Formative Assessment I Rob Tench 2016 Cohort VCU Ed.D Program in Leadership.

Formative Assessment I

Rob Tench2016 Cohort

VCU Ed.D Program in Leadership

What I Learned About Myself – Technical

• APA• SPSS• Wordpress• Better writing techniques• Transcribing & Coding

What I Learned About Myself – Subjective

• Team building skills• Essential leadership traits• Importance of ethics• Time management practices

Personal Inventories - LCI

• Sequence – Use First (30)• Precision – Use First (25)• Technical Reasoning – Avoid (17)• Confluence – Use as Needed (18)

Personal Inventories - MBTI

• ESFJ• E = 30 • S = 2• F= 9• J = 12NOTE: My S and N are only two points apart

Personal Inventory – Leadership Self Assessment

• Human Resource and Political Orientation– Like people– Good facilitator– Try to build coalitions – Good negotiator

Personal Inventory - 360

• Directs – I’m outstanding!• Peers and Supervisors – I’m good but could

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Personal Inventory – Spangler Ethical Reasoning Assessment

• Slight preference for Relationalist and Communitarian Types– Realistic view of what motivates and demotivates

people– Recognizes that people need trust for cohesion– Decisions based on values shared by a group– Stay focused on “big picture”

What Does it All Mean

• Relationships are important to me• Energized by people• Stabilizer• Traditionalist• Catalyst• Organized

How Have I Changed at Work

• Don’t avoid conflict as much• Consider all sides of an ethical dilemma• Like to think that I express myself better in

orally and in writing• Apply the Bolman and Deal frames in decision

making

Goals for Next Year

• Improve presentation skills• Work on team building skills• Apply ethical models as necessary• Focus on results/develop others