The Teacher Education Program at Mars Hill College has an assessment system that has been approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). This assessment allows for "a comprehensive and integrated set of evaluation measures that provides information for use in monitoring candidate performance and managing and improving unit operations and programs for the preparation of professional educators." In the Fall Semester of 2005, Dr. Jim Brown was named the director of assessment for the Teacher Education Unit at Mars Hill College.

The Teacher Education Unit has adopted LiveText - a standards-based, comprehensive suite of web-based tools used by faculty and students for research, assessment and program evaluation. The following assessment instruments are used to evaluate candidate performance. Most of the assessment tools are housed in LiveText and require access, while other LiveText assessment tools and forms are available to the general pubic via this webpage. If you are a teacher education major and you are planning to apply for the teacher education program or you are already admitted to the program and need to complete one or more assessments, please locate the link below.

Pre-Admission to Teacher Education
"I am planning to major in a teacher education program area, but I have not been admitted to the program."
Student Teaching Application (Adobe PDF 62 KB)
Self Assessment – Teacher Education Disposition Form
Teacher Education Profile Information
Field Experience Documentation Form
LiveText - Working Portfolio (Adobe PDF 220 KB)
PRAXIS To take the computer version of PRAXIS I, contact Thompson Prometric Testing Center of Asheville at 828-253-4224

Transition I
"I am applying for the teacher education program."
Admissions Application
Transition I Disposition Assessment Form (to be completed by three professors - program coordinator, faculty member or other related professionals)
Field Experience Documentation Form (to be completed for each field experience)
LiveText - Working Portfolio (Adobe PDF 220 KB)
Interview (Adobe PDF 22 KB)

Transition II
"I am applying for student teaching or my full year internship."
Application to Student Teaching
Transition II Disposition Assessment Form (To be completed by three professors - program coordinator, faculty members, or other related professionals)
Field Experience Documentation Form (to be completed for each field experience)
LiveText - Working Portfolio (Adobe PDF 220 KB)
Interview with program coordinator

Transition III
"I am doing my student teaching and will soon be finished with my program."
Cooperating Teacher Data Form
MHC Teacher Education Professional Portfolio
Student Teaching Evaluation
Summative Exit Interview
PRAXIS II

Surveys and other Instruments
Coming Soon

Last updated 1/2/2006 Dr. Jim Brown or 828-689-1185