Teacher Preparation Programs Share Lessons from edTPA
In a new set of video interviews, faculty and administrators from teacher preparation programs across the nation talk about how they are using data and the lessons learned from edTPA to build greater...
View ArticleSCALE Shares Recommendations For edTPA Implementation
The Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity has released guidance to help states and educator preparation programs successfully implement edTPA. The recommendations reflect the input of the...
View ArticleNew FAQs Respond to Educator Questions
As follow up to the edTPA breakfast meeting at the AACTE annual meeting last month, SCALE, AACTE and Pearson have prepared responses to questions posed by breakfast participants. Included in the...
View ArticleMD Principal says edTPA Reflects Reality of Teaching
Niki T. Brown, principal of Mary Harris “Mother” Jones Elementary in Prince George’s County, MD, is impressed by the quality and skills of first year teachers who took edTPA. Ms. Brown asked to be...
View ArticleRevised Handbooks for 2014-15 Available Soon
Consistent with the commitment to an assessment “by the profession, for the profession”, SCALE and AACTE have been archiving email (from faculty, candidates and program leaders) and edTPA Online...
View ArticleNearly 200 Educators From Mid-Atlantic Join Implementation Event
More than 180 teacher preparation faculty members and administrators from across the Atlantic region and beyond gathered at Morgan State University in Baltimore June 5-6 to share and compare strategies...
View ArticleNational Implementation Conference Seeking Proposals
The National edTPA Implementation Conference organized by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) and AACTE will be held October 24–25, 2014, at the University of California,...
View ArticleedTPA Helps Enhance Student Teaching
A recent feature story in Principal magazine highlights examples of P-12 and higher education programs collaborating to enhance the clinical experiences of teacher candidates. Authored by Sharon P....
View ArticleEducators Gather in L.A. To Share, Learn & Explore At 2014 edTPA Conference
The 2014 edTPA Implementation Conference drew nearly 400 educators from 28 states and more than 100 teacher preparation programs Oct 24-25, at the campus of the University of California Los Angeles....
View ArticleWisconsin Video, edTPA Webinar Now Available
We’d like to call your attention to two new edTPA resources. The first is a video narrated by Jessie Dugan, edTPA Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. A former high school teacher,...
View ArticleCTQ Teacher Blog: edTPA can Transform Teaching Profession
John M. Holland, a National Board Certified Teacher in early childhood, who teaches in some of Richmond, VA’s toughest neighborhoods, writes about edTPA in his blog for the Center on Teaching Quality....
View ArticleState Profile: Georgia Takes Deliberate, Inclusive Path to Statewide edTPA...
When Georgia begins requiring edTPA for teacher certification in 2015-16, it will be the final phase of an implementation process marked by small steps to help educators learn more about performance...
View ArticleNew edTPA National Academy to Support Teacher Preparation Programs Nationwide
A team of teacher preparation experts experienced with edTPA has been formed and will be available beginning in January to support the implementation of edTPA by teacher preparation programs across the...
View Article10 Tips for edTPA Success
By Amie Jette Note: This article originally appeared in Education Week Teacher as part of a publishing partnership with the Center for Teaching Quality Reprinted with permission from the author. Future...
View ArticleedTPA Newsletter Shares Materials and Resources For Growing Community
The first edition of a new national edTPA newsletter went out today. The monthly newsletter will go to edTPA online community members, P-12 educators and state policymakers. It will share edTPA...
View ArticleShorter University Senior Shares edTPA Experience At Georgia Conference
Kaitlynn Cantrell, a senior at Shorter University in Rome, GA, told 300 teacher preparation experts from across the state that going through edTPA wasn’t easy, but it helped her plan differentiated...
View ArticleedTPA Support System, Professional Community Continue to Grow
edTPA is more than an assessment. It is a support system focused on educator learning and program growth. This new document explains the many ways that edTPA is supporting participating states,...
View ArticleNew Document Offers edTPA Guidance To Supervising Teachers
This new document is for P-12 teachers who support and supervise teacher candidates going through edTPA. While supervising teachers continue to offer support for excellent teaching, this document...
View ArticleEducators Discuss Impact of edTPA
Now Showing: In two new videos, teacher preparation faculty and P-12 educators share their experiences and lessons about on how they are using edTPA to guide program improvement and strengthen clinical...
View ArticleedTPA Tips For Cooperating Teachers
Two Illinois high school mathematics teachers share their “5 edTPA tips for cooperating teachers” in this blog published by the Center for Quality Teaching. The teachers, who have been edTPA scorers...
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