7 Days Faculty Development Program on Psychometric Testing
Psychometric Test; Day 1-Interest Test
The 7 days Faculty Development Program on Psychometric Testing was organized by the Faculty Development Cell, Students’ Welfare Cell and the Counselling cell for all the Teaching Staffof the College. The first session was held in Smart Classroom on 20th May 2022 from 2pm to 3pm. The Resource Person for the session was Ms. Amba Prabhu, the College Counselor. 42 faculty members attended the same.
The session was on Interest Test. Ms. Amba Prabhu focused on the topic career guidance of the mentees that can be done with the help of Interest Test. She discussed about the Concept, Role and Importance of Interest Test in the career guidance.
She also conducted a practical test on this topic.This test took around 10 minutes to complete and showed the interest of faculties in respective area in the form of a Pie chart. She also shed light on some of the qualities like Being Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional etc. The Welcome note and the Vote of Thanks was given by Ms. Rajlaxmi S. Nair. The working lunch was arranged by Dr. Lira Gama and her team.
Day 2- Psychometric Test – Emotional Intelligence Test
The second day of the 7 days FDP on Psychometric Testing was conducted on 21st May 2022, 37 faculty members attended the same. The session was held in Room No. 206. This session was on Emotional Intelligence Test. The Resource Person, Ms. Amba Prabhu started the session by making it interactive by discussing different emotions. The emotions like disgust, sadness, surprise could be identified by the facial expression, posture, hand gesture etc that portrays our feelings. She also discussed the difference between IQ and EQ.
A link was shared on teachers group for a short practical test for the teachers. The test gave a report on the four components of the emotional intelligence. Ms. Amba discussed the report with faculty members along with certain tips. The four components of emotional intelligence, the self awareness, self regulation, social awareness and relationship management were discussed with examples. It was also suggested by Ms. Amba to share the link with their respective mentees and discuss the same. The Welcome note and the Vote of Thanks was given by Ms. Rajlaxmi S. Nair. The working lunch was arranged by Dr. Lira Gama and her team.
Psychometric Test; Day 3-Self Esteem
The third session of the FDP was scheduled on 28th May 2022, where the topic for the session was Self-Esteem. The session began with a brief introduction of the topic by the Resource Person, Ms. Amba Prabhu, College Counsellor. 44 teaching staff attended the session.
Ms. Prabhu commenced the session by questioning the audience about existing knowledge of self-esteem. The staff members actively participated by giving their views. Proceeding further, Ms. Prabhu explained about 5 major aspects of self – esteem which are:
A sense of belonging
Feeling of completeness
How you identify yourself(identity)
Self confidence
A feeling of security
Ms. Prabhu also explained different theories of self-esteem which were developed by various school of thoughts and is linked to developing self-esteem, like:
Maslow’s need hierarchy
What affects self esteem
Our experiences
Proceeding ahead, Ms. Amba Prabhu requested to take staff the self -esteem test which was developed by Rooseberge , which was a score based test and aimed to help the staff to understand the level of the self -esteem they are at.Lastly, she also explained about Low and Excessive self- esteem.
The session came to an end by sharing tips and that one can undertake to improve the self-esteem. The staff members raised their doubts which were answered by Ms. Amba. Ms. Seema Dharani, faculty Member of Students’ Welfare Cell proposed the Vote of Thanks.
The session gave a fruitful insight to all the teachers and also it will help them to identify and inculcate the positive attitude among students for developing a balanced self -esteem. 44 teachers attended the same.
Psychometric Test: Day 4-Personality Test
This session was on Personality tests. Mr. Sanjay Velip Welcomed the Resource Person and the participants; and gave a brief up of the previous three sessions. 34 participants attended the session.
The session began with an activity for the participants. Three characters were placed on the whiteboard and the participants were told to pen down five statements on each which later formed personality of that character. Thus, the essence of how personality is formed was placed before the audience. The Counsellor listed following characteristics of personality :
Consistency
Both psychological and physiological
Affects behaviors and actions
Multiple expressions
She introduced the concept of Personality Disorders(PD) which needs to be attended to as it causes significant distress and problems in functioning. She mentioned about the three cluster of PD as follows:
Cluster A: Odd thinking and eccentric behaviour
Cluster B: Dramatic & erratic behaviour
Cluster C: Sever anxiety and fear
In the following presentation, Ms. Amba elaborated on the following Personality Traits:
Psychoanalytic theory
Trait theory
Humanistic theory
Social cognition theory
Furthermore, a brief touch up on Defense Mechanisms were also given. She stressed on the various behaviors and clues as to how we could address these behaviors. Several related queries were satisfactorily addressed by Ms. Amba. The session was very interactive.
To summarise, the session addressed the following:
What is personality?
Characteristics of personality
What is a personality disorder?
Clusters of personality disorder
Personality theories
Defense Mechanisms
Mr. Sanjay Velip, gave a brief up of the session and proposed the Vote of Thanks. The session ended at 10:40 am.
Psychometric Test; Day 5-Personality Test
The Fifth day of Psychometric Testing was held on 2nd June 2022 in Class room F 102 at 12.00 noon.. This session was on Personality tests. Asst. Prof. Poorva Gude Welcomed the Resource Person, Ms. Amba Prabhu and the participants. She gave a brief up of the previous sessions. 38 faculty members attended the same.
The session began with a recap of the previous day. Ms. Amba had a interactive session with faculty members in which she asked questions regarding Personality, Personality Disorder, and the Personality theories. Faculty members actively participated in the same.
Ms. Amba then explained the Type theories. Type theorists highlight on individual physique and temperaments. The earliest idea of type theory stems from the work of Hippocrates, who spoke of the four humors known assanguine, phlegmatic, choleric and melancholic.
She discussed the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator and the 16 personality types and explained the following aspects:
Introvert
E-Extravert
T -Thinking
F-Feeling
N- Intuition
S- Sensing
P- Perceiving
J- Judging
Ms. Amba introduced the concept of Trait Theories. A relatively stable characteristic that causes individuals to behave in certain ways. She explained the difference between Type theories and Trait theories with several examples.
Faculty members answered the online Personality Test. Dr. Sheetal Arondekar shared the link of the test with faculty members. Ms. Amba then explained how to interpret the test result based on Big Five Factors which are as follows:
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Asst. Prof. Poorva Gude proposed the Vote of Thanks. The session ended at 01:10 pm.
Psychometric Test: Day 6- Discussion
The sixth session of the Seven Days FDP on Psychometric Testing was conducted on 3rd June 2022. The session began at 8:30 am.
The session was a recap of the previous five sessions held on: Career Test, Emotional Intelligence test, Self Esteem test and Personality test. The Counsellor quoted examples of those who had suffered from personality disorders and its influence on others. She also spoke on the impact of social media on the mental health of the students and how as mentors we can play a role to help them come out of such an addiction. She advised the mentors to explore the areas of self-esteem amongst the mentees. The session ended at 9:35 am. 34 faculty members attended the same.
Psychometric Test; Day 7-Self-Assessment Test
The seventh session and the last day of the Seven Days FDP on Psychometric Testing was conducted on 06th June, 2022 from 8:00a.m.- 09: 00a.m. in New building, room No.F-102. The topic of this session was on Self-Assessment Test. Asst. Prof. Racheal Goes welcomed the Resource Person and the participants and gave a brief up of the previous sessions.
Ms. Amba Prabhu began the session with an overview on the self-assessment test and stated that the test will help the participants to know where they stand and which area they need to improve upon. She highlighted the instructions for completion of the test, summary chart and the action summary. She elaborated that the self-assessment test is divided into six areas of responsibility which are further sub-divided into several major statements and each of these statements were to be evaluated by the participants using the following scale:
5 – Excellent
4- Very good
4- Good
2- Fair
1 – Poor
She briefed on each of the statements listed in the following six areas of responsibility of the self-assessment test.
Teaching Skills
Teaching Strategies
Classroom Management
Subject Competence and Professional Growth
Interpersonal Relationships
Contribution to the Total School Effort
She further conducted an activity in which the participants were asked to score themselves using the scale for each of the statements listed in the six areas responsibility of the self-assessment test questionnaire. On the completion of the test, she advised the participants to identify and work on areas for improvements wherever needed. Several related queries were satisfactorily addressed by Ms. Amba The session was very interactive.
Ms. Racheal Goes, gave a brief up of the session and proposed the Vote of Thanks. The session ended at 09:00 a.m.