DREXEL UNIVERSITY School of Education Student Teacher Self-Evaluation Form Student Teacher: Tara Prunty Cooperating Teacher: uill Fogarty Site Director: Emile George. Midterm: _X__ Final: Directions: The purpose of this form is to assist the Student Teacher in evaluating one’s growth at the midterm and final points of the student teaching experience. Each candidate is asked to ‘complete the form and share hisher results with both the University Supervisor and the Cooperating Teacher. Please use the following rating scale: [Distinguished [Proficient D P [Basic B |Unsatisfactory [U [ ayer Domain 1: Planning & Preparation Throughout my planning and preparation, | am able to demonstrate my knowledge of the content and pedagogy. Additionally, throughout creating my lessons, | am able to set appropriate instructional outcomes for all students to ensure healthy growth and development. Furthermore, | am able to demonstrate my knowledge of the students by creating equitable lessons by incorporating diverse resources. Also, throughout my planning and preparation, | have had the opportunity to be able to design coherent instruction that allows students to explore, discover, and investigate. ‘One area of improvement is to create more effective student assessments that allow me to observe individual growth and student Progress. Domain 2: The Classroom Environment Within my field placement classroom, [have been able to help create an environment of respect and rapport with the students and my mentor teacher. Furthermore, we (my mentor teacher and |) have been able to establish a culture for learning and ‘education. We are also able to practice effective classroom management and allow students to participate in and promote appropriate classroom procedures and student behavior. Within the classroom, my mentor teacher and I have also been able to create and organize the physicalspace to motivate and maximize learning for all students. Domain 3: Instruction When delivering instruction, 1am able to effectively communicate with students to engage them in learning and discussion. Throughout delivering my lessons, | am also able to be flexible and responsive to the students’ diverse needs. As | know lessons do not always go as planned and may need to be improvised on the spot depending on the student's engagement and ‘comprehension One area of improvement for me in this domain is to use more diverse questioning and discussion techniques. Throughout many lessons, I focus on basic levels of thinking. However, I want students to participate in more higher-level thinking questions to promote deeper ‘comprehension. Another area of improvement for this domain is to include more assessments throughout instruction to observe progress monitoring and keep lessons reflective of the Responsibilities students. When focusing on my professional One area of responsibilities, | am able to effectively reflect on | improvement | my teaching by asking reflective questions at the end of each lesson to ensure student growth and development. Additionally, throughout my time at the field placement school, | have been able to ‘communicate with the students’ families through Back-to-School Night and everyday Pick-Up since our school is in a walking district. | have also been able to participate in the professional community by attending meetings, trainings, and school events. Furthermore, by participating in these meetings, trainings, and school events, | have been able to continue to grow and develop professionally. could work on for this domain is to maintain accurate records of the students’ growth and learning. As of right now, my mentor teacher and | are keeping records of certain assessments but it would be nice to keep classwork and homework asT wellto create a | better | representation of | the students’ | i | development, Areas within the Four Domains where | have demonstrated improvement + Domain 1: Planning and Preparation ‘ + Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities Areas within the Four Domains where | hope to demonstrate improvement: * Domain 3: Instruction MIDTERM: (please complete at mid-term only) Two short-term professional goals | have set for mysolf include (goals you hope to accomplish in the next six weeks): * One short-term professional goal that | have set for myself is to include higher-order thinking questions within my lessons to encourage greater thinking from students. I want students to understand the purpose of what, why, and how they are learning so it beneficial to them now and in the future + Another short-term professional goal that | set for myself is to include more quick assessments throughout my lessons to ensure reflective growth. Implementing assessments within the lessons will allow me to understand if students are understanding the lesson and if | may need to adjust my lessons for any specific students’ needs. in general, | want to ensure that my lessons are equitable and responsive to all the diverse students and their development. FINAL: (please complete at final only) One or {wo long-term professional goals | have set for myself include (something you want to improve within your first year of teaching): Signatures Required Below Student Teacher: Ton Proty f = University Supervisor: 7372 ify Cooperating Teachers + Poose Seam to signad wba to you course nrc,