TEACHER SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF VAST...

Universal Qualities: Teachers

Learner Profiles - Universal Attitudes for Success.

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ATTITUDES

This section is focused on the key attitudes outlined in our VAST model. Please use the slider to rate your learner's capacity in each, providing a score from 1 (very low) to 10 (very high).

1. Engagement in learning - how they take ownership of their learning, doing, being and becoming.

Engagement


1: Doesn't take interest in learning anything. Has no interest.		10: Loves learning. Sees teachers as guides, helping to find pathways to learning more and more. Wants to know - and wants control over what, when, where and how they learn.

2. Creating - how they take their learning to create new ideas, innovate on old ideas, invent!

Creating


1: Not creative. Does not get good ideas. Does not invent or innovate.		10: Loves to tinker all the time. Thinks up new ideas and likes to explore ideas to see if they can innovate or design new things. Loves to create. Is a creative!.

3. Confidence - having courage and strength to tackle new things, or to expressing views.

Confidence


1: Very anxious and uncertain when approaching new learning tasks.		10: Extremely confident and ready to try new learning activities with engagement.

Openness - being open to new ideas is about being curious.

Openness


1: Knows what they know - and is doubtful when presented with new information/activities.		10: Loves having an open mind and is always ready to listen and accept other view points.

Resilience - the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Resilience


1: Feels overwhelmed when there is change, when given negative feedback, or when new things happen.		10: Thrives with change. Manages stress well. Can see difficulties as great learning opportunities.

Excellence - the intention to give of one's personal best when set a learning activity or challenge.

Excellence


1: Gives just enough - near enough is good enough.		10: Passionately commits time and attention, working with effort to give of their very best.

Patience - a capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.

Patience


1: Needs stimulation or reward immediately - cannot wait. Is really impatient and needs gratification immediately to remain interested or calm.		10: Is able to remain calm when waiting to achieve something. Does not need immediate gratification or reward. Is at ease when things are delayed.

Perseverance - the capacity to do something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success, working industriously to succeed with satisfaction stemming from the process not just the product.

Perseverance


1: Starts things but gives up quickly - especially if there is difficulty experienced.		10: Works solidly to complete a task, overcoming difficulties. Sees challenges as hurdles to overcome as part of the learning process. Thrives on challenge as they develop when they am under pressure.

Passion - the commitment to have a conviction: an intense desire or enthusiasm for something.

Passion


1: Doesn't have anything they are passionate about - nothing seems to interest them.		10: Has an intense focus and commitment to an area of interest. Feels compelled to succeed in this endeavour.

Positivity - Looks forward to the future. Has an optimistic outlook and a sunny disposition. Doesn't overthink or dwell on negative things.

Positivity


1: Feels deeply worried about things. Catastrophises. Overthinks negative thoughts and panics about how things may go wrong.		10: Is very positive. Gets over things quickly. Finds they jump enthusiastically into school because every day provides a new opportunity! Loves life!!

SKILLS

This section is focused on the key skills outlined in our VAST model. Please use the slider to rate your learner's competency in each, providing a score from 1 (very low) to 10 (very high).

Responsible Risk Taking - takes the initiative to give things a go, to fail forward, and to try something new or to build on some current understanding/achievement, even if they are not very good at it.

Responsible Risk Taking


1: Does not take risks - avoids all risks. Hates to try something at which they are not good.		10: Loves taking risks. Sees initiative as a key part of their learning growth.

Organising - using tools and strategies to maximise performance and lifts their sense of control.

Organising


1: Not organised: forgets stationery, books, times, work expectations.		10: Very organised: manages time and resources to benefit and support optimum performance.

Thinking - awareness of and utilising different thinking types: intuition (gut hunch) and logic (rational effort). Moving between convergent (drawing together ideas) and divergent (lateral, out of the box) thinking skills.

Thinking


1: Doesn't think deeply or laterally about things. Lacks effort. Doesn't have any thinking strategies.		10: Is aware of different thinking systems: intuition and gut hunches; and the effort rational thinking requires. Uses thinking strategies and graphic organisers.

Questioning - the ability to ask questions and remain curious to seek out new information, ideas, processes and strategies.

Questioning


1: Does not ask questions, and does not pay attention to questions of others.		10: Loves to ask questions - and listen to the questions of others - so they can find out more, clarify what's been said, and explore new ideas.

Practising (purposefully) - taking time to rehearse, to practice to improve by targeting areas to refine.

Practising


1: Does not like to practise.		10: Commits to practising, such as reading, completing home-learning, to train in sport or exercise. Is committed.

Communicating - presenting ideas – verbally, expressively, visually, and non-verbally. It involves listening.

Communicating


1: Does not like to communicate ideas - spoken, written, or visual representations.		10: Loves to communicate to share ideas, to listen to feedback and to sketch out big dreams using written, visual or performance formats.

Collaborating - working together to share ideas, use each others' talents, and agree on directions in order to achieve a goal.

Collaborating


1: Does not like to work with others.		10: Loves to work with other people and has great skills, ideas and talents to achieve a shared goal.

Synthesising - taking in lots of ideas and seeing how they connect and/or support new innovations.

Synthesising


1: Does not pull together different ideas.		10: Has a knack for researching ideas that can develop their innovations.

Creating - innovating or developing exciting ideas that are original and new.

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1: Considers themselves to not be creative.		10: Loves being creative and is always thinking of new ideas to explore and develop.