Nashville State Community College
Disposition Assessment
Every AST Degree candidate will undergo a Disposition Assessment. The purpose of the Disposition Assessment is to provide information about the student’s attitudes and skills that are deemed necessary to be a successful teacher.
The following are the areas that will be assessed:
Collaboration1. Candidate contributes to group/class activities that promote learning and improve relationships
2. Candidate collaborates with others to discover and/or solve problems
Communication
3. Candidate communicates effectively with others (visually, orally, written)
4. Candidate actively listens and responds appropriately to others
Scholarship
5. Candidate demonstrates enthusiasm for the discipline/subject matter
6. Candidate seeks information and engages in discussion about discipline
Respect
7. Candidate shows respect for diverse needs, interests, and talents of others
8. Candidate shows sensitivity to community and cultural norms
Responsibility
9. Candidate provides effective leadership
10. Candidate completes class requirements accurately and on time
11. Candidate accepts and carries out professional activities in timely fashion
12. Candidate accepts responsibility for own actions
13. Candidate performs appropriately under stressful conditions
Reflection
14. Candidate evaluates the effects of choices and action on self and others
15. Candidate assesses and responds constructively to suggestions
Successful passage of the disposition assessment will be measured by aggregating scores on the Disposition Assessment Form of three professional educators of the student’s choice. Once person from each of these categories will make up the review panel:
- NSCC education faculty that taught the student in one of the three education courses (EDUC 2010. EDUC2100, EDUC 2120)
- NSCC general education faculty that taught the student in one course in the general education core (English, Humanities/Fine Arts, Math, Social Science, History, Science)
- An educator from a public or private school system (grades Pre-K to 12) who has knowledge of the student
Successful passage of the disposition assessment will be measured by aggregating scores on the Disposition Assessment Form of three professional educators of the student’s choice. Once person from each of these categories will make up the review panel:
Click here to view the NSCC Disposition Assessment Form and Coverletter.