1. It’s Not a Mystery! Teacher Candidate Assessment from Their Students’ Point of View. Arkansas Association of Teacher Educators 2009 Fall Conference University of Central Arkansas Professor Freddie Bowles University of Arkansas Martha Sandven Helen Tyson MS, Springdale

2. AGENDA Introductions and Overview Presentation Audience Participation Share Time Final Thoughts

3. Introduction and Overview Freddie Who am I? Overview of MAT Pathwise as self-assessment and as MAT intern assessment Martha Who am I? Evolution of the Miss Martha Mystery

4. You may think it’s a mystery, but it’s….not! Miss Martha’s Mystery... (aaaahhhh!! What will the students say??????) Connection to Pathwise Domain A Miss Martha... TRUEFALSE speaks fluent Spanish reads aloud with crazy voices and faces loves snakes has an old dog named Fibber McGee

5. You may think it’s a mystery, but it’s….not! Connection to Pathwise Domain B Something Miss Martha taught me that I’ll always remember: Something that makes a great student : Something I want Miss Martha to remember (about me!):

6. You may think it’s a mystery, but it’s….not! Connection to Pathwise Domain C YES OR NO? Should Miss Martha teach these things to other students? NoMaybe Not Don’t Know Maybe So Yes Haiku poetry Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” How to Write a Monologue

7. You may think it’s a mystery, but it’s….not! Connection to Pathwise Domain C DO OR DON’T? Miss Martha should continue to ____. Miss Martha should probably stop ___.

8. You may think it’s a mystery, but it’s….not! Connection to Pathwise Domain D The mystery activity provides opportunity for self-reflection offers evidence of efficacy could be used for peer collaboration could be used for parent conferences

9. Audience Participation What do your students know about you? How do you invite your students to get to know you better? What do you want to know about your teaching from your students? How do you get feedback on your teaching from your students?

10. Share Time Mystery question revealed!

11. Final Thoughts Questions? Extensions: How would you adapt this for other purposes and audiences?

12. Mystery Solved! Thanks for coming to our presentation! You can contact us at fbowles@uark.edu mrtasandaven@yahoo.com Visit Planet Gnosis for copies of Miss Martha’s Mystery samples and for the Power Point at http://corndancer.com/vox/gnosis/gno_now.html