Many districts use a teacher's self-assessment to identify strengths and weaknesses, and to write professional goals. This article will provide teachers with information about how to conduct a self-assessment.

After signing into eVAL, the teacher's dashboard will be displayed. The menu will be on the left, and the summary of activity will be on the right. To conduct a new self-assessment, click on the Self-Assessments menu on the left.

If the teacher has conducted self-assessments in the past, they will be listed on the right; otherwise, the work space on the right will be empty, with a watermark that displays an informational message. To conduct a self-assessment, click on the green Add Self-Assessment button.

You will enter into the Self-Assessment module, and the Setup tab (shown at the top of the work space) will be active. The work space will display the name of the evaluating principal, the name of the teacher, and the evaluation cycle. In addition, there will be a place for you to type in the name of the self-assessment. A default title will be displayed, with a ".1" at the end of it, indicating that this is the first self-asessement to be conducted during this school year.

To enter into the self-assessment screen, click on the Align & Score tab at the top. The page that appears will be divided into two sections:

1. The work space will appear on the left.
2. The Rubric Navigator will appear on the right, with a green border around the first domain/dimension, indicating that it is the active one to work on.

The Rubric Navigator is a tool that helps you navigate through your framework and drill down to the component level. You can conduct a self-assessment at the domain/dimension level or at the component level.

1. To self-assess at the component level, click on the domain/dimension to reveal its components.
2. The first component will be active, as indicated with a green border around the component.
3. The rubric language for the active component will be displayed.
4. Use the rubric language to evaluate your performance of the active component, and use the score bar at the top to give yourself a score.

After you finish with one component, click on the next component for that domain. Use the rubric to self-assess, and use the score bar at the top to score yourself.

Once you have finished self-assessing for all of the components in one domain/dimension:

1. Click on the domain in the Rubric Navigator to collapse that domain/dimension.
2. Click on the next domain/dimension to reveal its components.

Follow the steps above to continue your self-assessment.