edTPA Overview
"The Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) has partnered with the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) and Pearson to create and deliver a reliable and valid performance assessment system for enhancing the quality of teachers in the United States. SCALE developed a pre-service teacher assessment system that is nationally available for states and teacher preparation programs to use in program improvement, licensure, and accreditation." (Source: Scale website). For an overview of the history and purpose of the edTPA program, click here. This edTPA orientation for program leaders and faculty members became available in July 2015 and is a comprehensive explanation of the assessment. New in 2017, the edTPA FAQ answers many questions that teacher candidates and mentor teachers often have regarding the requirements of the assessment.
Austin Peay's College of Education has incorporated the edTPA preparation program throughout the education curriculum to prepare students to excel in the edTPA assessment and the classroom. This requires our teacher preparatory program to assess our teacher candidates' readiness to teach using this authentic assessment, in which local candidates' scores may be compared to state and national scores. Additionally, it correlates with the TEAM (Tennessee Educator Assessment Model) evaluation tool, which prepares the candidate for their own assessments in the classroom.
For a video presentation overview of the edTPA, visit this YouTube link:
For more information, contact:
Dr. Lisa Barron
Director of Teacher Education
and School Partnerships
931.221.7190
barronl@apsu.edu
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