I have noticed that being an Elementary Education major you have to be flexible with change. With the new edTPA this is something that is going to impact me as a future teacher wanting to move back to Georgia and teach. From what I have found, edTPA is only a certification requirement for New York and Washington. However, North Carolina, Georgia and many other states will be making edTPA a requirement soon because institutions in 35 states are using edTPA at different levels.. edTPA stands for the Teacher Performance Assessment which is designed to assure future teachers are prepared to meet the academic needs of all students. This is an assessment that is evaluated by a group of Pearson which is designed to evaluate how teachers plan and teach lessons(including diverse students), assessing their teaching, and then adjusting to what needs to be fixed. edTPA is intended to be a summative assessment which is given at the end of an education program which, in my case, would be at the end of student teaching/getting licensed in NC. edTPA has different versions in 27 different teaching fields that cover any area of teaching. This is a way to insure that teachers are actually performing the way that they are being taught to teach. It's just like any other licensing exams for medical, architecture and the bar exam for law. From what I have learned, edTPA is going to be very beneficial for future teachers, school systems and students.
Tying edTPA to the North Carolina Teaching Standards is very simple. It relates to all five of the teaching standards perfectly. The first standard talks about teacher leadership inside and out of the classroom. Being a teacher leader is very important to include in the new assessment of edTPA. The second standard is making sure that teachers create a respectful environment for diverse learners. This is something that edTPA specifically mentions about including in all four tasks for planning, teaching, reflecting and adjusting. The third teaching standard is making sure that teachers know their content. This is also very important to include for edTPA because if the teachers don't prove that they know the content then they shouldn't become a teacher. The fourth standard is insuring that teachers facilitate learning for their students. In this case, making sure that technology is included, students are thinking critically and the teacher is planning instruction appropriate for their students. Lastly, the fifth and final standard is, teachers reflect on their practice. This is a big part of edTPA because this gives chance for the teacher to reflect on the material that was taught and see how the students grasped or didn't grasp the information. So, I think that all five standards relate to edTPA.
Tying edTPA to the North Carolina Teaching Standards is very simple. It relates to all five of the teaching standards perfectly. The first standard talks about teacher leadership inside and out of the classroom. Being a teacher leader is very important to include in the new assessment of edTPA. The second standard is making sure that teachers create a respectful environment for diverse learners. This is something that edTPA specifically mentions about including in all four tasks for planning, teaching, reflecting and adjusting. The third teaching standard is making sure that teachers know their content. This is also very important to include for edTPA because if the teachers don't prove that they know the content then they shouldn't become a teacher. The fourth standard is insuring that teachers facilitate learning for their students. In this case, making sure that technology is included, students are thinking critically and the teacher is planning instruction appropriate for their students. Lastly, the fifth and final standard is, teachers reflect on their practice. This is a big part of edTPA because this gives chance for the teacher to reflect on the material that was taught and see how the students grasped or didn't grasp the information. So, I think that all five standards relate to edTPA.
