Identifying the Best Foreign Language Teachers: Teacher Standards and Professional Portfolios.  

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Sullivan, Joann Hammadou

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Modern Language Journal (sebagian Full Text & ada di JSTOR) vol. 88 no. 3 (Sep. 2004), page 390-402.
Topik: The Best Foreign Language Teachers: Teacher Standards; Professional Portfolios
Fulltext: Vol 88 no 3 pp.390-402.pdf (659.91KB)

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This study explored the differing perspectives of principals and foreign language department chairs on one state's teaching standards and the use of professional teaching portfolios as part of the hiring process. A 17-item questionnaire completed by 61 participants revealed that both groups strongly agreed with state teacher standards as accurate descriptors of good teaching. Both groups reported confidence that teaching portfolios are helpful tools for eval- uating teacher candidates. Principals most wanted evidence of creativity and innovation, whereas chairs most wanted evidence of second language (L2) proficiency in a candidate's portfolio. Principals were significantly more interested in seeing evidence of communication with parents than were chairs. Both reported spending relatively little time reviewing candi- dates' portfolios, although chairs devoted significantly more time. The results were the same, regardless of whether the educators were from urban, suburban, or rural districts. The find- ings suggest that foreign language educators should continue efforts to provide guidance on foreign-language-appropriate versions of state teaching standards and on creation of foreign language teaching professional portfolios.

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