Making the Most of Teacher Evaluation

Schools and districts across the country have found in Charlotte Danielson's A Framework for Teachinga tool to promote and assure quality in teaching and continual professional learning for educators. Danielson offers an evaluation system that compels its users to address the fundamental questions of how good is good enough in teaching? Good enough at what exactly? How do we know, and who should decide? Educators will learn a range of functions for the Framework, from supporting self-assessment and reflection, to providing formative assessment of teachers practice, to providing support for improving their practice. A panel of administrators with experience implementing the Framework in their schools and districts detail necessary steps to implementation and guidelines to facilitate the process. Educators will come away prepared to instigate and utilize this evaluation system that has been adopted and touted by so many — teachers and administrators alike.