Video: Getting Started on Your TPA - Most Handbooks

Would you like an explanation of the Educative Teaching Portfolio Assessment by an experienced and knowledgeable former TPA course instructor? If so, this video is for you.

Do you want to avoid the common mistakes that plague so many? Then this video is for you!

What you receive with this purchase: You will receive a pdf to download (Video Companion Packet) that contains a link to a 70 minute video. Because it is a link, you will not have to download a large video onto your device and you will be able to access it any time that you'd like. Besides the video link, the packet contains links to many other resources that are not available elsewhere, including the presentation graphics, samples, and timelines!

The video, Getting Started with Your TPA, is offered exclusively from TPT and gives teacher candidates a first, detailed look at the TPA process. Frequently asked questions are addressed with clarity, with the goal of helping you see a clear path to begin and finish. It is 70 minutes long and you, of course, can pause and restart as many times as you'd like.

• The video is appropriate for all handbooks except SPED. So whether you are Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, Middle, Math, History, English, Science, Library, PE, World Language, Career & Technical... whatever! This is for you!

Getting Started with edTPA, is full of reliable information from the experienced TPA "guru" - Mamaw Yates!!! She walks you through an overview of all of the tasks and offers links and resources and explains the process in more understandable terms than the handbooks. You'll have 70 minutes of details and tips from this experienced instructor plus many extra goodies in the Video Companion Packet.

The video is linked in the Video Companion Packet. The packet contains links to other resources, including a Google drive of samples and timelines. All of the slides used in the presentation and all of the links discussed are also included in the Video Companion Packet. SAMPLES!! The Google drive folder contains mixed samples that will show you what the edTPA looks like. These samples are mixed and are shared to help you gain a basic understanding of what you will be writing and creating. Timelines are also included on the Google Drive to help you with pacing.

After this video, you will be familiar with

• the resources that you need to complete your TPA, where to find them, and how they are used,
• the small differences between the handbook requirements,
• important parts of your handbook,
• how the scorers use the rubrics,
• clarity on some specific edTPA terminology,
• a list of steps to completion,
• samples in order to visualize what you are writing & creating, and
• timelines to help with pacing.

What people are saying:

"This crash course on what to expect is perfect for the future educators that cannot grasp what this TPA is about and cannot make the live crash course dates/times work for them. This allows you for you to pause, rewatch, and review what all you need to do!"

"Fantastic resource for someone who has no idea what they are getting themselves into! Gives a thorough timeline with samples to help you better navigate through this challenge!"

"The handbook is a great source of information, however this product breaks it down into smaller chunks and explains each task in a way that makes sense. There are SEVERAL additional resources included that help you come up with a timeline and help you to understand what is expected of you (when reading over the samples)."

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