Introduction

This quick-start guide is intended to help you get off to a good start with the new teacher evaluation and development system. You will find in this guide:

• Suggested steps that you may take during the first few months of the school year
• An explanation of the two options for classroom observations and an observation cycle timeline
• A list of professional records that are important to keep
• A chart showing the Danielson domains and components
• A graphic representation on the scoring components of evaluation
• Definitions of some commonly used terms
• An evaluation and development timeline

Contact your chapter leader or district representative with any questions or concerns. Your district representative can be reached through the union’s borough offices:

Bronx

Brooklyn

Manhattan

Queens

Staten Island