Episode 1 of eduCATE: Caring Activist Teachers for Equity provides an overview of the edTPA (education teacher performance assessment), which is a required cumulative portfolio assessed through Pearson and required in most states for prospective teacher candidates to obtain licensing. This episode is intended to demystify the edTPA assessment for new teacher candidates. 

Listen to Episode 1.

References

• Dover, A. G. (2018). Your compliance will not protect you: Agency  and accountability in urban teacher preparation. Urban Education. DOI:  10.1177/0042085918795020

• Marilyn, Cochran-Smith et al. (2018). Reclaiming accountability in teacher education. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

• PassedTPA. (2018). Strategies for passing edTPA. Retrieved from http://www.passedtpa.com