Tell me about Charlotte Danielson, please.

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18. Districts across the nation are using

either Danielson or Marzano. Marzano, the prolific writer of books giver of trainings about how to improve teaching:

http://www.marzanoresearch.com/instructional-strategies

My district is using Danielson. What's really bizarre is that I swear I read something back when I first heard about her, in which she said that her staff development model wasn't about evaluating teachers, but improving their practice. That part of her work is not bad. The Danielson evaluation model is a nightmare; too many domains with too many parts to keep track of, and the rubrics make teachers responsible for what students SHOULD be responsible for, just like the current demand to use student test scores to evaluate and pay teachers.