1. Professional Development Part II August 5, 2010 Montgomery College

2. Overview The Do What You Are (DWYA) personality assessment Exercises
The Productivity Environmental Preference Survey
Exercise
Teaching Tips
Interactive activities (as time permits)

3. Job Jar Activity

4. Do What You Are Personality Assessment

6. Carl Jung
We are born with natural preferences which we develop over a lifetime.
There are no good or bad types.
Each type has their own unique gifts and talents.
Exercise: What is a preference?

7. Key Theme Choosing a major Career choice Learning Style Communication
Self-understanding

8. Administering the DWYA
Find a time when you are not tired or rushed.
There are no right or wrong answers.
Answer quickly giving your first impression. Do not over analyze.
You will have a chance to look at your profile and change it if you think it is not correct.

9. Administering the DWYA
Answer the questions honestly to get the best results.
Answer the questions how you usually are when you are not stressed.
Do not answer the questions:
How you want to be
How you have to be at home, work or school
How others want you to be

10. Getting Good Results Encourage students to give honest answers.
What are some reasons students would not give honest answers?
Think, Pair, Share

11. Administering the DWYA
The test does not measure:
Intelligence
Psychological or emotional health

12. Resources http://www.collegesuccess1.com/DoWhatYouAre.htm
CollegeScope User’s Manual
Do What You Are Handbook
Psychometric Report

13. Interpreting the Do What You Are personality assessment

14. Begin Self-Assessment
How we interact with the world and where we place our energy
E_____________________________|____________________________I
Extraversion Introversion

15. The kind of information we naturally notice and remember
Self-Assessment
The kind of information we naturally notice and remember
S_____________________________|___________________________N
Sensing Intuition

16. Personality Exercise
Write about the picture for 3 minutes

17. By Ian Jackson

18. Self-Assessment
How we make decisions
T_____________________________|___________________________F
Thinking Feeling

19. Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way
Self-Assessment
Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way
J_____________________________|_____________________________P
Judging Perceiving

20. J and P Exercise: Where do you stand? I can play anytime
I have to finish my work before I play

21. The PEPS Learning Style Assessment
Measures preferences in 20 areas

22. Administering the PEPS
Give your initial response
No need to over analyze
Answer as though you were learning new or difficult information

23. Important Considerations
It is not a test
It describes how you prefer to learn new or difficult material
Usually there are 6 or 7 areas out of 20 that are important for an individual

24. The PEPS Learning Style Assessment
Measures preferences in 20 areas
Perceptual
Auditory
Visual
Kinesthetic
Tactile

25. PEPS Immediate environment Sound Heat Light
Design (formal or informal)

26. PEPS
Emotionality
Motivation
Responsibility
Persistence
Structure

27. PEPS
Sociological
Self oriented
Peer oriented
Adult oriented

28. PEPS
Physical
Time of day
Food intake
Mobility

29. Perceptual Auditory (one third) Visual (one third)
Tactile/Kinesthetic (one third)
Learning disabled as well as gifted prefer tactile/kinesthetic

31. Note that a detailed list of learning strategies for your style follows this chart.

32. Learning Style Exercise: The Paper Airplane

33. Tips for New Instructors http://www. collegesuccess1

34. Tips for New Instructors
Write your syllabus
Take the assessments
Read the User’s Manual
Expect your students to read the chapter before class begins
Use the Instructor Manual to select activities to engage students in learning

35. Teaching Excellence
If you were evaluating a class, what would you look for?
Think
Pair
Share

36. Teaching Excellence Students are engaged in learning
The professor uses a variety of teaching techniques to appeal to different learning styles
Students have good attendance
The professor has a good syllabus
The professor establishes a positive learning environment

37. Tips for Engaging Students in Learning
How to quickly engage students
How to run a group successfully
Favorite Exercises

38. Share what has worked for you

39. What is
Something you learned?
Something you found useful?

40. Questions?
Discussion
Evaluation