed
copy of the self-administered Disposition Assessment Form at the interview for Admission to Teacher Education and
again at the interview for Admission to Student Teaching.
Rating Scale
4= Exceeds Expectation
3=Meets Expectation
2= Needs Improvement
1= Unacceptable
I: Disposition as a Value
Candidate Contribution to Learning Community
1. Value Statement: Candidate contributes to the learning community and embraces the principle of fairness and a belief that all
students can learn. I
a. Respect learners’ differing strengths and needs and is committed to using this information to further each
learner’s development (InTASC 1)
b. Am committed to supporting learners as they participate in decision making, engage in exploration and invention,
work collaboratively and independently, and engage in purposeful learning (InTASC 3).
c. Respect learners’ diverse strengths and needs (InTASC 7).
d.
Am committed to using information on student diverse strengths and needs to plan effective instruction. (InTASC
7).
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Overall Rating for Contribution to Learning Community: □4 □3 □2 □1
Candidate Commitment to Profession
2. Value Statement: Candidate demonstrates a high regard for the profession. I
a. Am committed to exploring how the use of new and emerging technologies can support and promote student
learning (InTASC 8).
b. Take initiative to grow and develop with colleagues through interactions that enhance practice and support student
learning (InTASC 10).
c.
Actively share responsibility for shaping and supporting the mission of his/her school as one of advocacy for
learners and accountability for their success. (InTASC 10).
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3.
Value Statement: Candidate continually studies and reflects upon theory, research, policy and practice in order to improve
teaching effectiveness. I
a. Realize that content knowledge is not a fixed body of facts but is complex, culturally situated, and ever evolving.
S/he keeps abreast of new ideas and understandings in the field (InTASC 4).
b. Appreciate multiple perspectives within the discipline and facilitates learners’ critical analysis of these
perspectives (InTASC 4).
c. Value knowledge outside his/her own content area and how such knowledge enhances student learning (InTASC
5).
d. Value flexible learning environments that encourage learner exploration, discovery, and expression across
content areas (InTASC 5).
e. See self as a learner, continuously seeking opportunities to draw upon current education policy and research as
sources of analysis and reflection to improve practice (InTASC 9).
f.
Understand the expectations of the profession including codes of ethics, professional standards of practice, and
relevant law policy (InTASC 9).
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Overall Rating for Commitment to Profession: □4 □3 □2 □1
