Teacher Performance Assessment

(edTPA)

Partner School VisitsWinter, 2014

edTPA Tasks & Cycle of Effective Teaching

Planning(For instruction and

assessment)

Instruction Assessment Commentaries

Academic language

Student Voice

3-5 days of instruction

What is the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)?

Planning Task

• Describing context • Selecting lesson objectives• Planning a unit for 3-5 days of instruction (lessons,

assessment, materials)• Alignment of objectives, instruction, and assessment• Daily reflection for 3-5 days of instruction• Planning commentary

Planning(For instruction and assessment)

Instruction Assessment Commentaries

Academic language

Student Voice

3-5 days of instruction

What is the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)?

Instruction Task

• Select 1-3 unedited video clips totaling no more than 15 minutes of instruction demonstrating:o Instruction focused on targeted learning objectiveso Presentations and/or interactions with students that

deepen student understandingo Interactions among students that show teacher

candidate facilitating deeper student understanding• Instruction commentary

• 2-4 pages describing and reflecting on teaching strategies demonstrated in the clip(s)

Planning(For instruction and assessment)

Instruction Assessment Commentaries

Academic language

Student Voice

3-5 days of instruction

What is the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)?

Assessment task

• Select an assessment from the learning segment & provide evaluation criteria

• Analyze student work & identify patterns in understanding across the class

• Ask students to reflect on their own performance• Document written/oral feedback• Determine next steps in teaching• 3 student work samples, 2 for in-depth analysis• Assessment commentary

Planning(For instruction and assessment)

Instruction Assessment Commentaries

Academic language

Student Voice

3-5 days of instruction

What is the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)?

Commentaries

• Across all three tasks

Planning(For instruction and assessment)

Instruction Assessment Reflection

Academic language

Student Voice

3-5 days of instruction

What is the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA)?

Academic Language

• Attends to oral & written language• Specialized vocabulary of the discipline (e.g. lab report)• Typical classroom language demands (e.g. discussing ideas)• Vocabulary of processes and concepts (in the discipline)

• Identifying the language demands in relation to students’ current academic language proficiency

• Demonstrating how the candidates planning, instruction, and assessment support academic language development

• Must be shown in Planning task, as well as in either instruction or assessment task

Planning(For instruction and assessment)

Instruction Assessment Commentaries

Academic language

Student Voice

3-5 days of instruction

What is the Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA)?

Student voice

• Planning for and engaging students in opportunities to articulate the learning targets, monitor their own progress, and identify support needed to achieve the learning target

• Comes from all tasks• NOT a part of overall score; nonconsequential

Consequences for candidates

• Certification depends on a total score of 35 or above (out of a possible 75)

• Will be evaluated in FIVE areas:o Planning o Instructiono Assessmento Reflectiono Academic languageo Not included: Student voice (3 rubrics; 16-18)