Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching

1. Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching Overview for Arkansas TESS Teacher Training

2. ”The effects of well-prepared teachers on student achievement can be stronger than the influences of student background factors, such as poverty, language background, and minority status." Linda Darling-Hammond analyzing NAEP Data (2000)

3. Framework for Teaching Domain 1 Planning and Preparation Domain 2 Classroom Environment Domain 4 Professional Responsibilities Domain 3 Instruction

4. Domain 1:Planning and Preparation • Demonstrating Knowledge of Contentand Pedagogy • Demonstrating Knowledge of Students • Setting Instructional Outcomes • Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources • Designing Coherent Instruction • Designing Student Assessments • Domain 2:The Classroom Environment • Creating an Environment of Respectand Rapport • Establishing a Culture for Learning • Managing Classroom Procedures • Managing Student Behavior • Organizing Physical Space • Domain 4:Professional Responsibilities • Reflecting on Teaching • Maintaining Accurate Records • Communicating with Families • Participating in a Professional Community • Growing and Developing Professionally • Showing Professionalism • Domain 3:Instruction • Communicating with Students • Using Questioning and DiscussionTechniques • Engaging Students in Learning • Using Assessment in Instruction • Demonstrating Flexibility andResponsiveness A Framework for Teaching: Components of Professional Practice

5. Levels of Performance Not No Not clear Unaware Does not respond Poor Not congruent Consistent High quality Timely Accurate Appropriate Clear Effective High expectations Some Attempts to Limited Moderate Uneven Inconsistent Rudimentary All students Highly effective Entirely appropriate Adapted for individual students Fully aligned Extensive 5

6. Evidence should be . . . • Factual • Representative • Relevant • Free from Bias • No Judgments

7. Of all the approaches available to educators to promote teacher learning, the most powerful is that of professional conversation. Talk About Teaching! Charlotte Danielson 2009, Corwin Press