Teacher Evaluation as Cultural Practice: A Framework for Equity and Excellence

Language, Culture, and Teaching

by Maria del Carmen Salazar, Jessica Lerner

Moving beyond the expectations and processes of conventional teacher evaluation, this book provides a framework for teacher evaluation that better prepares educators to serve culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners. Covering theory, research, and practice, María del Carmen Salazar and Jessica Lerner showcase a model to aid prospective and practicing teachers who are concerned with issues of equity, excellence, and evaluation. Introducing a comprehensive, five-tenet model, the book demonstrates how to place the needs of CLD learners at the center and offers concrete approaches to assess and promote cultural responsiveness, thereby providing critical insight into the role of teacher evaluation in confronting inequity. This book is intended to serve as a resource for those who are committed to the reconceptualization of teacher evaluation in order to better support CLD learners and their communities, while promoting cultural competence and critical consciousness for all learners.

191 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 21, 2019

About the author

María del Carmen Salazar is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Teacher Education at the University of Denver, USA.

Reviews

[Madley Overstreet]

Read for my grad school class. Kinda dense, but I fully realize it is an academic text. Reading about Salazar’s personal experiences and perspective on the American school system was empowering. Got to talk to the author and ask questions (she’s my professor lol). Super smart lady, knows what she’s talking about.

[Kerry Kotzee]

this book commented and on current and prevalent issues. it did not just speak of them and create awareness, but also supplied possible solutions and evoked problem solving skills in the reader. a good academic read.

[Tara Martinetti]

Amazing Challenging and Thought Provoking Book!

This book challenged the way I think about teacher evaluation, it made me fired up to go back to work to change the system. I highly recommend this book.

[Alex Bergland]

Required reading for DU masters class. Good concepts, but so boring to read. I had to read some chapters over again because they were very dry and I found myself remembering nothing about them when I finished.