The Framework for Teaching

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The Framework for Teaching

• Charlotte Danielson
• charlotte_danielson_at_hotmail.com

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I know it seems crazy when everyone else in
the world wants to be a film director, but for
me, teaching is one of the few heroic jobs left.
All the biggest miracles take place in
classrooms. Nothing happens without
teachers. Stephen Frears British film
director
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Purposes of Teacher Evaluation

• Quality Assurance
• Professional Learning

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A Blueprint for Teacher Evaluation

• Clear definition of teaching (the what)
• Instruments and procedures that provide evidence
  of teaching (the how)
• Trained evaluators who can make consistent
  judgments based on evidence
• Process for teachers to understand the evaluative
  criteria
• Process for making final judgment

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The Wisdom of Practice

• If you were to walk into a classroom, what might
  you see or hear there (from the students as well
  as the teacher) that would cause you to think
  that you were in the presence of an expert?
• What would make you think Oh, this is good if
  I had a child this age, this is the class I would
  hope for.

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The Domains

• Domain 1 Planning and Preparation
• Domain 2 The Classroom Environment
• Domain 3 Instruction
• Domain 4 Professional Responsibilities

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The Framework for TeachingSecond Edition

• Domain 4 Professional Responsibilities
• Reflecting on Teaching
• Maintaining Accurate Records
• Communicating with Families
• Participating in a Professional Community
• Growing and Developing Professionally
• Showing Professionalism

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Common Themes

• Equity
• Cultural sensitivity
• High expectations
• Developmental appropriateness
• Accommodating individual needs
• Appropriate use of technology
• Student Assumption of responsibility

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The Complexity of Teaching

• After 30 years of doing such work, I have
  concluded that classroom teaching is perhaps
  the most complex, most challenging, and most
  demanding, subtle, nuanced, and frightening
  activity that our species has ever invented.
  ..The only time a physician could possibly
  encounter a situation of comparable complexity
  would be in the emergency room of a hospital
  during or after a natural disaster
• Lee Shulman, The Wisdom of Practice

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A Memorable Teacher

• Consider your long life as a student. Recall an
  occasion (or a pattern of occasions) that you
  still remember. The memory can be either
  positive or negative.
• What makes this so memorable?

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School Memories
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Domain 2
Domain 3
Other
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School Memories
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Domain 2
Domain 3
Other
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A Quote from Maya Angelou

• People will forget what you said. People will
  forget what you did. But they will never forget
  how you made them feel
• Commencement Address, 2002

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Domain 2The Classroom Environment2a Creating
an Environment of Respect and Rapport
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The Framework for TeachingSecond Edition

• Domain 4 Professional Responsibilities
• Reflecting on Teaching
• Maintaining Accurate Records
• Communicating with Families
• Participating in a Professional Community
• Growing and Developing Professionally
• Showing Professionalism

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Origins of The Framework for Teaching

• Praxis III Classroom Performance Assessments
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

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Features of The Framework for Teaching

• Comprehensive
• Grounded in research
• Public
• Generic
• Coherent in structure
• Independent of any particular teaching methodology

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Summary of The Framework for Teaching

• A research-based definition of good teaching
• A roadmap to, and for navigating through, the
  territory
• A framework for novice-level practitioners,
  through accomplished teaching

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Uses of The Framework for Teaching

• Teacher preparation
• Supervising student teachers
• Teacher recruitment and hiring
• Mentoring beginning teachers
• Structuring professional development
• Evaluating teacher performance

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Mentoring
Recruitment And Hiring
Supervision Of Student Teachers
License Renewal
Professional Development
Teacher Evaluation
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GOOD TEACHING (The Framework for Teaching)
Mentoring
Recruitment And Hiring
Supervision Of Student Teachers
License Renewal
Professional Development
Teacher Evaluation
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GOOD TEACHING (The Framework for Teaching)
Mentoring
Recruitment And Hiring
Supervision Of Student Teachers
License Renewal
Professional Development
Teacher Evaluation
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Benefits of Any Framework for Teaching

• Common language
• Development of shared understandings
• Self-assessment and reflection on practice
• Structured professional conversation