Prospective Teacher Education Candidate Oral Interview Rubric Standards: NAEYC 5; CEC 9; ACEI 5.

1 CATEGORY Appearance 4 3 2
Casual business attire, but wore sneakers/flip-flops or seemed somewhat wrinkled.

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General attire not appropriate for audience (jeans, tshirt, shorts).

Business attire, very Casual business professional look. attire.

Poise

Stands up straight, looks relaxed and confident. Establishes eye contact with everyone in the room during the presentation. Appropriate body language. Good grammar and vocabulary used. Does not mispronounce any words. Speaks in complete sentences.

Stands up straight and establishes eye contact with everyone in the room during the presentation. Little inappropriate body language.

Sometimes stands up straight and establishes eye contact. Uneasy behavior was inappropriately demonstrated

Slouches and/or does not look at people during the presentation. Uneasy behavior was inappropriately demonstrated

Vocabulary

Mostly uses good grammar and vocabulary. Mispronounces 1-2 words. Mostly speaks in complete sentences.

Seldom uses good grammar and vocabulary Mispronounces more than 2 words. Sometimes speaks in complete sentences. Uses some jargon.

Uses inappropriate grammar and vocabulary. Mispronounces several words. Rarely speaks in complete sentences. Uses jargon several times.

Voice

Speaks clearly and Speaks clearly and distinctly. Good distinctly. Good volume. Spoken with volume. a determined confidence.

Difficult to hear some Often mumbles. of the time or Speech is difficult to mumbles. understand. Hesitates.

Structure

Stays on topic all of the time. Answers all the questions with confidence, clarity of thought, and high degree of knowledge.

Stays on topic most of the time. Answers most of the questions with confidence, clarity of thought, and high degree of knowledge.

Stays on topic some of the time. Answers some of the questions with confidence, clarity of thought, and high degree of knowledge. Is uncomfortable with the information and can only give a basic answer. Facial expressions and body language are used to try to generate enthusiasm, but seem somewhat faked.

Lacked clarity of thought. Unable to maintain an explanation of the topic or address follow-up comments.

Enthusiasm

Facial expressions and body language generate a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic.

Facial expressions and body language sometimes generate a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic.

Very little use of facial expressions or body language. Did not generate much interest in topic.

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