Module - edTPA Overview

This Module includes the following:

• • What is the edTPA?

  • What will your student teacher do for the edTPA?

  • How can mentor teachers support their candidates?

  • When is the edTPA due?

  • How does UCI support student teachers?

  • What is the edTPA Literacy Task? [for Multiple Subject only]

As required by SB2042, all credential candidates in California must complete a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA). AT UCI our credential candidates complete the edTPA, used nationally, during winter quarter (Multiple Subject candidates will complete a portion of the edTPA during Fall Quarter). edTPA was developed at Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) based on the PACT Teaching Event which UCI Credential Programs used prior to the edTPA. edTPA is now used in some 40 states with 12 states using edTPA to license new teachers or approve teacher credential programs.

The edTPA is due April 4th.  Your candidate will receive support through fall and winter quarters (October 2023-March 2024).  

Candidates will receive support through monthly seminars to unpack the handbook and rubrics, weekly “brownbag” sessions for questions, and ongoing instruction from their content–specific methods instructors.  

This is a suggested timeline to support your candidate's completion of each section of the edTPA.  While some flexibility is available for each candidate, depending on the scheduling needs of both the mentor teacher and the student teacher, staying as close to these timing suggestions is preferable.

UCI teacher preparation programs provide support and advice throughout fall and winter quarters to prepare candidates to submit the edTPA at the end of March.  The edTPA must be paid for by the candidate.

Preparation and Support:  

·         Instructors are aware of the expectations and tasks of the edTPA and provide relevant guidance related to subject area methodology related to planning, instruction, and assessment.

·         The edTPA coordinator will hold six seminars across fall and winter quarters to outline the expectations of the edTPA, provide multiple workshops with support and work time, and answer questions and provide guidance for the edTPA.

·         Supervisors and mentor teachers are made aware of the timeline and expectations of the edTPA and of the types of support they can provide.  

Retake Policy

·         All candidates are given the opportunity to take all or part of the edTPA two times

·         Candidates who need to retake the edTPA meet with the edTPA coordinator to review their results and set up a new timeline for resubmission.

·         Candidates who require a third opportunity to take the assessment must go through an appeals process outlined here:

o    Meet with the Program and edTPA Coordinator to review the appeals process. 

o    Write a letter to be viewed by the edTPA Advisory Committee substantiating their reason(s) for requesting a third attempt. This letter serves to do one or more of the following:

§  Explain performance on the previous edTPA portfolio 

§  Explain competencies in other areas that demonstrate successful teaching ability

§  Explain and document any extenuating circumstances that contributed to failed edTPA portfolio (i.e., family emergency, illness, placement constraints). 

§  Propose a timeline of completion if appeal is approved and there is an opportunity to plan a new learning segment or the candidate has access to student work that will allow completion of an individual task.

§  Acknowledge that the candidate is responsible for any additional fees that are required to submit a complete edTPA or individual edTPA task.

o    If the appeals process is successful and is related to an individual task for the edTPA, the candidate may resubmit the task during the current academic year. 

For UCI Credential Program participants only.  Please do not distribute.  2022-2023

Adapted from edTPA Handbooks ©2018 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

This Module includes the following:

• • What is the edTPA Literacy Task 4?

  • What will your student teacher do for the Literacy Task 4?

  • What is the suggested timeline for Literacy Task 4?

  • What are Essential Literacy Strategies and Related Skills?

  • Additional examples of essential literacy strategies and related skills

Multiple Subject Candidates complete their edTPA in both mathematics and literacy for this state-required performance assessment.  Candidates complete the Literacy Task 4 during the fall quarter student teaching placement and it is due to Pearson at the end of March or early April. 

An essential literacy strategy is the specific strategy for comprehending or composing text that you will teach across your learning segment lessons.   

Related skills are skills that students will develop and practice while learning an essential literacy strategy for comprehending or composing text within the learning segment. These skills should help students understand and apply the essential literacy strategy that you are teaching.