Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness in ESL/Efl Contexts

Introduction 1(6) Part 1: Standards in Teacher Evaluation New Standards for a New Era: Developing Tools to Assess the Qualified Teacher 7(18) Mary Lou McCloskey Barbara Thornton Nadia Touba Seeking the Standard: Using Existing Resources to Support EFL Teachers in Evaluation Processes 25(18) Jill Burton Part 2: Case Studies in Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assessment in Teacher Education 43(14) Dorit Kaufman TAPping into Teaching Effectiveness: A Collaborative Approach to Performance Appraisal of ESL Teachers in a Canadian Context 57(17) Andy Curtis Liying Cheng What's in It for Me? A Performance Management System to Please Everyone 74(15) Lindsay Miller Jean Young A Coherent Approach to Faculty Appraisal 89(17) Phil Quirke Building a Context-Specific Teacher Evaluation System for an ESL Program 106(13) Stephen Stoynoff A China Initiative: Portfolio-Based Teacher Development and Appraisal 119(18) Tim Murphey Qiu Yaode Part 3: Research in Teacher Evaluation Insights for Teacher Evaluation from an Action Research Study 137(15) Lyn Bray An Evaluation of Student Ratings of Teaching in a Japanese University Context 152(15) Peter Burden Salah Troudi An Exploration of Teaching Effectiveness: An Attempt to Define the Less Easily Definable 167(16) Deniz Kurtoglu Eken Faculty Attitudes toward Three Methods of Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness 183(16) Peter Davidson Part 4: Tools for Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness Giving Reflection a Voice: A Strategy for Self-Evaluation and Assessment in TESOL Teacher Preparation 199(14) Caroline Brandt Diversity-Responsive Assessment Tool: Assessing and Mentoring Effective Teaching in Multilingual, Multicultural Classrooms 213(19) Sheryl V. Taylor Donna Sobel Teacher Voice in Teacher Evaluation: Teaching Portfolios in the United Arab Emirates 232(13) Fatma Alwan Contributors 245(4) Author and Subject Index 249