In this professional learning activity, school leaders and others who engage in observing and analyzing teacher practice clarify and deepen thinking about components within the Danielson Framework for Teaching Domain 1: Planning and Preparation.

Component 1a: Demonstrating Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy in the Danielson 2013 Framework for Teaching addresses knowledge of content and the structure of the discipline, knowledge of prerequisite relationships, and knowledge of content-related pedagogy.

This rationale and explanation of Component 1a: Demonstrating Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy comes from Charlotte Danielson's Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching 2nd Edition (Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2007), pages 44-46.

Component 1c: Setting Instructional Outcomes in the Danielson 2013 Framework for Teaching addresses value, sequence, and alignment of outcomes; clarity of outcomes; balance of outcomes; and suitability of outcomes for diverse students.

This rationale and explanation of Component 1c: Setting Instructional outcomes comes from Charlotte Danielson's Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching 2nd Edition (Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2007), pages 51-53.

Component 1e: Designing Coherent Instruction addresses the design of learning activities, instructional materials and resources, instructional groups, and lesson and unit structure.