A NYC teacher's observations on how the Danielson rubrics are being used
One thing that the DOE and the UFT seem to have agreed upon is that the instructional framework developed by consultant Charlotte Danielson are potential useful and constructive, though they disagree about how these rubrics are being used to evaluate teachers currently in NYC schools. Below are the observations of one teacher about how the Danielson rubric is being applied in his school.
I'm an English teacher at a NYC high school. There are several major problems with the way the Charlotte Danielson rubrics are being used and misused. Here are some that I have observed at our school.
We have an AP who is unqualified to do these observations. Hitherto, he has overseen
We have an AP who is unqualified to do these observations. Hitherto, he has overseen
