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Mentor Teacher Ms. Ales and Mrs. Dent School HES and HMS
Please evaluate yourself in the following areas. I encourage you to be as honest as possible and provide comments to
support your score. Please rate yourself on a scale of 1-4 (4 being WOW!!). Please give feedback whenever possible.
Criteria Rating
Attitude 1 2 3 4
Enthusiasm Comments:
Sense of humor, warm, friendly.
Always had a good attitude
Responsibility 1 2 3 4
Punctuality, dependability, consistency, Comments:
trustworthiness, reliability.
Contacts cooperating teacher when absent Was always there and when I was absent I contacted them a day prior
saying I was not able to come.
Demonstrates Initiative 1 2 3 4
Completes/begins tasks without prompting Comments:
Asks for additional thigs to do
Always willing to do anything and I know what my tasks were.
Professionalism 1 2 3 4
Appropriate attire for classroom Comments:
Displays behavior consistent with professional
standards Always dressed the part and always had a positive attitude when I
Contributes to the overall quality of the walked into the classrooms.
school/classroom
Participation 1 2 3 4
Participates fully in classroom activities Comments:
Spends extra time when necessary
I always stayed until the students left and was always engaged in
the lesson.
Teaching/Presentation Skills 1 2 3 4
Confidence in front of students Comments:
Communicates instructions effectively
I loved being in front of the students and teaching. I was never
nervous and always felt comfortable.
Responsiveness 1 2 3 4
Responds to situations in the classroom Comments:
Responds to student’s questions - respectful,
Was always willing to help the students even when I didn’t know
positive, and helpful.
much on the topic.
Classroom Management 1 2 3 4
Can handle working with small groups Comments:
Keeps students on task
I am able to control a small group and keep them on task and I
Attends to problems quickly
Respectful to students when guiding behavior
help them whenever they need help.
I would give myself an A+ because I am always willing to do whatever my teachers wanted me to do. I always had a positive
attitude and was willing to help anyone even if I did not know the answer to that question.
2. Describe a personal characteristic you possess that you need to improve upon to be more effective
in the classroom.
One thing that I need to work on in general is more patience. I have patience but I think that it is one thing
that I need to improve on. I think with working on it, that it would make a classroom more friendly
and better altogether.
3. Describe three (3) things that you learned from your mentor teacher this semester.
I learned how to control outburst, how to keep everyone on task, and how to create lessons so students
can learn as much as possible.