Implementing the Framework for Teaching in Enhancing Professional Practice: An ASCD Action Tool - Softcover

Danielson, Charlotte; Axgtell, Darlene; Bevan, Paula; Cleland, Bernadette; McKay, Candi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416609199 ISBN 13: 9781416609193

Publisher: ASCD, 2009

Synopsis

It's much faster and easier to implement Charlotte Danielson's renowned framework for teaching from Enhancing Professional Practice when you have this collection of tools, examples, and assessments. Teachers can use the tools, either on their own or with their students, to

- Analyze and assess teaching practice.
- Integrate elements of successful teaching into the classroom.
- Plan a course of action for teacher improvement.
- Undertake and use new teaching practices and record the results.
- Determine the results of new practices and next steps to take.

Whether you use the framework in teacher preparation courses, recruitment, mentoring, professional development, or professional learning communities, the nearly 100 tools and activities in this guide will help make the components of successful teaching the standard for practice in your school, district, or personal career. PDF versions of the tools are available for download.

About this title

About the Author

Charlotte Danielson is an education consultant based in Princeton, New Jersey, and developed the framework for teaching. She has taught at all levels, from kindergarten through college, and has worked as an administrator, curriculum director, and staff developer in school districts in several regions of the United States. Danielson also served as a consultant to hundreds of school districts, universities, intermediate agencies, and state department of education in virtually every state and in many other countries. In her consulting work, she has specialized in aspects of teacher quality and evaluation, curriculum planning, performance assessment, and professional development. For several years she served on the staff of Educational Testing Service (ETS) and was involved in many signifi cant projects, including designing the assessor training program for Praxis III: Classroom Performance Assessments.

From the Back Cover

With its clear definition of the elements of good teaching, the framework for teaching, designed by Charlotte Danielson, is used by educators around the world for professional preparation, recruitment and hiring, mentoring and induction, professional development, and performance appraisal. This action tool can guide you in applying the framework in your own classroom or school and strengthening your professional practice with proven strategies.

Broken down into the different domains, components, and elements of the framework, each section provides examples of best practices for the higher levels of performance, followed by a variety of tools that teachers can adapt and incorporate into their instruction.

Self-assessments at the domain and component levels help you analyze your own practice. And the activities for each element can be used in your planning or with students, helping you develop the techniques that strengthen your practice. Whether you use the tools on your own or with colleagues in a study group or professional learning community, implementing the framework for teaching can help you become a better teacher.

Charlotte Danielson is also founder of the Danielson Group.

Edition details

• Publisher: ASCD
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416609199
• ISBN 13: 9781416609193
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164