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A key benchmark of the QUEST program is the ongoing tracking of candidates’ Professional Attributes. This list describes affective characteristics and behaviors expected of a professional educator. Candidates are introduced to Professional Attributes in QUEST 1 and assessed on them throughout QUEST 2 and 3. The expectation is that all candidates will exhibit Professional Attributes in all courses and field experiences throughout the program.

1. Demeanor: The student demonstrated positive attitudes in interactions with teachers, peers, UH instructors, staff, and pupils.
2. Responsibility: The student completed assigned tasks in a responsible manner.
3. Maturity: The student displayed maturity and poise in task completion and human-human interactions.
4. Cooperation: The student displayed a positive willingness to work with peers, site teachers, and faculty.
5. Flexibility: The student displayed a willingness and ability to adapt to changes in events, conditions, activities, and tasks.
6. Appearance: The student’s dress was appropriate and professional.
7. Attendance & Punctuality: The student was regular and punctual.
8. Initiative: The student displayed independence in starting and completing activities, products, and tasks.
9. Awareness of Individual Differences: The student recognizes and empathizes with human differences in ethnicity, gender, physical ability and intellectual ability.
10. Patience: The student displayed an ability to be patient in activities and/or in human-human interactions.
11. Tactfulness: The student displayed the ability to recognize and compensate for the feelings and self-esteem of others.
12. Enthusiasm: The student displayed energy and enthusiasm for the activities.
13. Organization: The student displays monitors and controls time materials and product due dates.
14. Creativity: The student synthesizes theory and practice into new personalized adaptations and applications.
15. Written Communication: The students written products are clearly written and legible, reflecting appropriate spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax and format.
16. Oral Communication: The student’s oral communication reflects appropriate voice and speech delivery.
17. Professionalism: The student recognizes, seeks and applies the best theory, research and practice in professional activities.
18. Reflective Practitioner: The student reflects and evaluates professional experiences with constructive criticism.
19. With-it-ness: The student exhibits simultaneous awareness of all aspects of the learning environment.
20. Technology: The student demonstrates the appropriate use of technology in classroom and professional contexts.