The College of Education at the University of South Florida evaluates students’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions on a continual basis.  In the spring of 2008, an interdisciplinary committee was established to review the current internship assessment process and guide the development of a more comprehensive system to tap the various dimensions of this important component of teacher preparation.  The committee identified three critical components to target for revision:  the existing Final Internship Evaluation Instrument, current practices designed to capture teacher candidates’ Impact on K-12 Student Learning, and the continuous monitoring of Professional Commitments and Scholarly Dispositions.

NEW Final Internship Evaluation Instrument

Evaluation Reports:

Final Internship Evaluation Form Pilot Test- Click here

The Initial Teacher Preparation Exit Survey provides graduating seniors and M.A.T. program graduates an opportunity to provided feedback regarding their perceptions of various aspects of their teacher preparation programs.  Graduates are given an opportunity to assess the adequacy their program and other educational experiences that have helped in their preparation and ability to demonstrate, perform, or accomplish various activities.   Responses to this set of 43 items are provided on a five-point response scale  (with 1=weak, 2=fair, 3=satisfactory, 4=strong, and 5=outstanding).

Another set of questions asks graduates to indicate the extent to which their program and experiences served to foster a set of professional qualities and scholarly dispositions.  This set of fifteen items is presented on a five point Likert scale (with 1=Strongly Disagree, 2=Disagree, 3=Neither Agree nor Disagree, 4=Agree, and 5=Strongly Agree).  The last section examines graduates’ level of satisfaction with distinct aspects of their program.  This set of 19 items is also provided on a five-point response scale (with 1=very dissatisfied, 2=dissatisfied, 3=neither satisfied or dissatisfied, 4=satisfied, and 5=very satisfied).