Charlotte Danielson or National Board Certification: A Comparison and Contrasting of Two Major National Frameworks for Teaching

Abstract

Pennsylvania is in the process of adopting a rubric using the framework of Charlotte Danielson with four levels of competency to include distinguished, proficient, needs improvement or progressing, and unsatisfactory. It is a lot more detailed and intricate than the current employee evaluation form from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) which has assessment levels of unsatisfactory, satisfactory, and commendable. The current PDE evaluation form uses bulleted style descriptors along with check boxes for sources of evidence and a block for administrative comments on justification for evaluation. The Charlotte Danielson Framework Model that is currently being piloted in Pennsylvania is rather logorrheic in nature but the final assessment or evaluation can be narrowed down to a related totaled number depending on the value given each level of the rubric.