Attachment 42 Instructor Performance Assessment Instrument cont'd

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ATTACHMENT 42

INSTRUCTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT

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COMPETENCY:

Plans instruction to achieve selected objectives.

INDICATOR:

Specifies or selects trainee objectives for lessons.

(This indicator was selected to assess the appropriateness of the objectives which are found in the lesson plans.

Objectives are to be rated if they are prepared by the instructor or are selected for use from the textbook, a "canned"

instructional program, or other source. To be rated, the objectives must be included in the portfolio. For a rating

of 3 or higher, the objectives must be stated as expressive encounters or in the performance terms.)

Circle

Scale of Descriptors

Comments

One

The instructional plans do not include objectives for

trainees. If there are objectives they are in terms of

instructor behaviors or goals.

Example:

Instructor Behavior--The instructor will introduce

the topic of reactor fundamentals.

Long-Range Goals--The trainee will become a good

operator by his study of reactor fundamentals.

The plans include a statement of trainee objectives

which are written in broad terms. Many of the

objectives seem questionable for the topic or the

trainees. Objectives that should have been used with

the unit are missing.

Example:

Broad Terms--The trainee will understand the

process of reactivity.

The plans include stated trainee objectives that, with

only a few exceptions, are appropriate for the topic

and the trainees.

Example:

Performance Outcome--Those objectives in which

the desired outcome is stated in behavioral terms

(e.g., the trainee will draw a one-line diagram of

the RHR system).

All objectives are appropriate to the unit and the

trainees. The differences in Items 3 and 4 are that

in Item 3 some of the objectives are questionable for

the topic and the trainees; whereas, in Item 4 all

objectives are appropriate for the topics and the

trainees.

In addition to the items included in Item 4, the

objectives are sequenced in hierarchical fashion by

either the instructor or the text.

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