1. Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching
(ASCD, 2007)
Charlotte Danielson
Putting the Pieces Together

2. Agenda Essential/Focus Questions
Accessing Prior Knowledge (Find someone who activity)
Purpose of the Framework
Processing Strategy (Gallery Walk)
“Good Morning Miss Toliver” DVD
Summarizing Activity (Stoplight)
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3. Essential/Focus Questions
How does Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching enhance professional practice and relate to GICSD’s goals?
How can you use the Framework to learn more about teaching and learning?
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5. Purposes of Framework Based on the Praxis III criteria
Applies to experienced as well as novice teachers
Creates a shared understanding of teaching, helps paint a picture of what “good” teaching looks like
Provides opportunities for teachers/administrators/and staff to discuss teaching using common vocabulary
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6. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
William Arthur Ward
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7. Reflect… Domain 1: Planning and Preparation Domain 2: The Environment
Domain 3: Instruction/Delivery of Service
Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities
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8. Wallpaper Poster Please work with your content/position/grade level.
Read the 2 domains assigned and then on chart paper complete the following tasks.
Summarize the key components of each domain
Include an example
Create a nonlinguistic representation
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9. Gallery Walk
After posters are complete, travel with group and read each one
With your group either add a graphic, example, or connection to the poster
Original group present poster with new ideas

10. Domain 1: Planning and Preparation
Some important elements to include in a
lesson plan and (Hunter, 1984):
Purpose, NYS Standards, GICSD curriculum, Objectives
Procedure- input, modeling, check for understanding, guided and independent practice
Assessment Plan
Resources
Instructional/Environmental Modifications
Time Required
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11. Domain 2: Classroom Environment
Recommendations for Classroom Practice (Marzano, 2005)
Write a class pledge or promise
Establish classroom rules and procedures
Consistently reinforcing norms
Discovering and incorporating students’ interest into academics
Noticing individual accomplishments
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12. Domain 3: Instruction (Marzano, 2005) and (Danielson, 2007)
Communicating- posting essential questions and objectives in the classroom
Questioning- Bloom’s, explicit, inferential, and analytic questions
Engaging- using technology, providing student choice, constructivist approach
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13. Domain 3: Instruction
Feedback- use criterion-referenced feedback and explanations, engage students in peer feedback, ask students to self-assess
Flexibility- “teachable moments”, adjusting a lesson plan in midstream or pace of lesson
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14. Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities
Reflection- journal, post-it notes in plan book, discussion with peer coach, colleagues, or principal
Logs and records- PDP timekeeper, parent contact log, parent/teacher conference log and forms, grade keeper, skills inventories, ELP
GICSD community- SDM, PBIS, clubs, sports, summer curriculum, testing coordinator, peer coach, TIF, content facilitators, Health and Wellness, etc.
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15. Framework in Practice “Good Morning Miss Toliver” DVD
As you watch the DVD please use the classroom observation record to write evidence of the 4 domains.
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16. Conclusion
Please use the summarizing tool to help process your thoughts (Stoplight)
Questions/Comments
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17. Resources Online Resources: Clip Art: http://schools.clipart.com
Teacher Tube:
Literature:
Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing professional practice. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Marzano, R. J., Norford, J. S., Paytner, D. E., et. al. (2001). A handbook for classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Marzano, R. J., Gaddy, B. B., Foseid, M. C. et. al. (2005). A handbook for classroom management that works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
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