Professional Disposition Qualities (PDQ) Categories Unacceptable (1) Approaching (2) Target (3) Recommendations/ Commendations 1. Professional Appearance ☐Inconsistently meets the school dress code ☐Generally meets the school dress code and maintains professional appearance ☐Consistently meets the school dress code and maintains professional appearance 2. Attendance ☐Chronic absence/excessive tardiness; or absence(s) without prior notice ☐ Generally punctual with no absences without prior notice ☐Consistently meets expectations for attendance and punctuality. Any absence is approved in advance. 3.Professional Responsibility ☐Cannot be consistently counted upon to meet deadlines or keep professional commitments to colleagues and students ☐Generally meets deadlines and keeps professional commitments to colleagues and students ☐Consistently meets deadlines, keeps professional commitments to colleagues and students 4. Ethical Behavior ☐Speaks without regard for tact and/or confidentiality; has difficulty maintaining professional boundaries ☐Generally demonstrates tactfulness and/or confidentiality; generally maintains professional boundaries ☐Consistently demonstrates tactfulness and/or confidentiality; maintains professional boundaries 5. Response to Feedback ☐Asks only procedural questions; shows resistance to critique and input regarding performance ☐Asks questions that are both procedural and reflective; accepts critique and input regarding performance in a generally positive manner; generally acts upon feedback when prompted ☐Asks questions that are both procedural and reflective; invites critique and input regarding performance in a positive manner and acts upon that feedback within his/her practice 6. Reflective Practitioner ☐Does not take responsibility with integrity; blames others ☐Self-evaluates and makes small changes that are generally procedural ☐Self-evaluates in a realistic way; makes thoughtful changes upon reflection; views teaching as a learning process 7. Collaboration ☐Avoids professional collaboration and/or detracts from a collaborative culture; gossips about colleagues; and/or tends to be openly critical of others ☐Works with others in a positive way; contributes to group success; minimizes gossip; generally willing to grow ☐Strong group participant; works with others receiving input and contributing to group success; is loyal to those who are not present; embraces growth
8. Professional Initiative ☐Does the minimum required work at the prompting of supervisors; lacks initiative or resists various endeavors ☐Generally demonstrates initiative and enthusiasm for various endeavors ☐Demonstrates initiative; is enthusiastic about a variety of endeavors 9. Respect for Diversity ☐Demonstrates lack of respect for diversity of colleagues and students ☐ Respects diversity of colleagues and students ☐ Respects diversity of colleagues and students and models culturally responsive interactions with others 10. Student Engagement ☐Presumes that most learners can learn and be successful ☐Expects all learners to learn and be successful, including those from diverse backgrounds and with exceptional learning needs ☐Expects and promotes opportunities for all learners to be successful, including those from diverse backgrounds and with exceptional learning needs 11. Communication Skills ☐Frequently uses inappropriate language; poor use of conventions, spelling and grammar; written work does not follow professional syntax ☐Generally speaks appropriately for the given situation and uses conventions correctly including grammar and syntax ☐Speaks appropriately as a professional role model; consistently edits work for correct conventions, construction and grammar 12. Portrays Professional Competence and Confidence ☐Inconsistently conveys confidence and competence when interacting with learners, peers, and/or colleagues in a large group situation ☐Conveys confidence and competence when interacting with learners, peers, and/or colleagues in a large group situations ☐Conveys a high level of confidence and competence when interacting with learners, peers, and colleagues in small and large group situations Total _______________ + _______________ + = /36 Teacher Candidate Signature and Date: _________________________________________________________ Evaluator Signature and Date: _________________________________________________________________