Share Paper: Piloting EdTPA – How Technology Improves the Plan and the Process

1. Jerrie Jackson, Our Lady of the Lake University, United States
2. Lucinda Juarez, Our Lady of the Lake University, United States
3. Alycia Maurer, Our Lady of the lake University, United States
4. Belinda Trevino Schouten, Our Lady of the lake University, United States

Abstract: Our participation in a Carnegie Foundation NIC (Network Improvement Community) assisted our program in planning quality implementation when starting our journey with “educative” Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) created by more than 100 faculty, national subject-matter organization representatives, and kindergarten through 12th grade teachers at the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity (SCALE) (National Louis University,2015). The purpose of this paper serves to highlight the planning undertaken within our university, the instructional design and alignment we selected and emphasized using various technology tools, and how we implemented best practices in writing to interface with specific components of edTPA writing. Curricular ...