Standards and Quality Indicators Webmap The Missouri Educator Evaluation System contains thirty-six Quality Indicators across nine standards. In the Clinical Experience, each of the nine standards will receive one representative indicators are included for each standard. Thus, thirteen of the thirty-six Quality Indicators have been selected for assessing the performance of the Teacher Candidate. While all thirty-six Quality Indicators are important and addressed throughout the preparation process, these thirteen in particular (shown in blue) are an indication of the readiness of a Teacher Candidate for his/her first year of teaching. The Teacher Candidate is assessed on each of the nine standards with language specific to these thirteen indicators by the Ed Prep Supervisor and the Cooperating Teacher. The forms included in this process are explained to provide further detail on how this assessment occurs. Teacher Candidate Assessment Tool The (TCAT) is a specifically designed evaluation tool used to assess Teacher Candidate Assessment Tool Teacher Candidates, both formatively and summatively, throughout the culminating semester. The nine focus standards were selected from the Missouri Teacher Standards to evaluate Teacher Candidates similarly to the principal evaluations of first-year teachers. Formative evaluations using the TCAT provide opportunities for the Teacher Candidate to analyze their growth on a single standard over time. This promotes reflection, as well as conferencing and goal-setting with evaluators. Use of the Teacher Candidate Assessment Tool is optional, as EPPs may use their own electronic system to gather this data. When adjusting the format to meet each EPP’s individual needs, it is essential that the language of the standards, quality indicators, and descriptors remain unchanged to ensure consistency across the state.
Standards and Quality Indicators Webmap The Missouri Educator Evaluation System contains thirty-six Quality Indicators across nine standards. In the Clinical Experience, each of the nine standards will receive one representative indicators are included for each standard. Thus, thirteen of the thirty-six Quality Indicators have been selected for assessing the performance of the Teacher Candidate. While all thirty-six Quality Indicators are important and addressed throughout the preparation process, these thirteen in particular (shown in blue) are an indication of the readiness of a Teacher Candidate for his/her first year of teaching. The Teacher Candidate is assessed on each of the nine standards with language specific to these thirteen indicators by the Ed Prep Supervisor and the Cooperating Teacher. The forms included in this process are explained to provide further detail on how this assessment occurs. Teacher Candidate Assessment Tool The Teacher Candidate Assessment Tool (TCAT) is a specifically designed evaluation tool used to assess Teacher Candidates, both formatively and summatively, throughout the culminating semester. The nine focus standards were selected from the Missouri Teacher Standards to evaluate Teacher Candidates similarly to the principal evaluations of first-year teachers. Formative evaluations using the TCAT provide opportunities for the Teacher Candidate to analyze their growth on a single standard over time. This promotes reflection, as well as conferencing and goal-setting with evaluators. Use of the Teacher Candidate Assessment Tool is optional, as EPPs may use their own electronic system to gather this data. When adjusting the format to meet each EPP’s individual needs, it is essential that the language of the standards, quality indicators, and descriptors remain unchanged to ensure consistency across the state.