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The TPEP Steering Committee approved the updated Danielson Framework for Teaching (2022) for use for teacher evaluation in Washington. The timeline for the required use of the 2022 updated Framework for Teaching for Danielson has been extended to the 2025-26 school year. All districts that use the Danielson instructional framework will be required to use the 2022 updated Framework for Teaching in their 2025-26 school year evaluation. In August of 2025, the evaluation materials aligned to the 2011 version of the Danielson Group’s instructional framework will be taken off of our website, will be removed from eVAL, and will no longer be available for use in evaluations.
The following documents are intended to help you learn more about the 2022 updated Framework for Teaching:
- The Overview of the Danielson 2022 Framework Updates provides an explanation in the shifts by Domain from the 2011 version to the 2022 version of the Framework for Teaching.
- The 2022 Framework for Teaching Format and Rubrics Explained clarifies the layout and rubrics in the 2022 Framework for Teaching.
- The Danielson Group: What's Changed? shows the thematic shift from the 2011 to the 2022 version of the Framework for Teaching.
The Danielson Group is finalizing the PDF of the updated framework and creating additional resources to support its use. Currently, the updated framework is available as an interactive tool on the Danielson Group website.
- Danielson Framework (2011) with Final Revised Student Growth Goals
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- 2011 Danielson Framework for Teaching Smart Card
- 2011 Framework Evaluation Instrument
- Alignment with WA State Teacher Evaluation Criteria to the Framework for Teaching
- Danielson Comprehensive Scoring Diagram
- Danielson Focused Scoring Diagram
- Danielson “At A Glance”
- Danielson by Washington State Criteria
- Danielson by State Criteria with Critical Attributes
- English Learner connections in the 2011 Danielson Framework
- Intellectual Engagement Guide from The Danielson Group
Optional Focused Evaluation Forms
- Danielson Framework for Teaching (2022) with Final Revised Student Growth Goals
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Materials posted here will be updated and replaced as updated materials are received from The Danielson Group.
- 2022 Danielson Framework for Teaching Smart Card
- 2022 Danielson Instructional Framework
- 2022 Framework for Teaching - Rubrics
- "Danielson 'At A Glance' alignment to WA criteria"
- Danielson by Washington State Criteria
- Danielson by State Criteria with Critical Attributes
- Danielson Comprehensive Scoring Diagram
- Danielson Focused Scoring Diagram
Optional Focused Evaluation Forms
- Specific Learning Environment Resources
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- TPEP in Specialized Learning Environments (On-line, Juvenile Justice, Home School), Pre-School/Kindergarten, Special Education
- Danielson Correlation to High Leverage Practices in Special Education
- Crosswalk between FfT and Universal Design for Learning
- Special Education Scenarios for the Danielson Framework
- Remote instruction from The Danielson Group
Framework Author: Karyn Wright