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Media-X Systems Inc. Assessing Dispositions. mVal:Professional Assessing Dispositions. Parents, teachers, educators, and researchers agree that effective teaching happens when teachers:. thoroughly know their subjects have significant teaching skills - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Media-X Systems Inc.
Assessing Dispositions
mVal:Professional Assessing Dispositions
Parents, teachers, educators, and researchers agree that effective teaching happens when teachers:• thoroughly know their subjects• have significant teaching skills• possess dispositions that foster growth and
learning in students
Leave out any one of these and learning which is essential to a productive and meaningful life will not occur.
One of the most pressing current problems in the preparation of future educators is defining and measuring the dispositions associated with educator effectiveness
That’s why we’re all here !!
• mVal:Professional is an appraisal system used by 1,000’s of school administrators to assess staff using rubrics and ‘look-fors’ (Performance
Indicators), which standardize evaluations.
• Knowing what to look for empowers evaluators to make more accurate assessments.
• Based on the research of Arthur W. Combs and the perceptual instrument described by M. Mark Wasicsko, PhD* in 2002, mVal:Professional can be used to simplify the assessment of teacher (or teacher candidate) dispositions.
* College of Education, Eastern Kentucky University
• The ‘Handbook on Teacher Evaluation’ provides:• Domains• Standards• Rubrics• Performance Indicators (Look-fors)• Portfolio guidelines• Improvement Plans
- the book would be an ideal resource for mVal:Professional
- mVal:Professional would be an ideal companion for the book
All of which are managed in mVal:Professional
• Define sets of Standards, Rubrics and Look-fors (Performance indicators)
• Create appraisals based on a set of standards
• Record observations
• Assess based on the observations
• Report
• Allow students to reflect, provide evidence, make self-assessments and maintain portfolios
mVal:Professional is used to:
• From the outset, mVal:Professional was designed to record data using a Palm PDA, although you can record the observations on paper or while having access to the Internet.
Example based on the research of M. Mark Wasicsko, PhD
Select a DomainSelect a Disposition
Evaluating Dispositions and rating lookfors is organized and simpleMany prefer to rate the lookfors first, and later decide the evaluation of the Disposition
• Portability
• Anywhere-anytime access to data
• Inconspicuous recording of observations
• SIMPLICITY
• Single button transfer of data between Palm and web
The advantages of using a handheld are:
• A single ‘Desktop’ application that is always current (updates are instantaneous for all users)
• Automated Palm updates via the web• Access to evaluations and reports from any web-
connected computing device (multi-platform)• The ability for evaluators to share and collaborate• A vehicle for students to maintain portfolios, growth
plans, reflections and peer-assessments• Dialogues between students and professors/mentors• Faculty, department, campus, state or even nation-
wide access to data
The combination of web and Palm handheld provides:
Setting yourself up on the web:
First, you create your set of assessment tools
You can customize all evaluation criteria
What follows is an example of using Dr. Comb’s research
The perceptual factor for perceptions of subject matter ( I have not added any performance indicators)
The performance indicators and perceptual factor for perceptions of people
The performance indicators and perceptual factor for perceptions of self
An assessment set for evaluating weekly reflections
What the student/teacher sees – they then create their anecdote
What the evaluator sees
The ‘Reflection’ assignmentThe respose that is evaluated
One of several reports
Student teachers can log-on and do a self-assessment, Build Improvement and Learning Plans, and maintain Portfolios:
Items in a portfolio can be linked to any standard (competency):
Learning Plans can be customized for the school/district/campus:
Here the evaluator has set the system so the student teacher cannot view the appraisal:
Customized Reporting forms can be created
Simplechecklistscan becreated
Doing an appraisal on-line:
Working with Look-fors:
The appraiser can view the self-assessment
Notes made by the student
Evaluation made by the student
Numerous reports are available
Building yourown Rubrics isextremely easy -you simply typethem in, or youcan even ‘copy-paste’ from aWord or otherdocument.
You can create as many checklists as you wish
You can customize all screen labels and scoring values
Faculty standardized forms can be automaticallyfilled in with pre-defined comments with just a click.Notice that the teacher’s name is automatically insertedto make the note personal.
Notice that the teacher’s name is automatically insertedto make the note personal. Thus all the data collected is organized to fill in the Faculty’s reporting form.
Using a Palm, you can collectthe data for the evaluationconveniently and efficiently.
Staff information with you always
You can make notes that you won’tmisplace
Evaluations are quick and simple
You can create spontaneous, informalevaluations about anything
Evaluations are quick and simple
Data from the Palm is movedto the database witha ‘hotsync’ or wirelessly.
Select the evaluation
Select the area to evaluate
Select the competency to evaluate
Evaluate …. with just a ‘tap’ on the screen
Evaluate …. with just a ‘tap’ on the screen
You can indicate evidence
And see what to ‘Look For’in making your decision.
You can make notes on any partof the appraisal
You can even enter comments automatically
Mval:Professional:
As soon as appraisals are made with a Palmthey can be transferred to the web-based databaseeither with a ‘Hotsync’ or wirelessly :
• Over a wireless network with a Tungsten ‘C’• From anywhere in the field with a Tungsten ‘W’
Informal, Spontaneous Walkthroughs
You build as many ‘Assessment Tools’ as you like, and use them whenever appropriate
Informal, Spontaneous Walkthroughs
When you add a new Walk-through, you can selected from the ‘Templates’ you have created
Informal, Spontaneous Walkthroughs
The items you built for the Walk-through can have data-entry, check boxes, drop downsand individual check lists.
Incident Reporting
• record incidents on your PDA or web• track pre-service teacher achievements• monitor pre-service teachers at risk
Rapid recording of any incidentor any excellence with regards to pre-service teachers or staff
Incident Reporting
• Staff and Mentors enter data using their PDA or Web• Drop down menus, customizable categories and descriptors facilitate quick and efficient data entry
An example of a elementary school report, but a University/College report would simply have different incident types
What an administratormonitoring the systemwould see.
Setting upa template fortracking achievementand behavior
Making a report on-line
For further information contact:Media-X Systems Inc.1-888-722-9990 [email protected]