Deck 20: Professional Performance Assessment

Question 1

Why do the authors recommend that teachers be balanced in their self-evaluation ?

A)They should highlight both areas of strength and areas for growth.
B)They should highlight both contributions to the academic and social life of the school.
C)They should provide examples of achievements and awards.
D)They should point out which goals they did not meet and which they still need to meet.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

How can teachers prepare themselves for their performance assessment?

Answer 2

They can prepare documents that are good examples of lessons taught.

Question 3

What is the goal of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium?

Answer 3

The goal is to provide a nationally uniform set of criteria for teachers to be used by both institutions of higher education and state licensing boards.

Question 4

Which is the most commonly used source of information for teachers' performance assessment?

A)teacher portfolio
B)teacher interview.
C)classroom observation
D)student achievement

Question 5

The organization that awards national certification for experienced teachers is called the

A)National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).
B)Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC).
C)Federation for Active Teaching Excellence (FATE).
D)Teachers Energizing for Learners of our Nation (TEFLON).

Question 6

Mr.Williamson disagrees with some of the comments made by the evaluator who observed his teaching.Mr.Williamson should

A)stall for time to think over the comments before signing the evaluation.
B)seek advice from an experienced colleague before officially reacting to the evaluation.
C)calmly point out to a supervisor the specific areas of disagreement.
D)do all of these.

Question 7

Ms.Burundi updates her teaching journal weekly, assessing the effectiveness of her practices during the week.Ms.Burundi is engaging in

A)reflection-in-action.
B)reflection-on-action.
C)reflection-instead-of-action.
D)refection-of-action.

Question 8

Explain how formative and summative evaluations relate to teacher performance assessments.

Question 9

To be effective in the Danielson's domain of instruction, a teacher needs to

A)create an environment of respect.
B)demonstrate that they know the content and pedagogy of their discipline.
C)communicate clearly and use appropriate questioning techniques.
D)contribute to the school district.

Question 10

The most common method of gathering information to evaluate a teacher is through

A)competency testing.
B)students ratings of the teacher.
C)the teacher's self-evaluation.
D)classroom observation.