NSQ Teaching Standards & The Danielson Framework: CROSSWALK Now Available!

An item from this “national standards” initiative.

Dear Michael We’re pleased to announce that, thanks to you — the NSQ community — we have released an important new document: Evaluating Online Teachers Within Traditional Systems: A Crosswalk of the NSQ Teaching Standards and the Danielson Framework. The document is the result of a joint effort by the Danielson Group and the organizations behind the National Standards for Online Learning (NSQOL). By aligning these two major standards frameworks, we hope to help you to better support students, teachers and instructional leaders in all learning modalities — whether in-person, face-to-face, or a hybrid of these. By using the “crosswalk,” schools, systems and educators will enjoy increased clarity regarding compliance with standards, and students will benefit from improved pedagogical quality and consistency. Teachers and instructional designers can now use these common frameworks in tandem with each other, moving between modalities to serve learners in ways not previously accounted for by a single set of standards. As the footprint of online learning continues to grow, this flexibility has become increasingly important in K-12 education. As Brian Johnson, Director of Learning Design and Development for The Danielson Group put it, “The peer-reviewed alignment of these two widely accepted but differently focused sets of standards provides the educational community with a powerful tool to improve teaching in all learning environments.” Download Evaluating Online Teachers Within Traditional Systems: A Crosswalk of the NSQ Teaching Standards and the Danielson Framework for free today on the NSQOL website’s resources page. As always, we welcome your feedback! NSQ Project Managers, Cindy Hamblin, Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance Allison Powell, Digital Learning Collaborative Christine Voelker, Quality Matters Contact Us

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