Describe your teaching framework and review goals. Makeform creates an editable teacher self evaluation form with ratings, evidence prompts, goals, and administrator follow-up.
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Teacher self evaluation prompt examples
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Audience
K–12 teachers preparing for annual review
Format
Ratings, evidence, and goals
Prompt size
351 chars
Example form structure
Ratings, evidence, and goals
Which review period and teaching assignment apply?
How consistently did you use assessment evidence to adjust instruction?
What example best demonstrates your instructional practice?
Which area is your highest growth priority?
What support would help you reach your goal?
Suggested review tags
Instructional practice
Student support
Professional goals
Ask for an example after each section so ratings connect to practice and evidence.
Step 1
Frame
review period, teaching framework, and purpose
Step 2
Reflect
ratings supported by examples and evidence
Step 3
Plan
focused goals, actions, and requested support
Step 4
Discuss
teacher and administrator align on next steps
Reflection that supports a conversation
Connect each practice standard to evidence and a next action.
Organize planning, instruction, environment, assessment, support, collaboration, and responsibilities around your framework.
Request a lesson example, student-work pattern, observation note, or artifact without requiring an essay.
Link each priority to an action, progress evidence, check-in date, and requested help.
Four reflection moments
Annual, midyear, coaching, and unit reflections need different scopes.
Review the framework, evidence, strengths, and priorities for next year.
Capture goal status, evidence, obstacles, and timely adjustments.
Locate coaching needs and choose one practice to test next.
Review one goal, available evidence, teaching moves, and a next change.
From framework to follow-up
Provide the audience, period, framework, scale, evidence, goals, and reviewer.
Name the teachers, period, framework, purpose, and meeting type.
Use observable labels, add Not applicable, request examples, and remove unused items.
State the due date, expected effort, reviewer, use, and meeting preparation.
Discuss evidence, choose goals, document support and checkpoints, and share the plan.
Choose the right reflection method
A form structures reflection but does not replace observation or conversation.
Field guide
Adapt these six sections to your framework and retain prompts that support the review conversation.
Context
Identify the teacher, assignment, period, purpose, reviewer, and next meeting so examples share a clear scope.
Planning and instruction
Separate goal alignment, lesson design, participation, differentiation, and adjustments. One broad score hides actionable practices.
Learning environment
Cover routines, relationships, belonging, behavior support, and agency through observable patterns within the teacher's role.
Assessment and evidence
Ask which evidence informed planning, how instruction changed, and what limitations remain. Sources may include student work, checks, feedback, or notes.
Collaboration and responsibilities
Ask about teamwork, communication, learning, and school contributions. Offer Not applicable and request one representative example.
Goals and support
Capture a focused outcome, actions, progress evidence, check-in date, requested support, and the person helping remove obstacles.
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Open toolFAQ
Answers for school administrators planning reflective reviews.
It is a structured reflection educators complete about their practice during a defined period. It covers instruction, environment, assessment, collaboration, strengths, priorities, and goals, preparing evidence and questions for a coaching or review conversation.
Ask about observable practices: lesson alignment, participation, differentiation, checks for understanding, evidence use, routines, collaboration, communication, and learning. Pair ratings with a representative example, growth priority, goal, planned actions, and requested support.
Use labels that describe practice and fit your framework. Label every option, keep direction consistent, and include Not applicable when needed. A four-point scale removes the midpoint; a five-point scale permits a mixed response. Interpret ratings with their evidence.
Define the period and request one relevant example per practice section. Reference student-work patterns, formative checks, materials, feedback, or observation notes. Ask what the evidence suggests, its limitations, and what action followed.
Identification usually fits individual coaching or review because follow-up is required. Anonymous surveys fit group needs assessment. State who reads responses and how they are used, and collect only identifiers needed for the process.
Read it before the meeting and note evidence and questions. Discuss strengths, context, priorities, and support. Agree on focused actions, owners, progress evidence, and a check-in date, then share the plan with the teacher.
Yes. Makeform is unlimited free for generating, editing, publishing, and collecting with your teacher self evaluation form. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge. Revise wording, scales, and logic, preview every path, and share without an invented submission cap.
Match frequency to purpose: comprehensive reflection annually, goal checks at midyear or before coaching, and brief reflections after a unit. Reuse stable core prompts for continuity, but remove questions that do not support a real conversation.
Prepare for review.
