Charlotte Danielson Framework

                       Enhancing Professional Practice
Adapted with Charlotte Danielson’s permission from Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching




                                          Gloria Harper
                               Chief Program Officer, Golden Apple
                                     harper@goldenapple.org
Planning and
                     Preparation




                    Charlotte
 Professional
Responsibilities    Danielson        Classroom
                                    Environment

                   Framework




                     Instruction


                                                  2
Qualities of Distinguished Teachers
From A Framework for Teaching by Charlotte Danielson - Adapted from CEC workshop

                     Domain 1
             Planning and Preparation                     Domain 2
       Demonstrating Knowledge of Content        The Classroom Environment
       and Pedagogy
                                            Creating an Environment of Respect
       Demonstrating Knowledge of           and Rapport
       Students
                                            Establishing a Culture for Learning
       Setting Instructional Outcomes
                                            Managing Classroom Procedures
       Demonstrating Knowledge of
       Resources                            Managing Student Behavior
       Designing Coherent Instruction       Organizing Physical Space
       Designing Student Assessments




                                                          Domain 4
                     Domain 3
                                                 Professional Responsibilities
                    Instruction
                                            Reflecting on Teaching
       Communicating with Students
                                            Maintaining Accurate Records
       Questioning and Discussion
       Techniques                           Communicating with Families
       Engaging Students in Learning        Participating in a Professional
                                            Community
       Using Assessment in Instruction
                                            Growing and Developing
       Demonstrating Flexibility and
                                            Professionally
       Responsiveness
                                            Showing Professionalism




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Domain 1 - Planning and Preparation
Planning and Preparation
    1a Demonstrating Knowledge of                    1b Demonstrating Knowledge of Students
        Content and Pedagogy                        •     Knowledge of Child and Adolescent
•   Knowledge of Content and the Structure of             Development
    the Discipline                                  •     Knowledge of the Learning Process
•   Knowledge of Prerequisite Relationships         •     Knowledge of Students’ Skills, Knowledge, and
•   Knowledge of Content-Related Pedagogy                 Language Proficiency
                                                    •     Knowledge of Students’ Interests and Cultural
                                                          Heritage
                                                    •     Knowledge of Students’ Special Needs




                                  Gloria Harper - Golden Apple – 2012
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1c Setting Instructional
                                                              1d Demonstrating Knowledge of
              Outcomes
                                                                       Resources
•   Value, Sequence, and
                                                             • Resources for Classroom Use
    Alignment
                                                             • Resources to Extend Content
•   Clarity
                                                                Knowledge and Pedagogy
•   Balance
                                                             • Resources for Students
•   Suitability for Diverse
    Students




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1e Designing Coherent Instruction                1f Designing Student Assessment
•    Learning Activities                         •    Congruence with Instructional
•    Instructional Materials and                      Outcomes
     Resources                                   •    Criteria and Standards
•    Instructional Groups                        •    Design of Formative Assessments
•    Lesson and Unit Structure                   •    Use for Planning




                             Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010                        7
Domain 2 - The Classroom Environment




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2a Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport
Teacher interaction with students,         Student interactions with other students,
including both words and actions           including both words and actions

•   Reflect genuine respect and caring       •   Students demonstrate genuine
    for individuals as well as groups of         caring for one another and monitor
    students.                                    one another’s treatment of
•   Students appear to trust the teacher         peers, correcting classmates
    with sensitive information.                  respectfully when needed.




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2b Establishing a Culture for Learning
Importance of the content and of
             learning
•   Students demonstrate through
    their active
    participation, curiosity, and taking
    initiative that they value the
    importance of the content.

Expectations for learning and
   achievement
•   Instructional outcomes, activities
    and assignments, and classroom
    interactions convey high
    expectations for all students.
•   Students appear to have
    internalized these expectations.




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2b Establishing a Culture for Learning
                                   Student pride in work
                                 • Students demonstrate
                                   attention to detail and
                                   take obvious pride in
                                   their work, initiating
                                   improvement in it by,
                                   for example, revising
                                   drafts on their own or
                                   helping peers.

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2c Managing Classroom Procedures
Management of instructional
  groups
• Small-group work is well
  organized, and students are
  productively engaged at all
  times, with students assuming
  responsibility for productivity.

Management of transitions
• Transitions are seamless with
  students assuming
  responsibility in ensuring their
  efficient operation.

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2c Managing Classroom Procedures
Management of materials and supplies
• Routines for handling materials and supplies
  are seamless, with students assuming some
  responsibility for smooth operation
Performance of non-instructional duties
• Systems for performing non-instructional
  duties are well established, with students
  assuming considerable responsibility for
  efficient operation.

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2d Managing Student Behavior




Expectations
• Standards of conduct are clear to all students and appear to have been
   developed with student participation.

Monitoring of student behavior
• Monitoring by teacher is subtle and preventive. Students monitor their own
  and their peers’ behavior, correcting one another respectfully.

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2d Managing Student Behavior
Response to student misbehavior

• Teacher response to misbehavior is highly effective and sensitive to
  students’ individual needs, or student behavior is entirely appropriate.




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2e Organizing Physical Space
Safety and accessibility
•   The classroom is safe, and
    students themselves ensure that
    all learning is equally accessible to
    all students.


Arrangement of furniture and
   use of physical resources
•   Both teacher and students use
    physical resources easily and
    skillfully, and students adjust the
    furniture to advance their
    learning.




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DOMAIN 3: INSTRUCTION




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3a: Communicating with Students

                Expectations for learning
                Teacher makes the purpose of
                  the lesson or unit clear,
                  including where it is
                  situated within broader
                  learning, linking that
                  purpose to student
                  interests.

                Directions and procedures
                Teacher’s directions and
                   procedures are clear to
                   students and anticipate
                   possible student
                   misunderstanding.

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3a Communicating with Students
Explanations of content
Teacher’s explanation of content is imaginative and
  connects with students’ knowledge and experience.
  Students contribute to explaining concepts to their
  peers.

Use of oral and written language
Teacher’s spoken and written language is correct and
  conforms to standard English. It is also expressive, with
  well-chosen vocabulary that enriches the lesson.
  Teacher finds opportunities to extend students’
  vocabularies

                     Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010   19
3b: Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques


Quality of questions
Teacher’s questions are of uniformly
   high quality, with adequate time for
   students to respond. Students
   formulate many questions.

Discussion techniques
Students assume considerable
   responsibility for the success of the
   discussion, initiating topics and
   making unsolicited contributions.

Student participation
Students themselves ensure that all
   voices are heard in the discussion.

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Component 3c: Engaging Students in Learning
                        Activities and assignments
                        All students are cognitively
                            engaged in the activities and
                            assignments in their
                            exploration of content.
                            Students initiate or adapt
                            activities and projects to
                            enhance their understanding.

                        Grouping of students
                        Instructional groups are productive
                            and fully appropriate to the
                            students or to the instructional
                            purposes of the lesson.
                            Students take the initiative to
                            influence the formation or
                            adjustment of instructional
                            groups.


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3c Engaging Student in Learning
Instructional materials and resources
Instructional materials and resources are suitable to
  the instructional purposes and engage students
  mentally. Students initiate the
  choice, adaptation, or creation of materials to
  enhance their learning.

Structure and pacing
The lesson’s structure is highly coherent, allowing
  for reflection and closure. Pacing of the lesson is
  appropriate for all students.

                   Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010   22
Component 3d: Using Assessment in Instruction

                      Assessment criteria
                      Students are fully aware of
                        the criteria and
                        performance standards
                        by which their work will
                        be evaluated and have
                        contributed to the
                        development of the
                        criteria.



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3d Using Assessment in Instruction
Monitoring of student learning
Teacher does not monitor student learning in
  the curriculum.

Feedback to students
Students not only frequently assess and monitor
  the quality of their own work against the
  assessment criteria and performance
  standards but also make active use of
  information in their learning of progress.

                 Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010   24
3e: Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness

Lesson adjustment
Teacher successfully makes a
  major adjustment to a
  lesson when needed.

Response to students
Teacher seizes a major
  opportunity to enhance
  learning, building on
  student interests or a
  spontaneous event.


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3e Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness

Persistence
Teacher persists in seeking
  effective approaches for
  students who need
  help, using an extensive
  repertoire of strategies
  and soliciting additional
  resources from the
  school.


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DOMAIN 4: PROFESSIONAL
   RESPONSIBILITIES




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4a: Reflecting on Teaching

Accuracy
Teacher makes a thoughtful and accurate assessment of a
  lesson’s effectiveness and the extent to which it
  achieved its instructional outcomes, citing many
  specific examples from the lesson and weighing the
  relative strengths of each.

Use in future teaching
Drawing on an extensive repertoire of skills, teacher
  offers specific alternative actions, completes with the
  probable success of different courses of action.


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4b: Maintaining Accurate Records
Student completion of assignments
Teacher’s system for maintaining
    information on student completion of
    assignments is fully effective. Students
    participate in maintaining the records.

Student progress in learning
Teacher’s system for maintaining
    information on student progress in
    learning is fully effective. Students
    contribute information and participate
    in interpreting the records.

Non-instructional records
Teacher’s system for maintaining
    information on non-instructional
    activities is highly effective, and
    students contribute to its maintenance.



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4c: Communicating with Families

Information about the instructional program
Teacher provides frequent information to families, as
   appropriate, about the instructional program. Students
   participate in preparing materials for their families.

Information about individual students
Teacher provides information to families frequently on student
   progress, with students contributing to the design of the
   system. Response to family concerns is handled with great
   professional and cultural sensitivity.



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4c Communicating with Families
                              Engagement of families in
                                the instructional program
                              Teacher’s efforts to engage
                                families in the
                                instructional program are
                                frequent and successful.
                                Students contribute ideas
                                for projects that could be
                                enhanced by family
                                participation.

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4d: Participating in a Professional Community

                       Relationships with colleagues
                       Relationships with colleagues
                         are characterized by mutual
                         support and cooperation.
                         Teacher takes initiative in
                         assuming leadership among
                         the faculty.

                       Involvement in a culture of
                          professional inquiry
                       Teacher takes a leadership role
                          in promoting a culture of
                          professional inquiry.


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4d Participating in a Professional Community

Service to the school
Teacher volunteers to participate in school
  events, making a substantial contribution, and
  assumes a leadership role in at least one aspect
  of school life.

Participation in school and district projects
Teacher volunteers to participate in school and
  district projects, making a substantial
  contribution, and assumes a leadership role in a
  major school or district project.

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4e: Growing and Developing Professionally

Enhancement of content knowledge
   and pedagogical skill
Teacher seeks out opportunities for
   professional development and
   makes a systematic effort to
   conduct action research.

Receptivity to feedback from
   colleagues
Teacher seeks out feedback on
   teaching from both supervisors and
   colleagues.

Service to the profession
Teacher initiates important activities to
   contribute to the profession.

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4f: Showing Professionalism

Integrity and ethical conduct
Teacher can be counted on to hold the highest standards
   of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality and takes a
   leadership role with colleagues.

Service to students
Teacher is highly proactive in serving students, seeking
  out resources when needed.

Advocacy
Teacher makes a concerted effort to challenge negative
  attitudes or practices to ensure that all students,
  particularly those traditionally underserved, are
  honored in the school.
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4f: Showing Professionalism


Decision making
Teacher takes a leadership role in team or departmental decision
  making and helps ensure that such decisions are based on the
  highest professional standards.

Compliance with school and district regulations. Teacher
  complies fully with school and district regulations, taking a
  leadership role with colleagues.




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Charlotte Danielson Framework PP

  • 1.
    Charlotte Danielson Framework Enhancing Professional Practice Adapted with Charlotte Danielson’s permission from Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching Gloria Harper Chief Program Officer, Golden Apple [email protected]
  • 2.
    Planning and Preparation Charlotte Professional Responsibilities Danielson Classroom Environment Framework Instruction 2
  • 3.
    Qualities of DistinguishedTeachers From A Framework for Teaching by Charlotte Danielson - Adapted from CEC workshop Domain 1 Planning and Preparation Domain 2 Demonstrating Knowledge of Content The Classroom Environment and Pedagogy Creating an Environment of Respect Demonstrating Knowledge of and Rapport Students Establishing a Culture for Learning Setting Instructional Outcomes Managing Classroom Procedures Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources Managing Student Behavior Designing Coherent Instruction Organizing Physical Space Designing Student Assessments Domain 4 Domain 3 Professional Responsibilities Instruction Reflecting on Teaching Communicating with Students Maintaining Accurate Records Questioning and Discussion Techniques Communicating with Families Engaging Students in Learning Participating in a Professional Community Using Assessment in Instruction Growing and Developing Demonstrating Flexibility and Professionally Responsiveness Showing Professionalism 3
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    Domain 1 -Planning and Preparation
  • 5.
    Planning and Preparation 1a Demonstrating Knowledge of 1b Demonstrating Knowledge of Students Content and Pedagogy • Knowledge of Child and Adolescent • Knowledge of Content and the Structure of Development the Discipline • Knowledge of the Learning Process • Knowledge of Prerequisite Relationships • Knowledge of Students’ Skills, Knowledge, and • Knowledge of Content-Related Pedagogy Language Proficiency • Knowledge of Students’ Interests and Cultural Heritage • Knowledge of Students’ Special Needs Gloria Harper - Golden Apple – 2012 5
  • 6.
    1c Setting Instructional 1d Demonstrating Knowledge of Outcomes Resources • Value, Sequence, and • Resources for Classroom Use Alignment • Resources to Extend Content • Clarity Knowledge and Pedagogy • Balance • Resources for Students • Suitability for Diverse Students Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2012 6
  • 7.
    1e Designing CoherentInstruction 1f Designing Student Assessment • Learning Activities • Congruence with Instructional • Instructional Materials and Outcomes Resources • Criteria and Standards • Instructional Groups • Design of Formative Assessments • Lesson and Unit Structure • Use for Planning Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 7
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    Domain 2 -The Classroom Environment Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2012 8
  • 9.
    2a Creating anEnvironment of Respect and Rapport Teacher interaction with students, Student interactions with other students, including both words and actions including both words and actions • Reflect genuine respect and caring • Students demonstrate genuine for individuals as well as groups of caring for one another and monitor students. one another’s treatment of • Students appear to trust the teacher peers, correcting classmates with sensitive information. respectfully when needed. 9
  • 10.
    2b Establishing aCulture for Learning Importance of the content and of learning • Students demonstrate through their active participation, curiosity, and taking initiative that they value the importance of the content. Expectations for learning and achievement • Instructional outcomes, activities and assignments, and classroom interactions convey high expectations for all students. • Students appear to have internalized these expectations. 10
  • 11.
    2b Establishing aCulture for Learning Student pride in work • Students demonstrate attention to detail and take obvious pride in their work, initiating improvement in it by, for example, revising drafts on their own or helping peers. Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 11
  • 12.
    2c Managing ClassroomProcedures Management of instructional groups • Small-group work is well organized, and students are productively engaged at all times, with students assuming responsibility for productivity. Management of transitions • Transitions are seamless with students assuming responsibility in ensuring their efficient operation. 12
  • 13.
    2c Managing ClassroomProcedures Management of materials and supplies • Routines for handling materials and supplies are seamless, with students assuming some responsibility for smooth operation Performance of non-instructional duties • Systems for performing non-instructional duties are well established, with students assuming considerable responsibility for efficient operation. Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 13
  • 14.
    2d Managing StudentBehavior Expectations • Standards of conduct are clear to all students and appear to have been developed with student participation. Monitoring of student behavior • Monitoring by teacher is subtle and preventive. Students monitor their own and their peers’ behavior, correcting one another respectfully. 14
  • 15.
    2d Managing StudentBehavior Response to student misbehavior • Teacher response to misbehavior is highly effective and sensitive to students’ individual needs, or student behavior is entirely appropriate. Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 15
  • 16.
    2e Organizing PhysicalSpace Safety and accessibility • The classroom is safe, and students themselves ensure that all learning is equally accessible to all students. Arrangement of furniture and use of physical resources • Both teacher and students use physical resources easily and skillfully, and students adjust the furniture to advance their learning. 16
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    3a: Communicating withStudents Expectations for learning Teacher makes the purpose of the lesson or unit clear, including where it is situated within broader learning, linking that purpose to student interests. Directions and procedures Teacher’s directions and procedures are clear to students and anticipate possible student misunderstanding. 18
  • 19.
    3a Communicating withStudents Explanations of content Teacher’s explanation of content is imaginative and connects with students’ knowledge and experience. Students contribute to explaining concepts to their peers. Use of oral and written language Teacher’s spoken and written language is correct and conforms to standard English. It is also expressive, with well-chosen vocabulary that enriches the lesson. Teacher finds opportunities to extend students’ vocabularies Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 19
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    3b: Using Questioningand Discussion Techniques Quality of questions Teacher’s questions are of uniformly high quality, with adequate time for students to respond. Students formulate many questions. Discussion techniques Students assume considerable responsibility for the success of the discussion, initiating topics and making unsolicited contributions. Student participation Students themselves ensure that all voices are heard in the discussion. 20
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    Component 3c: EngagingStudents in Learning Activities and assignments All students are cognitively engaged in the activities and assignments in their exploration of content. Students initiate or adapt activities and projects to enhance their understanding. Grouping of students Instructional groups are productive and fully appropriate to the students or to the instructional purposes of the lesson. Students take the initiative to influence the formation or adjustment of instructional groups. 21
  • 22.
    3c Engaging Studentin Learning Instructional materials and resources Instructional materials and resources are suitable to the instructional purposes and engage students mentally. Students initiate the choice, adaptation, or creation of materials to enhance their learning. Structure and pacing The lesson’s structure is highly coherent, allowing for reflection and closure. Pacing of the lesson is appropriate for all students. Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 22
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    Component 3d: UsingAssessment in Instruction Assessment criteria Students are fully aware of the criteria and performance standards by which their work will be evaluated and have contributed to the development of the criteria. 23
  • 24.
    3d Using Assessmentin Instruction Monitoring of student learning Teacher does not monitor student learning in the curriculum. Feedback to students Students not only frequently assess and monitor the quality of their own work against the assessment criteria and performance standards but also make active use of information in their learning of progress. Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 24
  • 25.
    3e: Demonstrating Flexibilityand Responsiveness Lesson adjustment Teacher successfully makes a major adjustment to a lesson when needed. Response to students Teacher seizes a major opportunity to enhance learning, building on student interests or a spontaneous event. 25
  • 26.
    3e Demonstrating Flexibilityand Responsiveness Persistence Teacher persists in seeking effective approaches for students who need help, using an extensive repertoire of strategies and soliciting additional resources from the school. Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 26
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    DOMAIN 4: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 27
  • 28.
    4a: Reflecting onTeaching Accuracy Teacher makes a thoughtful and accurate assessment of a lesson’s effectiveness and the extent to which it achieved its instructional outcomes, citing many specific examples from the lesson and weighing the relative strengths of each. Use in future teaching Drawing on an extensive repertoire of skills, teacher offers specific alternative actions, completes with the probable success of different courses of action. 28
  • 29.
    4b: Maintaining AccurateRecords Student completion of assignments Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student completion of assignments is fully effective. Students participate in maintaining the records. Student progress in learning Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student progress in learning is fully effective. Students contribute information and participate in interpreting the records. Non-instructional records Teacher’s system for maintaining information on non-instructional activities is highly effective, and students contribute to its maintenance. 29
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    4c: Communicating withFamilies Information about the instructional program Teacher provides frequent information to families, as appropriate, about the instructional program. Students participate in preparing materials for their families. Information about individual students Teacher provides information to families frequently on student progress, with students contributing to the design of the system. Response to family concerns is handled with great professional and cultural sensitivity. 30
  • 31.
    4c Communicating withFamilies Engagement of families in the instructional program Teacher’s efforts to engage families in the instructional program are frequent and successful. Students contribute ideas for projects that could be enhanced by family participation. Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 31
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    4d: Participating ina Professional Community Relationships with colleagues Relationships with colleagues are characterized by mutual support and cooperation. Teacher takes initiative in assuming leadership among the faculty. Involvement in a culture of professional inquiry Teacher takes a leadership role in promoting a culture of professional inquiry. 32
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    4d Participating ina Professional Community Service to the school Teacher volunteers to participate in school events, making a substantial contribution, and assumes a leadership role in at least one aspect of school life. Participation in school and district projects Teacher volunteers to participate in school and district projects, making a substantial contribution, and assumes a leadership role in a major school or district project. Gloria Harper - Golden Apple - 2010 33
  • 34.
    4e: Growing andDeveloping Professionally Enhancement of content knowledge and pedagogical skill Teacher seeks out opportunities for professional development and makes a systematic effort to conduct action research. Receptivity to feedback from colleagues Teacher seeks out feedback on teaching from both supervisors and colleagues. Service to the profession Teacher initiates important activities to contribute to the profession. 34
  • 35.
    4f: Showing Professionalism Integrityand ethical conduct Teacher can be counted on to hold the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality and takes a leadership role with colleagues. Service to students Teacher is highly proactive in serving students, seeking out resources when needed. Advocacy Teacher makes a concerted effort to challenge negative attitudes or practices to ensure that all students, particularly those traditionally underserved, are honored in the school. 35
  • 36.
    4f: Showing Professionalism Decisionmaking Teacher takes a leadership role in team or departmental decision making and helps ensure that such decisions are based on the highest professional standards. Compliance with school and district regulations. Teacher complies fully with school and district regulations, taking a leadership role with colleagues. 36