Transcript 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 •

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
All of which are managed in mVal:Professional
- the book would be an ideal resource for mVal:Professional
- mVal:Professional would be an ideal companion for the book
mVal:Professional is used to:
• 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
• 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.
Select a Domain
Select a Disposition
Example based on the research of M. Mark Wasicsko, PhD
Evaluating Dispositions and rating lookfors is organized and simple
Many prefer to rate the lookfors first, and later decide the evaluation of the Disposition
The advantages of using a handheld are:
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Portability
Anywhere-anytime access to data
Inconspicuous recording of observations
SIMPLICITY
• Single button transfer of data between
Palm and web
The combination of web and Palm
handheld provides:
• 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 webconnected 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 nationwide access to data
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
The ‘Reflection’ assignment
The respose that is evaluated
What the evaluator sees
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:
Simple
checklists
can be
created
Customized Reporting forms can be created
Doing an appraisal on-line:
Working with Look-fors:
Notes made by the student
Evaluation made by the student
The appraiser can view the self-assessment
Numerous reports are available
Building your
own Rubrics is
extremely easy you simply type
them in, or you
can even ‘copypaste’ from a
Word or other
document.
You can create as many checklists as you wish
You can customize all screen labels and scoring values
Faculty standardized forms can be automatically
filled in with pre-defined comments with just a click.
Notice that the teacher’s name is automatically inserted
to make the note personal.
Notice that the teacher’s name is automatically inserted
to make the note personal. Thus all the data collected is organized
to fill in the Faculty’s reporting form.
Using a Palm, you can collect
the data for the evaluation
conveniently and efficiently.
Staff information with you always
Evaluations are quick and simple
You can make notes that you won’t
misplace
You can create spontaneous, informal
evaluations about anything
Evaluations are quick and simple
Data from the Palm is moved
to the database with
a ‘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 part
of the appraisal
You can even enter comments
automatically
Mval:Professional:
As soon as appraisals are made with a Palm
they can be transferred to the web-based database
either 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 downs
and individual check lists.
Incident Reporting
Rapid recording of any incident
or any excellence with regards to pre-service
teachers or staff
• record incidents on your PDA or web
• track pre-service teacher achievements
• monitor pre-service teachers at risk
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 administrator
monitoring the system
would see.
Setting up
a template for
tracking achievement
and behavior
Making a report on-line
For further information contact:
Media-X Systems Inc.
1-888-722-9990
[email protected]
www.media-x.com