An Introduction to Teacher Evaluation

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An Introduction to Teacher Evaluation

• Charlotte Danielson
• charlotte_danielson_at_hotmail.com

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Purposes of Teacher Evaluation

• Quality Assurance
• Professional Learning

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Teacher Evaluation System

• How
• Procedures
• Instruments
• Personnel
• Timelines
• Due Process

• What
• Evaluative Criteria
• Levels of Performance
• Weighting
• Score Combining
• Standard Setting

Process for Deciding
Training for Evaluators
Professional Development for Teachers
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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 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 Classroom Environment
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The Nature of Professional Learning

• Trust
• Self-assessment and self-directed inquiry
• Reflection on practice
• Collaboration and conversation
• A community of learners

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What is the evidence?

• Evidence
• Accurate and unbiased
• Relevant
• Representative of the total

Interpretation
Judgment
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General Evaluation Procedures

• Observations of practice
• Conferences
• Samples of student work, with analysis
• Teacher artifacts

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The Evaluation System

• Track 1 Probationary or non-tenured teachers
• Track 2 Experienced teachers, with continuing
  status
• Track 3 Experienced teachers encountering
  difficulty

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Experienced Teacher System

• Multi-year cycle
• Comprehensive evaluation- every 2-4 years
• Self-directed professional inquiry in the other
  years