Using the Danielson Framework for teacher observations? EX in Education configures your district’s licensed Danielson forms across all four domains, so evaluations stay faithful to your own instrument. Evaluations are one part of the educator experience. In EX in Education, this evidence connects to coaching, PD, and goals - helping every educator move from hired to thriving.
EX in Education is an independent platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Charlotte Danielson or The Danielson Group. The Framework for Teaching and its rubric are the property of their respective owners. We configure your district's own licensed Danielson forms inside the platform; we do not provide or distribute the Danielson rubric itself. Want a form you can download today? Get our framework-neutral formal observation form pack.
Planning and Preparation components including content knowledge, student knowledge, and instructional design.
Classroom Environment components focusing on respect, culture, and management systems.
Instruction components covering communication, engagement, and assessment during teaching.
Professional Responsibilities including reflection, communication, and professional growth.
Does not meet basic requirements for effective teaching practice
Meets basic requirements with some effective teaching practices
Consistently demonstrates effective teaching practices
Demonstrates innovative, highly effective teaching that inspires others
If your district is licensed to use the Danielson Framework, EX configures your approved forms, components, and scoring language from the materials you provide.
Structured spaces for recording specific examples, observations, and evidence for each component rating.
Score against your district’s four performance levels - Unsatisfactory, Basic, Proficient, Distinguished - using your own scoring language.
Dedicated areas for commendations, recommendations, and professional development goal setting that feed straight into coaching and PD plans.
Structured templates for pre-observation planning and post-observation reflection conversations.
Send us your district’s approved Danielson forms and evaluation requirements, and we’ll set them up in EX in Education.
Examine Domain 1 elements: objectives, assessments, and planned instructional strategies.
Choose 3-4 specific components to emphasize based on teacher growth goals.
Discuss lesson context, student needs, and specific areas the teacher wants feedback on.
Record concrete examples and direct quotes that support each component rating.
Emphasize classroom environment and instruction - the domains most visible during observation.
Document how students engage, respond, and demonstrate learning throughout the lesson.
Many states have adopted modified versions of the Danielson Framework. Your district's forms can be customized to match your state's specific requirements.
Already using Danielson? EX runs your district’s licensed forms inside the platform, where every evaluation connects to coaching conversations, PD plans, and goals instead of sitting in a folder.
Bring your district’s approved Danielson rubric - we’ll configure it.
Digital Danielson form interface
The Danielson Framework has four domains and 22 components. If your district is licensed to use it, EX configures your approved forms; you can customize them to match your district's specific implementation or state-mandated modifications.
Yes! The digital format allows you to customize component descriptions, add district-specific elements, modify rating scales, and include your district's priorities while maintaining the core Danielson structure.
Our platform includes your district’s rubric definitions for each component and performance level. Provide calibration training using the same form, and consider using the platform's consistency features to maintain standards across evaluators.
EX configures your district’s licensed Danielson forms - all four domains, your components, your performance-level language, and evidence areas - so evaluations stay faithful to your own instrument. If you are not on Danielson, the generic observation form pack above works with any framework.
Already using Danielson? Run your district’s licensed forms in EX in Education, where the evidence connects to coaching, PD, and goals. Every educator, from hired to thriving.
Bring your district’s approved Danielson rubric - we’ll configure it.
Part of EX in Education
Danielson observation forms are one part of how districts support educators. In EX in Education, they connect to the bigger picture: walkthroughs, coaching, evaluations, goals, PD, recognition, surveys, and retention. Bring your own process and forms, and we’ll run them across every school so every educator moves from hired to thriving.