Integrating Educator Well-Being, Growth, and Evaluation

""At a time when schools are grappling with teacher burnout, outdated evaluation systems, deep-rooted inequities, and a real need to strengthen both teacher confidence and connection, Lori Cohen and Elizabeth Denevi offer something we truly need. Integrating Educator Well-Being, Growth, and Evaluation isn’t just a book—it’s a powerful invitation to rethink how we support teachers in ways that genuinely make a difference for students. Cohen and Denevi move us beyond the old habit of treating equity, care, professional growth, and evaluation as separate efforts. Instead, they weave them into a holistic, humanizing approach with the power to transform school culture from the inside out. At the heart of the book is a compelling framework for creating a healthy environment: lay the foundation with equity, nurture the soil with educator well-being, cultivate growth through continuous learning, and tend the ecosystem with purposeful evaluation. This framework is supported by assessment tools—and step-by-step leadership practices—that offer a much-needed shift from compliance-driven teacher support systems to ones rooted in authentic, lasting change."" —Dwayne Chism, Author, Leading Your School Toward Equity (ASCD)