The 4 Domains
This domain focuses on lesson objectives, content knowledge, and designing instruction.
What is Domain 1: Planning & Preparation?
A teacher greets students at the door and students begin a bell ringer independently.
What is Domain 2: Classroom Environment?
During an observation, administrators collect this instead of opinions.
What is evidence?
This tells students what they should learn by the end of the lesson.
What is a learning objective?
Teaching is not improvising; it is intentional __________.
What is planning?
This domain focuses on classroom culture, routines, and expectations.
What is Domain 2: Classroom Environment?
A teacher asks students higher-order questions during a discussion.
What is Domain 3: Instruction?
This person typically observes teachers in classrooms.
Who is the principal or administrator?
This quick assessment at the end of class checks student understanding.
What is an exit ticket?
Who should be doing most of the thinking in a classroom?
Who are students?
This domain includes questioning, student engagement, and checking for understanding.
What is Domain 3: Instruction?
A teacher writes a lesson plan with objectives and an exit ticket.
What is Domain 1: Planning & Preparation?
These are the four teacher rating levels in the framework.
What are Distinguished, Proficient, Basic, Unsatisfactory?
According to the framework, strong planning helps prevent these.
What are behavior problems?
Teaching follows this cycle: Planning → Environment → Instruction → ______.
What is Reflection?
This domain includes reflection, communication with families, and professional growth.
What is Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities?
A teacher reflects after class about what worked and what did not.
What is Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities?
Observations help teachers improve through this process.
What is professional growth?
Teachers adjust instruction to meet different student needs using this strategy.
What is differentiation?
The Danielson Framework breaks teaching into this number of domains.
What is four?
This domain is considered the foundation because strong planning impacts the rest of teaching.
What is Domain 1: Planning and Preparation?
Students work respectfully in groups while following clear classroom procedures.
What is Domain 2: Classroom Environment?
Observations align teacher actions to these four categories.
What are the four domains?
Lesson plans show evidence of Domains 1, 2, 3, and this domain when reflection is included.
What is Domain 4?
This is the main purpose of the framework besides evaluation.
What is improving teaching / professional growth?