JEP must complete #MOTIVATE! Training (record of completion verified in HAL)
JEP must complete Google Certified Educator Level 1 training (verification must be submitted through Canvas Catalog)
**Note: Gateway 4 must also be completed at the end of the first year of the JEP program
JEPs are expected to complete both #MOTIVATE and Goggle Certified Educator Level 1 training by the end of their first academic year in the JEP Program. Details on this requirement is below.
**Note that Gateway 4 (the required Fall and Spring advising session) must also be completed at the end of the first year of the JEP program.
Failure to meet one or more of the above Gateway requirements will result in a ProCADs Support Plan for Professional Competencies. This Support Plan will outline the steps the JEP will need to take to achieve the requirements of this gateway the timeline for completion of these steps.
JEPs are required to complete the #MOTIVATE Training by the end of their first year. This Module for Operationalizing TVAAS: Integrating Value in Assessment and Testing Experiences (#MOTIVATE) is designed for UTK teacher candidates to learn about:
the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS), and
high-leverage practices to employ in the classroom in relation to TVAAS, and
how to analyze and understand value-added data in a way that is meaningful to classroom instruction
This website has seven lessons, each with a few questions at the end, to confirm that you have completed each lesson. This module also contains a final assessment. Go to your program area's Canvas Catalog to access the #MOTIVATE Training.
UTK’s teacher preparation programs require that all teacher candidates acquire the Google Certified Educator Level 1 certification. Click on the link below for a document that provides an overview of the requirements for teacher candidates to receive the certification and ways to support them through the process.