• Assessment & Support System• An online portfolio requirement that

goes into effect in Connecticut in the fall of 2018.

• ARC candidates will participate during the 90-Day Certificate period.

• Nationally available, subject-specificperformance assessment of beginning teachers.

• Focuses on student learning and principles from research and theory.

What is edTPA? – A support and assessment system

27 Subject-Specific Areas• Agriculture• Business• Classical Languages• Early Childhood• Educational Technology Specialist• English as an Additional

Language• Family & Consumer Science• Health• Library Specialist• Literacy Specialist• Performing Arts• Physical Education• Special Education• Tech and Engineering• Visual Arts• World Language

• Elementary Education– Literacy & Mathematics– Literacy – Mathematics

• Middle Childhood– English-Language Arts– History/Social Studies– Mathematics– Science

• Secondary– English-Language Arts– History/Social Studies– Mathematics– Science

• 2017-18 – no requirement; some vouchers may be available to ARC graduates who have a teaching job in the fall. With a voucher, you may participate for free.

• 2018-2019 – required of all teacher candidates state-wide for IEC. Cost: $300– CSDE will use data collected for standard setting in

early 2019.• 2019-2020 – required of all teacher candidates

state-wide for program completion with a cut score.

edTPA in Connecticut

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TPAC Artifacts of PracticePlanning Instruction Assessment

• Instructional and social context (Context for Learning)

• Lesson plans• Instructional materials,

student assignments• Planning Commentary

• Unedited Video Clips• Instruction

Commentary

• Analysis of whole class assessment

• Analysis of learning and feedback to selected focus students (2 or 3 depending on content area)

• Assessment Commentary

Analysis of Teaching Effectiveness Academic Language Development

Authentic Evidence of Practice

Rubric progression Expanding repertoire of skills & strategies Deepening of rationale and reflection

Not Ready Early BeginningTeacher

Highly AccomplishedBeginning Teacher

1 5

Teacher Focus

Student Focus

Whole Class

Individuals/ Flex. Groups

Intentional & Well Executed

Fragmented or Indiscriminate

edTPA

• For ARC graduates with vouchers for next fall, ARC will provide you with an edTPACoach to help with the portfolio process/submission. An edTPA coach will help you during after school hours in ½ hour segments using phone calls, emails or Skype.

• An edTPA Coach will replace a regular ARC Coach.

edTPA

• A TEAM Mentor assigned by the employing district should be able to help you with the portfolio as well.

• You would begin the TEAM module process in the second semester.

• You are not expected to do both edTPAand TEAM at the same time.

edTPA

• Any questions about edTPA

ARC Profiles• You have another opportunity to promote

yourself as a teacher on the ARC Website now that we have come to the end of the program.

• On May 31st the current profiles will be closed and new profiles will be posted by June 1.

• New profiles will include a photograph and information about your Practicum Placement/Experience.

ARC Profiles

• Many districts rely on ARC for placements, particularly in the shortage areas. This is a good way to get the attention of the districts with specific needs.

• ARC will use the Weekly Notes from the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) to announce that updated Profiles have been posted. Over 400 school administrators subscribe to these notes.

ARC Profiles – Post in the ARC Resource Library.

ARC Profile

• Since additional information has been added to the form, a new Disclosure Form will need to be completed by everyonewishing to have a Profile posted.

• Even if you completed a Disclosure Form for the earlier posting, a new form needs to be completed and submitted.

ARC Profile

• You MUST use this fillable form to have your Profile posted.

• No handwritten forms will be posted.• If you have the full version of Acrobat you

will be able to add the photo in any format.

ARC Profile

• If you have just the Reader version of Acrobat, you will only be able to upload the photo in pdf format. If this is the case, you can take a screen shot (ALT, Print Screen) of the photo and paste it into a Word document. From there, you can use the Picture Tools to crop the screen shot to just include the photo. Save it as pdf.

• Get tech help if you need it!

ARC Profile

• A completed Profile form and a signed Disclaimer Form need to be returned to the ARC Office by Friday, May 26th, to be eligible for the posting on May 31st.