Welcome to TOPP Candidate!

Dedicated page to assist our new clients with information on the program.

After attending Orientations:

Complete Tasks 1 - 4 below.

2. Orientation Post Assignment - Upload Documents to TOPP Profile

• From Orientation Documents Folder emailed to you download the following documents"

  • Page 4 - Intern Agreement

  • Page 5 - Candidate Coursework Plan

• Print out and sign - Intern Agreement & TOPP Candidate Course Plan

• Scan documents separately

• Upload to TOPP Profile

  • Description: Orientation Documents

  • Standards: leave blank

  • Training Hours: Zero (0)

  • TOPP Staff will upload the Orientation Certificate to candidate profile of 3.0 hours after verifying documents.

• If you have not viewed the video on how to upload documents to your TOPP Profile, you will find this information in the How to ? page of this Google Site.

• TOPP Staff will verify uploads and upload Orientation Certificate for you.

3. Getting Started - Field Based Experience (FBE)

Candidates accepted during the months of March - April will need to set up on Field Based Experience "under the supervision of a certified teacher" AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

1. Create an electronic folder to hold all FBE documentation.

2. Request a "Letter of Eligibility" (LOE) from toppstaff@esc20.net

3. Review the school district "Human Resource" page for information on "field based experience requests".

If you worked as an Instructional Assistance or substitute teacher "under the supervision of a certified teacher" within the last two years, you may complete FBE documentation "under the supervision of a certified teacher" using that experience towards 15 hours.

All candidates will be required to complete the 15-hours of video observation to meet TEA observation requirements. Save the FBE fillable documents into the folder. Work on the documents until video observations complete.

When you have completed all FBE documentation. Save documents into a PDF. Upload to your TOPP Profile.

5. Understanding TOPP Steps

Confused after attending orientation? This section provides information to each of the five program training steps.