Portfolio+-+edTPA

= **Portfolio: edTeacher Performance Assessment** =

//This section includes:// //1. Overview of the edTPA// //2. Implications relevant to mentors - **including the edTPA Support Guidelines & edTPA Authenticity Form**//

1. Overview
We are part of a national and state (MSDE) pilot of a new pre-service teacher assessment based on the National Board Certification model. Each intern will need to complete four major sections:




 * Academic Language**: While there is not a separate section on Academic Language, there is a set of scoring rubrics on how effectively the intern supports and reflects on students' academic language development across all four major sections.

2. Implications relevant to mentors:

 * The intern will need to attest that they have "primary responsibility" for teaching during the learning segment. While UMCP generally encourages co-teaching between the mentor & intern, for this segment, we must ensure that the intern plays the lead role.
 * Ideally, the intern should also have primary responsibility for planning the learning segment and developing student assessments that focus on curricular goals. If school or school district policies place greater limits on the degree of autonomy the intern has in developing lesson plans and materials, then the following minimum criteria must be met:
 * the lessons must give students an opportunity to critically evaluate a source in order to analyze or interpret social science accounts and/or defend judgements
 * the lessons must give students an opportunity to discuss their judgements about an event or phenomenon
 * the lessons must incorporate direct and specific focus on academic language development
 * at least one assessment must provide evidence of student learning that goes beyond memorization of facts or interpretations, and include clearly defined benchmarks or criteria for student performance
 * there must be differentiated instruction / assessment for students with varying needs
 * Interns will need to secure permission to videotape from the parents of your students. There is a standard UMCP video permission letter that has been approved by each of the school districts.
 * Interns may need your assistance with videotaping.
 * It would be helpful to your intern if you would overtly incorporate topics relevant to the edTPA in your feedback and discussions throughout the year - such as support students' academic language development, examining student assessment data more thoroughly for individual students from different demographic groups and different performance levels, etc.
 * [[file:guidelines-for-supporting-candidates.pdf]]