Developing a Validated Teacher Disposition Instrument for Teacher Preparation Programs

• In Event: Assessment

Abstract

The accreditation process can provide an indispensable opportunity for teacher preparation programs to reflect, examine, and upgrade their assessment practices, including how they evaluate candidates’ teaching dispositions. In this paper, the authors share a teacher preparation program’s step-by-step process to create a teacher disposition assessment and protocol that advances their program’s goals while meeting their new accreditor’s standards. Through careful review of the body of literature, Rasch analysis of their existing instrument, and their instrument protocol, the program was able to develop and validate a new, 6-item Teacher Disposition Instrument that evaluates their teacher candidates’ commitment to socially-just teaching, reflective practice, professional communication, enthusiasm for teaching, and respectful personal interactions.

Authors

• Michelle R. Eades-Baird, SUNY - Empire State University
  Presenting Author

• Amanda J. Wagle, Empire State College - SUNY
  Presenting Author