Editor and Section Editor's Perspective Article: A Look at the Danielson Framework for Teacher Evaluation

In this age of teacher accountability, school districts are increasingly interested in using the best possible methods in evaluating their teachers. This interest impacts new alternative certification teachers, as well as traditional teachers. An increasingly popular assessment is the Danielson Framework, which is a set of 22 components of instruction that measure teacher effectiveness under four domains: Planning and preparation, classroom environment, instruction, and professional responsibilities (Danielson, 2014a). In this article, the editor, section editor, and editor's graduate student give background on the Danielson Framework and interviewed 12 alternative certification teachers in New York City to understand the perceptions of new alternative certification teachers.