Assessment plays a key role in schools’ improvement and teachers’ development. A teacher, who does not reflect on and introspect his/her methods and actions in the classroom/school, would tend to be repetitive in the future. He/she may teach a concept in the same way and may use the same examples and activities again and again in the class irrespective of the performance of the students. Once the teacher starts looking at himself/herself and analyses what has yielded results and what has gone wrong in the teaching-learning process and other school activities, he/she will be able to identify the areas which require further improvement. This process will help the teachers to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and thereby, motivating them to improve their performance which will ultimately help to achieve the objectives, such as schools’ improvement and accountability of teachers.

The present Teacher’s Self Assessment Rubrics can be used by teachers for assessing their performance and making continuous efforts to reach the highest level. This tool can be used by teachers voluntarily as a resource to guide their thinking as they would be able to reflect on their instructional practices, including their areas of strength, the scope for growth as well as available and desired support.

The uses of Teacher’s Self Assessment Rubrics are to:
1). facilitate reflective practices in teaching-learning
2). assess and address the strengths and challenges of teachers
3). enhance the proficiency of teachers in organizing classroom teaching-learning activities and other school related activities
4). provide support and mentoring to the teachers
5). provide opportunities for continuing growth through multiple experiences enhance the self confidence of teachers
6). improve the teaching-learning process and the performance of students