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ASPIRE. ENGAGE. EXCEL.
edTPA Lessons Learned
Chris'ne Murray, Jie Zhang, Don Halquist, Diane Maurer
The College at Brockport, State University of New York
Spring 2013 Pilot • 11 Childhood Inclusive Program student teachers • Iden'fied by their pre-‐assignment to College Supervisors
• No prior knowledge of edTPA (College Supervisors, Student Teachers, School Based Teacher Educators)
• Mul'ple efforts during Summer 2013 to prepare for full edTPA pilot fall 2013 (65 childhood inclusive & adolescence inclusive student teachers)
Spring 2013 Pilot Results • 4 of 11 successfully uploaded edTPA files to Pearson for evalua>on
• Problems along the way – Time to complete (Task 4) – Academic language applica'on – Wri'ng fully developed commentaries – Technology issues
Student Teacher Reac'ons • Beginning student teaching, January 2013
– “I saw the edTPA packet and I wanted to cry.”
• Ending student teaching, Spring 2013 – “I really think the addi'onal and more in depth requirements of edTPA should
be implemented because I went further in the assessment and evalua'on process.”
• Fall 2013
– “I told Commissioner King that edTPA is challenging, but Brockport has prepared teacher candidates to understand and carry out edTPA tasks successfully.”
Preparing Student Teachers
• Spring 2013 – edTPA handbook, overwhelming and confusing – Need to organize edTPA by individual tasks, and how tasks relate to each other
• Fall 2013
– edTPA completed in first placement (either special educa'on or content area) – edTPA Professional Development for all student teachers (2.5 days prior to student teaching) – edTPA checklists and task deadlines – edTPA lesson plan templates – Handbooks & templates uploaded to Tk20
Academic Language • Spring 2013
– New, on-‐the-‐job learning for student teachers – Challenge of integra'ng academic language usage into lesson plans
and commentaries • Fall 2013
– Academic language orienta'on prior to student teaching – edTPA webpage resources on academic language – Brockport academic language usage included in literacy courses and
methods courses
Commentaries • Spring 2013
– Commentaries were not fully developed – More aaen'on needed to commentary prompts – Alignment with task rubrics – Connec'ons to research/theory
• Fall 2013 – Research &theory/prac'ce interac've guide – College supervisors’ forma've support – Peer review in student teaching seminars – Wri'ng week between student teaching placements – Strengthened connec'ons in methods courses
Technology Issues
• Spring 2013 -‐ The wheels fell off the bus. – Student teachers used own equipment – IT could not support mul'ple recording devices. – Problems with recording, file transfer, edi'ng, compression, uploading to Tk20
– File size issues with Tk20 – Problems uploading to Pearson from Tk20 – Only 4 of 11 student teachers able to upload to Pearson
Technology Issues • Fall 2013
– College purchase of Canon camera kits for all student teachers’ use (camera, tripod, wireless mike, bag)
– Student teachers purchase of SD cards, 32GB recommended – Expanded file space on Tk20 – Extensive IT support for student teachers
• Online video tutorials • Pre-‐student teaching equipment overview and check-‐out • Walk-‐in hours for technology assistance • IT Help Desk
Engaging Faculty • Mul>ple efforts to engage faculty
– edTPA orienta'on for faculty & Unit Advisory Board (Nov. 2012) – Faculty retreat on new cer'fica'on exams (Jan. 2013) – Curriculum alignment mee'ngs (Spring 2013) – Full-‐day training for full-‐'me faculty on edTPA tasks (May 2013) – Faculty edTPA projects on lesson plan templates, research/prac'ce interac've guide, academic language resources, common student teaching seminar syllabus (Summer 2013)
Engaging Faculty
• Fall 2013 – Student teacher supervision load reduced to 4-‐5 students per supervisor
– College supervisors organized for team teaching weekly student teaching seminars
– Faculty, par'cularly new college supervisors, par'cipated in student teachers’ edTPA professional development prior to student teaching (August 2013)
Engaging P-‐12 Partners • Spring 2013
– School based teacher educators (SBTEs) had no prior knowledge of edTPA – No push back – Alignment with APPR – Rochester Area Colleges leaer to school districts regarding edTPA
• Fall 2013 – edTPA introductory leaer to SBTEs (August 2013) – Early communica'on from college supervisors – Standardized family/student permission leaer
Using edTPA for Accredita'on and Program Improvement
• Work yet to do – Next reaccredita'on visit, Spring 2016 – CAEP pilot visit – Unit assessment system alignment with new cer'fica'on exams?
– SPA assessments and new cer'fica'on exams?