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Exploring Criteria for Evaluating In-Service English Language Teachers’ Performance

Published:2023-07-28 Issue:2 Volume:25 Page:165-181
ISSN:2256-5760
Container-title:Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
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Short-container-title:Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev.

Author:

Hassani Azadeh^ORCID,Saeedi Zari^ORCID

Abstract

This case study explored the evaluation criteria applied by six supervisors of a private language institute (three men and three women) through individual in-depth interviews in an English-as-a-foreign-language context. The researchers also collected data from supervisors’ observation checklists and written feedback. A thematic analysis resulted in five main themes and two sub-themes. Therefore, a tentative framework was developed, encompassing five criteria: English and Content Knowledge, Teaching Skills, Personal Traits, Fulfilling Workplace Expectations, and Parents’/Learners’/Peers’ Feedback. The proposed framework can help increase language supervisors’ teacher evaluation literacy.

Publisher

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Education

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