edTPA Implementation
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Build Portfolio
Build your entire edtpa portfolio quickly, in an organized way, with user-friendly navigation and built-in guidance to the highest levels of the rubrics.
Local Evaluation
Facilitates local evaluation support at coursework and fieldwork levels; built-in communication tools facilitate interaction btw teacher candidate and evaluator.
One-click Reports
Faculty can generate reports based on teacher candidates’ mastery of the rubrics with the click of a mouse.
This resource was prepared and reviewed by experienced teacher educators who are leading successful teacher preparation programs in their own universities. It addresses head-on the challenges of edTPA™ by facilitating local evaluation support , where school faculty judgment, critical examination and expertise interacts with candidate portfolio submissions in an organized, secure, conducive-to-learning and safe environment. EPP programs are free to select any system to help their candidates build their portfolio at their own discretion – it is an option offered by edTPA™. We humbly hope you choose Certify Teacher, a leading provider of educator preparation resources. Thank you for your support!
The TPA Builder is a program for building portfolios
It guides teacher candidates through every part of the tasks step by step.
Learn More links at every prompt clarify how you should respond to the prompts. Checklists and Check4Completeness are two of the tools that will keep you on track.
How Does This Program Work?
- You have immediate access to your program online.
- You will upload the templates* and handbook of your subject area to the system.
- The program will walk you through the building of your entire portfolio step-by-step, prompt-by-prompt, on every part and task.
- The program will clarify how you should answer every prompt to earn the highest levels of the rubrics, provide you examples along the way, and interview you to make sure you’re on track. Should something be missing, it will let you know.
- The program will make sure that every artifact you attach to your portfolio passes the assessment requirements.
- This system will not do the work for you. You will have to do the work on your own.
- This system operates within the Guidelines for Acceptable Candidate Support.
* Obtain your templates and handbook from your educator preparation program or from the vendor where you registered and paid for your exam.
Access & price
- Access is granted for up to 18 months or until you pass your state assessment whichever comes first.
- The price of this solution is $150, regardless of the version, which is worth every penny.
- You pay only once - no monthly charges to your credit card.
- Paypal credit is available to pay for your purchase in six months, no interest.
The TPA Builder comes in 3 different versions - the same amazing solution.
Teacher Candidate
Evaluator
Comprehensive version
For Schools
This version works well within a curriculum that extends over two semesters. Every single part of the portfolio building is structured and sequenced by the evaluator.
Faculty interacts with candidates to:
- discuss pieces of the portfolio.
- review the work in progress.
- help candidates improve performance in areas of weakness.
EPP program
one-time cost to
evaluate
candidate:
$15/candidate
Teacher Candidate
Evaluator
Review Version
For Schools
With this version the candidate builds their entire portfolio on their own, at their own pace, using the built-in guidance of the program and classroom instruction. Once complete, the portfolio is submitted to the evaluator who navigates the whole portfolio looking for deficiencies, omissions and misunderstandings.
Faculty interacts with candidates to discuss:
- pieces of the portfolio.
- review the work in progress.
- help candidates improve performance in areas of weakness.
EPP program
one-time cost to
evaluate
candidate:
$15/candidate
TPA Director
Evaluator
Candidates Online
Standalone version
For the Candidate
Order this version if you’re building your portfolio on your own with little or no help from an educator preparation program. With this version you will build your entire portfolio at your own pace, using the amazing built-in guidance of the program.
All the tools available to the other two versions are available in this version also, except that the piece that allows faculty to interact with you within the program is not available. You will build your entire portfolio quickly, in an organized way, with user-friendly navigation, built-in guidance and tools to the highest levels of the rubrics.
You will be amazed of how helpful this program will be to you. Get edTPA on your side instead of in your way. Order now.
For educator preparation programs that adopt this version for their candidates there are no cost associated to their programs.
There is no charge to EPP programs that adopt this version.
TPA Builder Tools
Check4Completeness is a diagnostic tool. It checks to be sure every part of your portfolio, in every task, has been addressed and that artifacts you attach to your portfolio comply to specifications. If you overlook something, it lets you know exactly what is missing and where it is missing, so you can quickly take care of business.
That is cool!
TPA Builder Tools
Teacher candidates score the lowest in their edTPA assessments on the Assessment Commentary part, where they are asked to describe, analyze, and interpret student performance off students’ scores. To address this challenge, the Scores Analyzer tool can quickly help you identify the patterns of learning for your whole class and differences for groups or individual learners so you can respond to the prompts in the commentary with confidence. You get all of this with the click of a mouse.
That is cool!