Making Good Choices Quiz
T or F: I may upload my video of my learning segment to the YouTube Educational Channel as a resource for other educators.
F
T or F: My video clips do not need to be continuous and parts that appear in the video that do not pertain to the learning segment may be edited.
F
T or F: You are required to include formal citations in your edTPA portfolio.
F
T or F: Your cooperating teacher should choose your learning segment for your edTPA portfolio.
F
T or F: There is a 10-page limit to each lesson plan submitted as part of the portfolio.
F (4 page limit)
What information should be included in the "Context for Learning" commentary?
class demographics, student subgroups (students with similar characteristics), students' strengths (including personal, cultural, and community assets), and learning needs CD SS SS LN
the understanding that students are to develop during the learning segment
central focus
edTPA is divided into tasks. How many tasks are there and what are they?
3 tasks: Planning for Instruction and Assessment, Instructing and Engaging Students in Learning, and Assessing Student Learning
What are the two types of writing needed for the edTPA portfolio and describe?
Descriptive writing is logical, well-ordered, with sufficient detail so the assessor comprehends the lesson plans, the students, and explanations supporting decisions about instruction. Analytical writing consists of explanations and interpretations based on evidence. Evidence for Task 1 includes lesson plans, the Context for Learning, and instructional materials. These should be referenced often in the commentary.
T or F: A good way to cite specific scenes from my video is to use time stamps.
T
T or F: When writing the "Context for Learning Commentary" you should discuss your students' prior academic learning.
T
T or F: You are to include copies of all planned assessments in your edTPA portfolio.
T
T or F: You must present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of how well all your students perform.
T
T or F: You will need to discuss "next steps" detailing instructional plans for the whole class.
T
the means by which students develop and express content understandings represents the language of the discipline that students need to learn and use to participate and engage in meaningful ways
academic language
List the key points you are to include in your assessment commentary.
analysis of an assessment that allows students to display a range of understanding of the specified subject-specific elements of you central focus a focus on important trends in student performance, supported by examples from the work samples focus students whose work samples represent a range of performance on the assessment concrete evidence of feedback for each focus student concrete evidence of academic language use (video clip and/or student work samples) ADRU ITSP FS FFS ALU
How should you use principles of research and theory?
as justification for instructional choices
how people who are members of a discipline talk and write
discourse
Generally, what does your video need to show?
evidence that you have created a learning environment that challenges students
the period of time that is focused on for the edTPA portfolio
learning segment
How many assessments will you analyze in your commentary?
one
the set of conventions for organizing words, phrases, and symbols together into structures
syntax
What does edTPA call the period of time you will focus on for your portfolio?
the learning segment
How many work samples are you supposed to select for detailed analysis?
three
What should you consider about students' use of language in the lesson and especially in the learning segment?
what key content area words, phrases, notations, syntax, discourse, etc. that students will need to use
