Centering Equity in Teacher Education Evaluation: From Principles to Transformative Enactment

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This Division K Vice Presidential symposium synthesizes multiple efforts to enact transformative equity and justice principles in teaching/teacher education evaluation. Across presentations, the symposium takes up a number of key questions: What conditions and factors constrain or support the enactment of equity-, justice-, and asset-centered evaluation? What are the material, ideological, and epistemological consequences of this work at multiple levels and in multiple contexts of teaching/teacher education? What is the impact of collaborating with individuals and groups who have not been authentically represented in deliberations about what is valued and valuable in teaching, teacher preparation, and evaluation? To what extent can equity-, justice-, and asset-centered evaluation contribute to disrupting the structures and systems of teaching/teacher education that perpetuate racism, center whiteness in the curriculum, and undermine the perspectives of the communities served by teacher education?

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Boston College

Papers

• Transforming Teacher Education Evaluation: From Principles to Practice - Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Boston College; Emilie Mitescu Reagan, Claremont Graduate University

• Creating and Sustaining a Diverse Educator Workforce: Oregon's Efforts Integrating Research Into Equitable Licensure and Preparation Practices - Anthony Rosilez, Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission

• Centering Equity and Justice: A Comprehensive Framework to Evaluate Schools of Education - Katherine Schultz, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Addressing Barriers That Serve as a Gateway to Educator Preparation Programs - Weade James, AACTE; Jaqueline King; Leslie Fenwick

• Culturally Responsive Instructional Coach Evaluation: Exploring Possibilities and Potholes - Maria del Carmen Salazar, University of Denver; Anna Handy, University of Denver; Kimberly Korpita, University of Denver; Sara Dishell, University of Denver

Discussant

• Mariana Souto-Manning, Erikson Institute