tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post5594994464973892879..comments2023-11-22T04:27:07.521-06:00Comments on glen brown: Stop the Pearson/Corporate Takeover of Illinois Student Teacher Certification!gbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-74510443799647027362015-08-24T09:39:51.862-05:002015-08-24T09:39:51.862-05:00The NEA/IEA have a different opinion:
"...e...The NEA/IEA have a different opinion: <br /><br />"...edTPA has the potential to bridge teacher preparation and practice by dramatically changing the way pre-service candidates are prepared.<br /><br />"A subject-specific assessment of pedagogy available in 27 fields that became fully operational in September 2013, edTPA requires pre-service candidates to document and demonstrate that they can plan, teach, and assess major learning outcomes.<br /><br />"edTPA is scored by teacher educators and accomplished teachers with expertise in the subject matter or developmental level, as well as teaching and mentoring experience in the field.<br /><br />"Seven states have adopted policies that require all teacher candidates to complete or pass edTPA as a condition of licensure or program completion: Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Washington, and Wisconsin.<br /><br />"In other states, colleges and universities are voluntarily opting to use edTPA to review and adjust their preparation programs."<br /><br />https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/neas-amazing-statement-on-edtpa/<br /><br />https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/our-two-national-teachers-unions-are-divided-over-edtpa/<br /><br />gbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-53936981011337054192015-08-24T09:34:59.884-05:002015-08-24T09:34:59.884-05:00From the AFT Resolution: EDTPA AND RESPECT FOR THE...From the AFT Resolution: EDTPA AND RESPECT FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM OF TEACHER EDUCATORS<br /><br />“…RESOLVED, that the American Federation of Teachers reaffirms the professionalism of teacher educators and the importance of maintaining academic freedom of faculty and faculty governance over the curriculum of teacher education schools and programs; and<br /><br />“RESOLVED, that the AFT works to ensure teacher education professionals are included in decision-making about adoption of appropriate performance assessments as well as their implementation, whether they be edTPA or any other teacher preparation clinical training and performance assessment; and<br /><br />“RESOLVED, that the AFT believes that neither edTPA nor any other performance assessment should be tied to a high-stakes testing regime and the outsourcing of evaluation, especially to for-profit corporations such as Pearson, as it is not an appropriate assessment of teacher education programs and teacher performance; and<br /><br />“RESOLVED, given the lack of research to support edTPA’s being able to predict which student candidate will be a ‘good’ or ‘poor’ teacher, and given that there is no consensus on a single approach to teacher education and assessment protocols, the AFT calls on the teacher education profession to develop a ‘best practice’ approach to teacher education, articulated to the numerous circumstances under which teaching occurs; and<br /><br />“RESOLVED, approaches and assessments to teacher education should take into account professional standards, resource standards and performance standards.”<br /><br />http://www.aft.org/resolution/edtpa-and-respect-professionalism-teacher-educators<br /><br />gbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.com