Teacher self-evaluation questionnaire

Write YES/NO next to each statement:

Me
  1. I’m a patient person
  2. I have high standards
  3. I love working with people
  4. I think everyone can learn a language – it’s not just an innate ability that only some people have
  5. I have learnt a foreign language myself
My lessons
  1. I plan my lessons carefully
  2. I read the teachers’ book that goes with my course book and exploit the supplementary materials which form part of the course
  3. Sometimes I don’t finish the lesson I’d planned because we spend too much time just chatting
  4. My course book is my primary source of lesson material
  5. Sometimes I make my own material too
  6. My lessons always involve elements of pair or group work
  7. I understand what my students objectives are
  8. I’ve done a video lesson with most of my classes
  9. Grammar isn’t the most important component of my lessons
  10. I regularly use games and other activities in class
  11. I set homework at least once a week
  12. I often give lessons that I’m not satisfied with
My teaching style
  1. I normally use the target language when I talk to students, both inside and outside of class
  2. I try to discourage students from talking in their own language during lessons
  3. I feel my students are my friends – I take an interest in their lives, and they in mine
  4. My style of teaching has changed since last year
  5. I often give students individual feedback on their errors
  6. I always keep in mind the objectives of the whole course
  7. My students regularly borrow books from the school
  8. My students regularly borrow DVDs or videos from the school
  9. My students regularly use school or internet based software outside of lesson times
  10. I have taken each of my classes to the computer room this academic year
  11. There is a class set of dictionaries in my classroom which I have used with each group I teach
My professional experience
  1. I could improvise a grammar presentation on the board for most areas of grammar, if I had to
  2. I know enough about pronunciation to identify typical errors and give feedback
  3. I have experience of teaching a wide range of different levels.
  4. I have taught children and would do so again.
  5. I have taught exam classes.
Professional development
  1. I know observations of my classes and subsequent feedback help make me a better teacher
  2. I ALWAYS go to training sessions, unless I’m already teaching at that time
  3. My objective is to eventually obtain a further teaching qualification.

Now count the number of YES answers and click to see what your score means!

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