Your Evaluation Rubric Framework

Elevate aligns its AI suggestions and reports to a research-based teaching framework — the rubric your district uses for evaluation.

Your framework is set up for you

Your evaluation framework is configured for your district as part of onboarding. When your district comes on board, the Elevate team sets up the framework your district uses so it's ready before you start — it isn't something you select or change yourself. If your framework ever needs to change, your Elevate contact can update it for you.

What the framework focuses on

Because Elevate is built around classroom observation, it focuses on the observable domains of the framework — the parts you can see and hear during a lesson, like the learning environment and the learning experiences. Other domains, such as planning and professional responsibilities, fall outside a single observation.

If your district uses the 2022 Danielson Framework for Teaching, Elevate also includes Domain 1 (Planning and Preparation) and Domain 4 (Principled Teaching). Elevate doesn't suggest evidence for these two domains. You can add your own with Add from rubric in the Report Builder, and rate their components in the year-end summative.

Works with your district's rubric

Elevate is built to work with many different evaluation rubrics and frameworks. As part of onboarding, the Elevate team customizes the rubric to match your district's needs, so the suggestions and reports reflect the framework your evaluators already use.

Note: The framework guides Elevate's suggestions, but you're always in control. You decide which strengths and growth areas make it into the final report — see Using the Report Builder.