scholarly journals Exploring the Personal Mastery of Educational Leaders: FieldTransFormation360 and its Validation in the Austrian Leadership Academy

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Malte Gregorzewski ◽  
Michael Schratz ◽  
Christian Wiesner
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Leadership Academy ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Transformative Power ◽  
Personal Mastery

This paper introduces the innovative model FieldTransFormation360 and its aim to help educational leaders in assessing their personal mastery. Moreover, it presents empirical findings from its first exploratory applicationin an Austrian leadership framework. In a first conceptual part, the theoretical underpinnings and the context of the origin of the model are outlined with reference to similar approaches in the area of school leadership. In the following part, the application of the model is introduced through the explanation of the methodology and how the model is turned into a self-assessment instrument. Insights into the results of its exploratoryapplication in the Austrian Leadership Academy are presented in the empirical part. Its first application serves as the consolidation and validation of FieldTransFormation360 as a meaningful self-assessment tool for the professional development of school leaders. The results of the exploratory approach with participants in the Austrian Leadership Academy suggest that the model and its instrument can be regarded as a robust assessment tool for the development of a deeper understanding about the transformative power through personal and professional development in the lived experience of educational leadership.

scholarly journals Competencies to Guide a Leadership Curriculum for Family Medicine Chief Residents

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 694-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kim Marvel ◽  
Janell Wozniak ◽  
Alex J. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Chief Resident ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Leadership Curriculum ◽  
Further Development

Background and Objectives: Chief resident leadership competencies are neither clear nor standardized. The goal of this project was to identify specific leadership skills for chief residents and to develop a self-assessment tool. Methods: Chief residents from 10 family medicine residencies participated in focus groups to identify leadership skills required to be an effective chief resident. The ideas generated by participants were grouped into 10 competencies and a self-assessment tool was developed. The tool has been used to help chief residents self-assess their leadership strengths and weaknesses, and to identify teaching priorities for biannual leadership workshops. Results: The self-assessment instrument was completed by 83 chief residents over 5 years. Mean ratings range from 3.19 to 3.57 on a 5-point scale (low to high competency). The self-ratings of residents starting their chief year compared to residents at the end of their chief year showed an increase in 9 of the 10 competencies. Conclusions: The leadership competencies are a useful tool to identify training priorities and to help chief residents or other leaders within a residency program identify skills for further development.

scholarly journals Pengembangan instrumen asesmen diri guru terhadap aktivitas pengembangan keprofesian berkelanjutan

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Wirman Kasmayadi ◽  
Kumaidi Kumaidi ◽  
Sumarno Sumarno
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Expert Judgment ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Composite Reliability ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan instrumen asesmen diri guru pada aktivitas pengembangan keprofesian berkelanjutan yang handal. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian pengembangan yang mengacu pada lima tahapan dalam model Plomp. Subyek penelitian adalah guru SMA di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat yang dipilih dengan teknik cluster random  sampling. Jumlah subyek penelitian pada uji coba awal sebanyak 350 orang dan uji coba lapangan utama sebanyak 950 orang. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner skala Likers (1-5). Pengujian validitas isi menggunakan expert judgment, sedangkan validitas dan reliabilitas empiris menggunakan analisis faktor konfirmatori (CFA) dengan bantuan program Lisrel 8.80. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) konstrak aktivitas pengembangan keprofesian berkelanjutan guru memiliki tujuh dimensi, yaitu: membaca, pengembangan pembelajaran dan penilaian, pendidikan dan pelatihan, publikasi ilmiah, publikasi karya inovatif, reflektif dan kolaboratif; (2) instrumen yang telah dikembangkan secara keseluruhan memiliki kecocokan sebagai model asesmen yang baik dengan RMSEA 0.005 dan CFI 1.00 (valid) dan composite reliability lebih dari 0.70 (reliable).Kata kunci: asesmen diri guru, pengembangan keprofesian berkelanjutan  DEVELOPING TEACHERS’ SELF-ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIESAbstractThis research is aimed at developing a reliable teachers' self-assessment instrument for sustainable professional development activity. This study was a development research using five-stage model of Research and Development by Plomp. The subjects are high school teachers in the West Nusa Tenggara province, that were selected by cluster random sampling technique. The research subjects in preliminary field test were 350 people and in the main field test were 950 people. The data were collected using Likers scale (1-5) questionnaire. The content validity was tested using expert judgment, whereas the empirical validity and reliability were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with Lisrel 8.80 program. The results of the research show that: (1) the construct of teachers’ sustainable professional development activities has seven dimensions, namely: reading, learning and assessment development, education and training, scientific publications, the publication of innovative works, reflective and collaborative; (2) the instruments have an overall fit as a good assessment model with the value of RMSEA 0.005, CFI 1.00 (Valid), and composite reliability of more than 0.70 (reliable).Keywords: teachers’ self-assessment, sustainable professional development

scholarly journals Az inkluzív intézményvezetés és az inkluzív nevelés-oktatás összefüggései

Educatio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-362
Author(s):  
Andrea Perlusz
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Inclusive School ◽  
European Agency

Összefoglaló. Az inkluzív intézményvezetés fogalma a 2000-es évek elején került be a pedagógiai szakmai gondolkodásba annak a felismerésnek az eredményeképpen, hogy a nevelési-oktatási intézmények vezetőinek meghatározó szerepük van az inklúziós politikák átültetésében, a befogadó gyakorlat és az inkluzív iskolai kultúra eredményes megvalósításában (Ainscow–Sandil 2010; Ruairc 2013). A tanulmányban bemutatott kutatás, melyet a European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education 2019-ben indított (Supporting Inclusive School Leadership, SISL), három szakaszban vizsgálja a részt vevő tagállamok szakpolitikáit, illetve intézményi gyakorlatait. A projekt célja az inkluzív intézményvezetést elősegítő szakpolitikai környezet bemutatása, azoknak a kompetenciáknak a leírása, melyek a sikeres inkluzív intézményvezetőt, illetve intézményvezetést jellemezhetik, illetve a képzés, továbbképzés és a professzionális fejlődés lehetőségeinek támogatása önértékelő eszköz kidolgozásával. Summary. The concept of inclusive school leadership was introduced into pedagogical professional thinking in the early 2000s, as a result of the realisation that the leaders of educational institutions have a decisive role in transposing inclusive policies, effective implementation of inclusive practices and inclusive school culture (Ainscow and Sandill, 2010; Ruairc, 2013). The research presented in the study, launched by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education in 2019 (Supporting Inclusive School Leadership SISL) examines the policies and institutional practices of the participating member states in 3 phases. The aim of the project is to present a policy environment conducive to inclusive institution-management, to describe the competences that can characterise a successful inclusive leader of institution or institution management, and to support the opportunities for training, further training and professional development by developing a self-assessment tool.

A Learning Outcome Inspired Survey Instrument for Assessing the Quality of Continuous Improvement Cycle

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdallah Namoun ◽  
Ahmad Taleb ◽  
Mohammed Al-Shargabi ◽  
Mohamed Benaida
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Continuous Quality Improvement ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
System Requirements

Measuring the effectiveness of a continuous quality improvement cycle in education is a cumbersome and sophisticated process. This article contributes a comprehensive self-assessment instrument for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of all phases of a continuous quality improvement cycle, including planning, data collection, analysis and reporting, and implementation of improvements. To this end, a four round Delphi study soliciting a total of 23 program quality experts from four universities was conducted. The produced survey instrument contains a total of 50 questions. The instrument may be used by quality experts in education to judge the quality of their continuous quality improvement cycle that endeavours to assess the attainment of learning outcomes in various undergraduate educational programs. Moreover, the instrument could be exploited to infer relevant user and system requirements and guide the development of an automated self-assessment tool aimed at identifying the shortcomings in educational continuous quality improvement cycles.

scholarly journals Are other feasible options available for screening of risk assessment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at community level in Southern Coastal India

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Gowry Reddy ◽  
Priya Rathi ◽  
Unnikrishnan B. ◽  
Surendra Kamath ◽  
Kalpita Shringapure
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Risk Estimation ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Risk Assessment Instrument ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Osteoporosis Risk ◽  
Osteoporotic Risk

Background: Osteoporosis is a chronic debilitating condition which exhibits iceberg phenomenon. Identification at an early stage of disease will enable preventive measures to reduce the incidence of disease and complications. Owing to the cost of diagnostic test, this study, various screening tools such as WHO fracture risk assessment tool, osteoporosis self-assessment tool for Asians, simple calculated osteoporosis risk estimation and osteoporosis risk assessment instrument   have been used for assessment, in order to screen postmenopausal women in the preliminary stages.Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 107 postmenopausal women carried over a period of five months.Results: Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia was 24.3% and 69.2%. The area under the curve for osteoporosis self-assessment tool for Asians (OSTA), simple calculated osteoporotic risk estimation (SCORE) and osteoporotic risk assessment instrument (ORAI) was 0.731, 0.407 and 0.172 respectively. OSTA proved to be effective in differentiating normal BMD from low BMD score (i.e., osteopenia and osteoporosis) with a cut off of 1.1, SCORE to be more effective in screening osteoporosis than the other tools because it had a higher positive probability with a cut off 22.  FRAX tool predicted probability of five and three percent probability of major fracture and hip fracture risk in ten yearsConclusions: Various tools assessed in the studies can be utilized at community level for identifying high risk women in post-menopausal stage but with different cut offs. This will reduce the cost of screening and also facilitate non pharmacological measures to reduce the progression of disease.

A Learning Outcome Inspired Survey Instrument for Assessing the Quality of Continuous Improvement Cycle

2021 ◽  
pp. 702-724
Author(s):  
Abdallah Namoun ◽  
Ahmad Taleb ◽  
Mohammed Al-Shargabi ◽  
Mohamed Benaida
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Continuous Quality Improvement ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
System Requirements

Measuring the effectiveness of a continuous quality improvement cycle in education is a cumbersome and sophisticated process. This article contributes a comprehensive self-assessment instrument for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of all phases of a continuous quality improvement cycle, including planning, data collection, analysis and reporting, and implementation of improvements. To this end, a four round Delphi study soliciting a total of 23 program quality experts from four universities was conducted. The produced survey instrument contains a total of 50 questions. The instrument may be used by quality experts in education to judge the quality of their continuous quality improvement cycle that endeavours to assess the attainment of learning outcomes in various undergraduate educational programs. Moreover, the instrument could be exploited to infer relevant user and system requirements and guide the development of an automated self-assessment tool aimed at identifying the shortcomings in educational continuous quality improvement cycles.

scholarly journals The Development of a Self-Assessment Instrument to Evaluate Selected Competencies of Continuing Education Practitioners

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Adult And Continuing

Adult and continuing education practitioners must engage in continuing professional education as a means of developing and maintaining their professional competence. This paper reviews the literature on competencies for continuing educators and examines the strengths of existing instruments for continuing educators to self-assess their competencies. One of the challenges in this process has been a means to systematically and comprehensively assess existing knowledge and skills and to identify where competencies are not adequate. This paper describes an assessment instrument that addresses these challenges and builds on the strengths of existing tools. It describes the development of a tool through a consultative process that identified the range of practitioner competencies required of adult and continuing educators. The assessment tool incorporates a behaviorally based approach to assessing identified competencies. It is unique because it addresses many of the needs identified in the literature including well articulated criteria for making judgments about a person’s current knowledge and skills, a format that allows for clear identification of gaps in learning so that meaningful professional development can take place, the clear structure needed to develop a “portfolio” of skills, and a format that requires the provision of evidence to support claims of proficiency in the identified areas. Though the development of the tool was initiated through the development of Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition processes, it is anticipated that it will be useful for continuing educators to undertake self-assessments as a basis for hiring, career laddering, and planning their ongoing professional development activities and goals. In both cases it provides a framework for meaningful reflection, assessment, gap identification, and planning.

scholarly journals How do male and female Headteachers evaluate their authenticity as school leaders?

2021 ◽  
pp. 089202062199967
Author(s):  
Catherine Lee
Keyword(s):  
School Leadership ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Teacher Leaders ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Female Teacher ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Male Teacher ◽  
School Workplace

This article utilises the model of authentic leadership by Bill George et al. to explore the extent to which gender influences teacher leader authenticity in the school workplace. Four male and four female Secondary Heads of School were asked to complete George et al.’s authentic leadership self-assessment tool and provide a written commentary reflecting on and contextualising their performance in five key areas identified by George et al.: Purpose – Passion; Values – Behaviour; Heart – Compassion; Relationships – Connectedness and Self-discipline – Consistency. The responses of the four male teacher leaders were compared with those of the four female teacher leaders and the results show that the male teacher leaders rated themselves more positively than female counterparts in all areas except Relationships – Connectedness. In all five categories the written reflections suggest that male and female leaders have gendered approaches to the notion of authenticity and conceive of school leadership in markedly different ways.

scholarly journals The Framework DiKoLAN (Digital Competencies for Teaching in Science Education) as Basis for the Self-Assessment Tool DiKoLAN-Grid

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 775
Author(s):  
Lena von Kotzebue ◽  
Monique Meier ◽  
Alexander Finger ◽  
Erik Kremser ◽  
Johannes Huwer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
Digital Competencies

For the planning and implementation of lessons with digital technologies, a subject-specific technology-related professional competence of teachers is of central importance. However, the competency frameworks developed so far remain in a general perspective and do not explicitly address subject-specific issues. Furthermore, digital competencies are predominantly measured with subject-unspecific self-assessment instruments, as subject-specific operationalizations for this area are not yet available in a differentiated form. In this article, the framework for Digital Competencies for Teaching in Science Education (DiKoLAN), a subject-specific framework for pre-service science teachers, is introduced, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, first results of a self-assessment tool based on the framework are described. DiKoLAN defines competency areas highly specific to science, as well as more general competency areas that include aspects common to all subjects. Each competency area is described by competency expectations, which, in turn, are structured with reference to the four technology-related dimensions of the TPACK framework (i.e., Technological and Pedagogical Content Knowledge) and three levels of performance (Name, Describe, Use/Apply). Derived from DiKoLAN, a corresponding self-assessment instrument (DiKoLAN-Grid) was developed and empirically tested for the two competency areas, (n = 118) and Information Search and Evaluation (n = 90), in biology student teachers. By means of path models, tendencies regarding structural correlations of the four components Special Tools (TK), Content-specific Context (TCK), Methods and Digitality (TPK), and Teaching (TPACK) are presented for both competency areas and discussed, as well as in comparison to previously conducted, subject-unspecific surveys.

scholarly journals WEB-BASED 5-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO (5DEP) AS A COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT TOOL IN POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
Z. Bokhua ◽  
K. Chelidze ◽  
K. Ebralidze
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Electronic Portfolio ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
First Year ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Competency Based

Background. New challenges of permanently changing context of healthcare system requires new methods of medical education and new assessment tools, as well. Competency-based Medical Education (CBME), framework which has been adopted as a new approach in medical education, needs appropriate assessment tool such as portfolio. Portfolio is learner-centered assessment instrument which evaluates learner’s progression towards outcomes and enables both residents and teachers to engage in a process of learning through assessment. Objective. In this paper we aim to share our successful experience of an effective use of web-based 5-Dimensional Electronic Portfolio (5DeP) as an assessment tool in the Pilot Group. Methods. Pilot Group of sixteen residents (six first year residents of Obstetrics/Gynecology and ten first year residents of Internal Medicine. Tbilisi State Medical University Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Continuous Professional Development) and twelve mentors (four Obstetrics/Gynecology mentor and eight Internal Medicine mentors) reported some feedback about 5-Dimensional Electronic Portfolio (5DeP) as a new assessment tool. Results. Feedback about 5-Dimensional Electronic Portfolio (5DeP) as a new assessment tool from mentors and students demonstrated efficiency of the program. It enables assessment within a framework of transparent and declared criteria and learning objectives; provides a model for lifelong learning and continuing professional development; increases competence in a wider context with benefits to both professional and personal roles; improves organizing skills. Conclusions. 5DeP have been recognized as an extremely effective assessment tool.

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