Source: C. Danielson (2016, April 20). Charlotte Danielson on rethinking teacher evaluation. [Web log]. Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/04/20/charlotte-danielson-on-rethinking-teacher-evaluation.html?cmp=eml-eb-popweek+4222016 What is Sacred: Charlotte Danielson, author of Framework for Teaching weighs in on the ideals originally set forth by her first book and researched by the Danielson Group as well as the Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching project. What has happened to her original framework is that administrators and systems have taken her growth framework and turned it into a punitive numbers system to evaluate teachers rather than to help them grow and improve student learning. Here is what she continues to say: It's time for a major rethinking of how we structure teacher evaluation to ensure that teachers, as professionals, can benefit from numerous opportunities to continually refine their craft. Connection to Curr...
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