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Vyakti Darpan · Acharya — Screener (Stage 1)

Acharya — Teaching Excellence Screener

For teachers of any institution — primary, secondary or degree college. This is Stage 1 of the RITE cluster (Rebuild India Teaching Excellence), a short self-reflection about your craft in the classroom, how you mentor and grow, and the material you could create for the Rebuild India content universe.

Stage 1 of 2 · Screener · approx. 15–20 minutes

Before you begin

What this is. A structured self-reflection about your strengths as a teacher and a person, your fit with ARISE’s values, and how you might contribute and grow. It is not a pass/fail exam, an IQ test or a clinical screen. Honest answers help you — the profile is only useful if it is true.

What happens with your result. A questionnaire never decides on its own. Your responses build a profile that may flag for a human conversation — this is not pass/fail, and never an automatic rejection. A trained ARISE reviewer always looks, and where relevant, speaks with you.

Who sees it & how it is stored. Only trained ARISE reviewers, securely, under India’s DPDP Act, with minimum data only. You may ask what we hold, request correction, or withdraw at any time. Wellbeing questions are positive only and lead, at most, to an offer of support — never to exclusion.

About you

For context only — this section is not scored.

Your teaching and you

Choose the option that fits best on a scale of 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). There are no trick answers.

1I keep my energy up through the teaching week with regular sleep, food and movement.

2I enjoy learning new things in and beyond my subject, even when no one requires it.

3When a lesson flops, I recover and try a fresh approach quickly.

4I stay calm and fair even when a student or parent is rude to me.

5Colleagues come to me when something in the school needs organising.

6I let a hard day at home or school spill onto my students.

7Teaching feels connected to something larger than a salary for me.

8When many students fail a topic, I look for the flaw in my teaching, not only in them.

9I would raise a concern about an unfair practice even if a senior teacher disliked it.

10I keep improving a course year after year rather than repeating old notes.

11I find it hard to keep preparing well once a subject feels routine.

12I can teach well even with few resources — the honest kind of jugaad.

13I would rather genuinely help a student than be thanked for it.

14Trying a new teaching method makes me anxious enough that I avoid it.

15I look for ways to improve how the whole school teaches, not only my own class.

16I keep the promises I make to students, even small ones.

17I can explain a hard idea in more than one way until it lands.

18I believe almost every student’s ability can grow substantially with good teaching.

19A student who is weak in my subject is unlikely to ever really improve.

20Helping a student I will never be recognised for still feels worth it.

21I notice teaching opportunities in everyday moments that others miss.

22If inflating a few marks kept everyone happy, I would usually do it.

23I take responsibility when a class goes badly, without only blaming the students.

24I can bring students and colleagues around a shared goal.

25I have a clear sense of the values I will not trade away as a teacher.

Which is more true of you?

Choose the one option that is more true of you, even if both have some appeal.

26Choose the one more true of you:

27Choose the one more true of you:

A few reasoning questions

Do your best — choose one answer for each.

28Map is to territory as lesson plan is to:

29A class of 40 has a 3:1 ratio of students who passed to those who failed a test. How many failed?

30In the series △ ▲ △ ▲ △ __ , the next symbol is:

A few more statements

Same 1–5 scale. Please read each line carefully.

31I have never once been impatient with a student.

32I stay calm and fair even when a student or parent is rude to me.

33Please select “Disagree” for this line so we know the form is being read carefully.

Whatever your result, this is a starting point, not a verdict. No questionnaire decides on its own — a human always reviews.

What happens next: a trained ARISE reviewer looks at your responses. This is never an automatic decision, and never a pass/fail. ARISE requests no payment on this site.

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