edTPA-making good choices
The edTPA is divided into talks. 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
Generally, what does your video need to show?
Evidence that you have created a learning environment that challenges students
T/F I may upload my video of my learning segment to the Youtube Educational Channel as a resource for other educators
F
T/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/F You are required to include formal citations in your edTPA portfolio
F.
T/F- Your cooperating teacher should choose your learning segment for your edTPA portfolio
F.
T/F There is a 10 page limit to each lesson plan submitted as part of the portfolio
F. There is a 4 page limit.
List at least 2 key points you are to include in your commentary
-analysis of an assessment that allows students to display a range of understanding of the specified subject-specific elements of your 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 student work samples)
How many assessments will you analyze in your commentary?
1 (p.24)
T/F When writing the "Context for Learning Commentary", you should discuss your students' prior academic learning
T.
How should you use principles of research and theory?
As justification for instructional choices
What information should be included in the "Context for Learning" commentary?
Class demographics, students subgroups (students with similar characteristics), students' strengths (including personal, cultural, and community assets), and learning needs
T/F You are to include copies of all planned assessments in your edTPA portfolio
T.
What does the edTPA call the period of time you will focus on for your portfolio?
The learning segment
T/F You must present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of how well all your students perform
T
T/F You will need to discuss "next steps" detailing instructional plans for the whole class
T
T/F A good way to cite specific scenes from my video is to use time stamps
T.
Syntax
The set of conventions for organizing words, phrases, and symbols together into structures
How many work samples will you select for detailed analysis?
Three
What should you consider about the students' use of language in the lesson and especially in the learning segment?
What key content areas words, phrases, notations, syntax, discourse, etc that students will need to us
Discourse
how people who are members of a discipline talk and write
Academic Language
the means by which students develop and express content understandings. It represents the language of the discipline that students need to learn and use to participate and engage in meaningful ways
Learning Segment
the period of time that is focused on for the edTPA portfolio
Central Focus
the understanding that students are to develop during the learning segment