Disposition

I believe that disposition is an extremely important part of teaching. As Bob mentions in his post, everyone seems to be in agreement that such an assessment should take place and is a valuable part of evaluating teachers, however there has yet to be a consistent set of criterion on which to base these assesments. I know that growing up I had teachers that had terrible dispositions, some I was pretty sure hated kids and hated their jobs. I think how you teach the material is just as important as the material itself. I think having a disposition rubric within the MAT is important in order to monitor where everyone is now and help those that may need it before they become teachers.