Mastering the edTPA

The Education Teacher Performance Assessment handbook (edTPA) for elementary teachers provides the critical components to complete the literacy and math reengagement requirements in order to receive a teaching credential. Within the handbook, student teachers can find and easy to understand set of steps and explanations in order to successfully complete the four tasks required within the edTPA handbook. In addition, the edTPA handbook contains exercises and examples on how to approach showing mastery of the science of reading through the creation of three to five literacy based lessons with specific literacy strategies and activities. 

Think of everything as easy as PIE +RE. One involves writing three to five literacy based lessons (P). In the second task, the teacher educator implements the three to five literacy based lessons using the science of reading to show what was enacted. Task 3 involves the evaluation at the whole class and three focused students from the lesson and the actual implementation of the science of reading strategies as well as the activities. Finally, the student teacher follows a process from examining prior lessons, to assessing learners, and finally to forming a re engagement lesson that thinks outside the box in order to facilitate Math concept mastery, Math procedural knowledge, and math reasoning. Through the entire process of the edTPA, teacher candidates demonstrate their knowledge of pedagogy or strategies and methodology or their content knowledge in both literature and mathematics towards ensuring that all learners have an opportunity and access to master the content area standards.