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Supporting Teacher Candidates Completing the edTPA

Supporting Teacher Candidates Completing the edTPA

Deborah Greenblatt
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781466699298|ISBN10: 1466699299|EISBN13: 9781466699304
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9929-8.ch012
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Greenblatt, Deborah. "Supporting Teacher Candidates Completing the edTPA." Evaluating Teacher Education Programs through Performance-Based Assessments, edited by Drew Polly, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 184-200. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9929-8.ch012

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Greenblatt, D. (2016). Supporting Teacher Candidates Completing the edTPA. In D. Polly (Ed.), Evaluating Teacher Education Programs through Performance-Based Assessments (pp. 184-200). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9929-8.ch012

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Greenblatt, Deborah. "Supporting Teacher Candidates Completing the edTPA." In Evaluating Teacher Education Programs through Performance-Based Assessments, edited by Drew Polly, 184-200. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9929-8.ch012

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Abstract

The edTPA (Teacher Performance Assessment) is an enormous undertaking that requires much time and effort. This can create a stressful situation that can have an impact on the teacher candidates and affect on their student teaching experience. With this in mind, schools of education have to look for ways to support teacher candidate and make the process less burdensome while not losing sight of the goals of student teaching or their school missions. This chapter will start with an explanation of the acceptable guidelines for support for the edTPA. It will then move into explaining the challenges teacher candidates face such as mastering unfamiliar language, test documents, and digital literacy skills followed by support strategies. The next section considers the populations of teacher candidates who might need specialized support due to the lack of local scoring and the inherent biases embedded in standardized assessments for a diverse population. The chapter concludes with the benefits and consequences of providing support for teacher candidates to pass the edTPA.

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