Candidate Self-Assessment Form: Nam E: Dat e

Candidate Self-Assessment Form
Nam
e:
Elizabeth Footit
Dat
e:
08/30/2015
Directions: Independently, reflect on your performance in each dimension of an element.

Use the performance descriptors from the CAP Rubric to help ground your assessment.
Authenticity is encouraged. Consider the following in rating your current level of
performance (as applicable):
Skills acquired in coursework
Experiences in pre-practicum
Targeted feedback you have received about your practice
Evidence of impact with students
Reflection on performance in Announced Observation #1
I.A.4: Well-Structured Lessons
Unsatisfactory
Needs
Proficient
Improvement
I-A-4.
WellStructure
d Lessons
Develops lessons
with inappropriate
student engagement
strategies, pacing,
sequence, activities,
materials, resources,
and/or grouping for
the intended
outcome or for the
students in the class.
Quality
Scope
Consisten
cy
I-B-2.
Adjustmen
t to
Practice
Develops lessons
with only some
elements of
appropriate student
engagement
strategies, pacing,
and grouping.
Exemplary
Develops wellstructured lessons

with challenging,
measurable
objectives and
appropriate student
engagement
strategies, pacing,
sequence,
activities, materials,
resources,
technologies, and
grouping.
Develops wellstructured and highly

engaging lessons with
challenging,
measurable
objectives and
appropriate student
engagement
strategies, pacing,
technologies, and
grouping to attend to
every students
needs. Is able to
model this element.
x
x
x
Unsatisfacto
ry
Makes few
adjustments to
practice based
on formal and
informal
assessments.
I.B.2: Adjustment to Practice

Needs
Proficient
Improvement
May organize and
analyze some
assessment results
but only occasionally
adjusts practice or
modifies future
instruction based on
the findings.
Organizes and
analyzes results from
a variety of
assessments to
determine progress
toward intended
outcomes and uses
these findings to
adjust practice and
identify and/or
implement
appropriate
differentiated
interventions and
Exemplary
Organizes and analyzes
results from a
comprehensive system of
assessments to determine
progress toward intended
outcomes and frequently
uses these findings to
adjust practice and
identify and/or implement
appropriate differentiated
interventions and
enhancements for
individuals and groups of
students and appropriate
enhancements for
students.
modifications of lessons
and units. Is able to
model this element.
Quality
Scope
Consistenc
y
x
x
Dimensions of Readiness: Quality: ability to perform the skill, action or behavior; Consistency:
the frequency (e.g., all the time, sometimes, once) that the skill, action or behavior is demonstrated
with quality; Scope: the scale of impact (e.g., one student, subset of children, all students) to
which the skill, action or behavior is demonstrated with quality
II.A.3: Meeting Diverse Needs

Needs
Unsatisfactory
Proficient
Improvement
II-A-3.
Meeting
Diverse
Needs
Quality
Scope
Consiste
ncy
Uses limited
and/or
inappropriate
practices to
accommodate
differences.
May use some

appropriate
practices to
accommodate
differences, but fails
to address an
adequate range of
differences.
x
x
x
Uses appropriate
practices, including
tiered instruction and
scaffolds, to
accommodate
differences in
learning styles,
needs, interests, and
levels of readiness,
including those of
students with
disabilities and
English learners.
Exemplary
Uses a varied
repertoire of
practices to create
structured
opportunities for
each student to meet
or exceed state
standards/local
curriculum and
behavioral
expectations. Is able
to model this
element.
II.B.1: Safe Learning Environment

Needs
Unsatisfactory
Proficient
Improvement
II-B-1.
Safe
Learning
Environm
ent
Quality
Scope
Consisten
cy
Maintains a physical
environment that is
unsafe or does not
support student
learning. Uses
inappropriate or
ineffective rituals,
routines, and/or
responses to
reinforce positive
behavior or respond
to behaviors that
interfere with
students learning.
May create and

maintain a safe
physical
environment but
inconsistently
maintains rituals,
routines, and
responses needed
to prevent and/or
stop behaviors that
interfere with all
students learning.
Uses rituals,
routines, and
appropriate
responses that
create and maintain
a safe physical and
intellectual
environment where
students take
academic risks and
most behaviors that
interfere with
learning are
prevented.
Exemplary
Uses rituals,
routines, and
proactive responses
that create and
maintain a safe
physical and
intellectual
environment where
students take
academic risks and
play an active role
individually and
collectivelyin
preventing
behaviors that
interfere with
learning. Is able to
model this element.
x
x
x
II.D.2: High Expectations

Needs
Unsatisfactory
Proficient
Improvement
II-D-2.
High
Expectatio
ns
Gives up on some
students or
communicates that
some cannot
master challenging
material.
May tell students

that the subject or
assignment is
challenging and
that they need to
work hard but does
little to counteract
student
misconceptions
about innate ability.
Effectively models
and reinforces ways
that students can
master challenging
material through
effective effort,
rather than having
to depend on innate
ability.
x
x
Scope
Consisten
cy
IV.A.1: Reflective Practice

Needs
Unsatisfactory
Proficient
Improvement
Quality
Scope
Consisten
cy
Effectively models
and reinforces ways
that students can
consistently master
challenging material
through effective
effort. Successfully
challenges
students
misconceptions
about innate ability.
Is able to model this
element.
Quality
IV-A-1.
Reflective
Practice
Exemplary
Demonstrates
limited reflection on
practice and/or use
of insights gained to
improve practice.
May reflect on the

effectiveness of
lessons/ units and
interactions with
students but not
with colleagues
and/or rarely uses
insights to improve
practice.
x
x
x
Regularly reflects on
the effectiveness of
lessons, units, and
interactions with
students, both
individually and with
colleagues, and
uses insights gained
to improve practice
and student
learning.
Exemplary
Regularly reflects on
the effectiveness of
lessons, units, and
interactions with
students, both
individually and with
colleagues; and
uses and shares
with colleagues,
insights gained to
improve practice
and student
learning. Is able to
model this element.
Candidate Self-Assessment: Summary Sheet

Name:
Elizabeth Footit
Date:
08/30/2015
Directions: In the table below, please record the rating for each element. Use the
following key: Exemplary (E), Proficient (P), Needs Improvement (NI), Unsatisfactory
(U)
Self-Assessment Summary
Element
Quality
Consistency
NI
NI
1.A.4: Well-Structured Lessons
P
NI
1.B.2: Adjustment to Practice
U
NI
2.A.3: Meeting Diverse Needs
NI
NI
2.B.1: Safe Learning Environment
P
NI
2.D.2: High Expectations
NI
NI
4.A.1: Reflective Practice
Scope
NI
NI
NI
NI
NI
NI
Based on your Self-Assessment, briefly summarize your areas of strength and highpriority areas for growth.
Area(s) of Strength
-
I create well-structured,
detailed, and creative lesson
plans.
I assess a lesson and the
understanding of my students
and am able to adjust to
situations in order to reach the
needs of the class.
I am comfortable in front of a
classroom.
I hold myself and my students
to the highest of standards.
Area(s) for Growth

-
Consistently being aware of all

the diverse needs of students
and making it a goal to reach
them.
Creating a safe learning
environment where students
can reach their fullest potential,
Evidence/Rationale
-
Sample lesson plans

Observation notes highlighting my
modifications to lessons and
journals
Comments on student work
Evidence/Rationale
-
Journals
Observational notes
Post-observation conferences
Element/Dimensi
on
-
Well-structured
lesson plans
Adjustment to
Practice
High
Expectations
Element/Dimensi
on
-
Meeting Diverse
needs
Safe Learning
expectations
Consistency and
scope
and I can fairly and respectfully

manage classroom behaviors.
Focusing on the consistency of
my practices, management,
and expectations.
Please share your Self-Assessment Summary as well as the Goal Setting & Plan
Development Forms with your Program Supervisor and Supervising Practitioner at
least three days in advance of the initial Three-Way Meeting, or earlier upon
request.

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Directions: Independently, reflect on your performance in each dimension of an element.

Develops wellstructured lessons

Develops wellstructured and highly

I.B.2: Adjustment to Practice

II.A.3: Meeting Diverse Needs

May use some

II.B.1: Safe Learning Environment

May create and

II.D.2: High Expectations

May tell students

IV.A.1: Reflective Practice

May reflect on the

Candidate Self-Assessment: Summary Sheet

Area(s) for Growth

Consistently being aware of all

Sample lesson plans

and I can fairly and respectfully

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