AI-powered Danielson evaluations
for school administrators.
Cut Danielson documentation from hours to minutes. EvalScribe is built around the Framework for Teaching — turning observation notes into evaluations mapped to all four domains and twenty-two components, with suggested ratings from Unsatisfactory through Distinguished.
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Components covered
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Three evaluations free — no credit card · Individual plans from $100/year · School & district licensing available
Endorsed by school administrators
Game changer. Absolute game changer for school admin.
Tobin Davidson · Assistant Superintendent · 40+ years in education
This is amazing. I would pay lots of money for this. I’m serious — it’s crazy good.
Kittie Brown · Assistant Principal
Also endorsed by Dr. Robert Stinson · Glenn Brown · Angie Brandt — read full quotes ↓
Built by a classroom teacher
Founded by a practicing K–12 educator with nearly 20 years in the field.
Framework-specific
Framework-aware drafting tuned to all four domains and twenty-two components.
Privacy-first
Transient processing on Microsoft Azure. Never used for AI training.
Built for workflow
Designed around the realities of being a school administrator.
What is the Framework for Teaching?
Developed by Charlotte Danielson and maintained by The Danielson Group, the Framework for Teaching is among the most widely used teacher evaluation frameworks in the United States. The 2022 edition organizes great teaching into four domains and twenty-two components, each scored on a four-level rubric. EvalScribe is built around it.
Beyond formal observations, you conduct multiple walkthroughs, document evidence against every applicable component, score performance, run pre- and post-observation conferences, and produce a defensible record for every teacher every year. The mechanics eat the time you wanted to spend in classrooms — messy handwriting that needs to be rewritten, scattered evidence that needs to map to the right one of twenty-two components, feedback that needs to read consistently across an entire faculty.
Four domains. Twenty-two components.
Planning and Preparation
What happens before students arrive.
- 1aApplying Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy
- 1bKnowing and Valuing Students
- 1cSetting Instructional Outcomes
- 1dUsing Resources Effectively
- 1ePlanning Coherent Instruction
- 1fDesigning and Analyzing Assessments
Learning Environments
The conditions for learning.
- 2aCultivating Respectful and Affirming Environments
- 2bFostering a Culture for Learning
- 2cMaintaining Purposeful Environments
- 2dSupporting Positive Student Behavior
- 2eOrganizing Spaces for Learning
Learning Experiences
Instruction in action.
- 3aCommunicating About Purpose and Content
- 3bUsing Questioning and Discussion Techniques
- 3cEngaging Students in Learning
- 3dUsing Assessment for Learning
- 3eResponding Flexibly to Student Needs
Principled Teaching
Practice beyond the classroom.
- 4aEngaging in Reflective Practice
- 4bDocumenting Student Progress
- 4cEngaging Families and Communities
- 4dContributing to School Community and Culture
- 4eGrowing and Developing Professionally
- 4fActing in Service of Students
The Danielson Framework is used as the foundation for state teacher evaluation systems in Pennsylvania (Act 82), Illinois, Kentucky (PGES), Maine, Maryland (TPP), Michigan (MCEE), Minnesota (MN-TDE), New Hampshire, North Dakota (NDTSS), Washington (TPEP), Wisconsin, Hawaii (EES), and many other state and district frameworks.
The four-level rubric
Unsatisfactory
Basic
Proficient
Distinguished
How EvalScribe works with Danielson.
A five-step path from the back of the classroom to a finished, Danielson-aligned evaluation.
Observe the classroom
Walkthrough or formal observation — capture what you see the way you always have.
Enter notes your way
Type, dictate, or snap a photo of your handwritten notes. Smart Scan converts handwriting to text.
Map evidence to components
EvalScribe identifies which of the twenty-two Danielson components each note supports.
Suggested ratings & comments
Get draft Unsatisfactory–Distinguished ratings and professional feedback language for every applicable component.
Review & finalize
Edit anything you want, finalize the evaluation, and export a clean PDF for your records.
EvalScribe runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac — work where you are.
Capture notes the way you already work.
No retraining required. Whatever your walkthrough style, EvalScribe accepts it.
Snap a photo
Photograph your handwritten notes mid-walkthrough. Smart Scan OCR converts handwriting to text — even messy handwriting, even pedagogical terms.
Dictate as you go
Speak observations directly into the app. Voice dictation captures what you saw without breaking your eye contact with the classroom.
Type directly
Prefer to type? Enter notes straight into the app — they flow into the same Danielson-aware drafting pipeline as scans and dictation.
Why generic AI falls short for Danielson.
Pasting your walkthrough notes into a general-purpose chatbot might produce a paragraph that sounds polished — but for Danielson documentation, "sounds polished" isn't the bar. Defensible, framework-aligned evaluations are.
| Capability | Generic AI (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) | EvalScribe |
|---|---|---|
| Component mapping | ✕Hallucinates component numbers and invents rubric language that doesn't exist in the Framework for Teaching. | ✓Maps evidence to all twenty-two Danielson components using the actual 2022 rubric loaded into the app. |
| Rubric scoring | ✕Inconsistent ratings between teachers — and between sessions on the same teacher. | ✓Suggests Unsatisfactory–Distinguished ratings based on the evidence captured, with the reasoning visible to you. |
| Note input | ✕Requires you to retype everything before the AI can do anything with it. | ✓Accepts typed notes, dictation, or photos of handwritten notes via Smart Scan OCR. |
| Feedback language | ✕Vague, generic comments that could describe any teacher. | ✓Professional, evidence-anchored feedback written in the voice of the Framework for Teaching. |
| Administrator workflow | ✕No concept of walkthroughs, formal observations, or pre/post conferences. | ✓Built around the actual administrator workflow, from capture to final exported PDF. |
| Data privacy | ✕Free tiers may use your inputs to train public models. | ✓Enterprise-grade Microsoft Azure. Transient processing. Zero retention. Never used for training. |
| Defensibility | ✕Output you can't trace back to evidence or rubric language. | ✓Every comment is tied to evidence pulled from your notes and the standard it supports. |
How much Danielson documentation time could you reclaim?
Tune the inputs to your reality. The numbers update as you go.
You could reclaim approximately
hours per year
Workdays reclaimed
Total evaluations
Based on early EvalScribe users saving an average of 35 minutes per evaluation. Individual results may vary based on your current workflow.
The best way to see it
is to watch it.
Reading about how EvalScribe drafts a Danielson evaluation isn't the same as watching it happen. The demo walks through a real observation — capture, mapping, scoring, and final export — start to finish.
The draft review screen — every comment, rating, and piece of mapped evidence is fully editable before export.
What educational leaders are saying.
Real feedback from administrators across roles — from academic coaches to assistant superintendents.
EvalScribe is a tool that every public school principal should use. This resource literally makes multiple people out of administrators, allowing them to focus their energies on precise observation analysis and quality feedback while leaving EvalScribe to handle the mechanics. This tool will remove virtually all of the drudgery from the classroom evaluation process and would represent an excellent use of school funds.
Dr. Robert Stinson
Principal
After seeing a detailed demonstration of EvalScribe, I came away very impressed with both the concept and the execution. The platform provides administrators with a practical way to quickly capture classroom observations and generate high-quality, customized feedback that remains aligned to their evaluation framework and local expectations. What stood out most was the balance between efficiency and quality. EvalScribe has the potential to reduce administrative workload while helping school leaders provide more timely and meaningful feedback to teachers — a tool with considerable promise for schools and districts.
Glenn Brown
Director of Student Services
Game changer. Absolute game changer for school admin.
Tobin Davidson
Assistant Superintendent · 40+ years in education
This is amazing. I would pay lots of money for this. I’m serious — it’s crazy good. I look forward to using it on a regular basis next year.
Kittie Brown
Assistant Principal
Evaluators spend an inordinate amount of time recording and documenting evaluations. This app is easy to use, affordable, and incredibly efficient. It cuts the time spent recording and documenting evaluations down significantly and frees us up to handle other aspects of the job. Plus, the conference suggestions save on prep time when a conference is warranted.
Angie Brandt
Academic Coach
Built by educators, for educators.
EvalScribe was co-founded by a practicing classroom teacher and his wife — a husband-and-wife team with thirty years of combined classroom and business experience.
Anthony Neely, Ph.D.
Co-founder · Product
A tenured K–12 classroom teacher and Professional Learning Lead. District Teacher of the Year, with nearly 20 years in education and three published books.
Andrea Neely, Ph.D.
Co-founder · Business
Associate Professor of Management. Research and teaching in organizational management.
Your evaluation data stays yours.
Observation notes are processed transiently on Microsoft Azure and are not retained on our servers. Your evaluation records live locally on your device. Notes and evaluations are never used to train public AI models. For districts needing a Data Processing Agreement or FERPA attestation, those are available on request.
Simple, transparent pricing.
Try EvalScribe with three free evaluations. When you're ready to keep going, pick the plan that fits your role.
Individual
For a single administrator on their own device.
Billed annually per user
- Unlimited evaluations
- All supported frameworks, including Danielson
- iOS & macOS access
- 3 free evaluations to start
School-wide
For a school with multiple administrators.
3+ administrators
- Everything in Individual
- 10% volume discount
- Unique access code issued to your school
- Easy distribution to your administrators
District-wide
For districts deploying across every administrator.
Best value for full deployments
- Everything in School-wide
- 20% volume discount
- Single access code for the entire district
- Direct support contact for rollout
All pricing shown is introductory and may change. For school and district plans, EvalScribe issues a unique access code that the buyer distributes to their administrators.
Danielson & EvalScribe — common questions.
Does EvalScribe replace administrator judgment?
No. EvalScribe drafts evidence-mapped Danielson evaluations and suggested ratings from Unsatisfactory through Distinguished. The administrator reviews, edits, and finalizes every document. The professional judgment is always yours — EvalScribe just removes the typing.
Which version of the Danielson Framework does EvalScribe use?
EvalScribe is built around the 2022 edition of the Framework for Teaching — the most current version published by The Danielson Group. When you select Danielson, the app loads all four domains and twenty-two components, including the renamed Domain 2 (Learning Environments), Domain 3 (Learning Experiences), and Domain 4 (Principled Teaching) from the 2022 revision.
My state has its own Danielson-based framework — does EvalScribe support that?
Likely yes. Many state evaluation systems are based on or aligned with Danielson, including Pennsylvania (Act 82), Illinois, Kentucky (PGES), Maine, Maryland (TPP), Michigan (MCEE), Minnesota (MN-TDE), New Hampshire, North Dakota (NDTSS), Washington (TPEP), Wisconsin, and Hawaii (EES). Where available, EvalScribe ships with state-specific adaptations that reflect each state's naming and indicator conventions. See our frameworks page for the full list of supported state frameworks.
Can the generated Danielson evaluations be edited?
Yes, fully. Every comment, every rating, and every piece of mapped evidence inside a draft evaluation can be edited before you export the final PDF. You are always the last set of eyes on the document.
Does EvalScribe support walkthroughs as well as formal observations?
Yes. Brief walkthroughs and full formal observations both flow through the same capture-and-draft pipeline, so the documentation produced is consistent across observation types.
Is observation data stored?
Your notes are processed transiently on Microsoft Azure and are not retained on EvalScribe's servers. Your evaluation records sit locally on your device under a local-first architecture. Your data is never used to train public AI models. For more detail, see our Privacy Policy.
How is EvalScribe different from ChatGPT or Claude?
Generic AI tools have no built-in understanding of the Framework for Teaching. They invent components that don't exist, score inconsistently, and produce vague comments. EvalScribe is built around the Danielson rubric itself and the administrator workflow that surrounds it — from capture through final export.
Is EvalScribe available for iOS and macOS?
Yes. Individual administrators can download EvalScribe from the Apple App Store on both iOS and macOS, with a free trial that includes three evaluations.
Can schools or districts purchase licenses for multiple administrators?
Yes. School-wide licensing starts at three or more administrators ($90/user/year), and district-wide licensing is $80/admin/year. When you order, EvalScribe issues a unique access code that you distribute to your administrators — no separate provisioning required. Email [email protected] to get started.
Which other state frameworks are supported?
Yes. EvalScribe ships with frameworks from all 50 states and Washington D.C., plus general models such as Marzano, Stronge, CEL 5D+, NIET, and Kim Marshall in addition to Danielson. The complete list is available at evalscribe.com/frameworks.
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