Bernadette Cleland is a member of the Danielson Group; a national trainer and consultant with ETS; and a consultant assisting numerous districts around the United States in developing evaluation systems, mentoring programs, and professional development based on the framework for teaching. She also delivers graduate-level courses for school districts using the framework as the focus of study. Cleland has taught English/language arts and social studies at the elementary, middle, high school, and post-secondary levels and was a middle school principal and high school associate principal in Vermont.