Getting Ready for the 2012 Field Trials

Teacher Performance Assessment

TPA 101:

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Cards on table for questions Will be answered at end of session Answers will be sent to participants

Background of the Teacher Performance

Assessment

• What is it? • National Perspective• Development of 6 Program

Areas• Future areas currently being

developed

FAST TRACK STATE

• To match PERCA timelines• To influence the policy

environment• To take the lead in this national

project• For continuous program

improvement

What has Minnesota already done to prepare

for Field Trials?

• MN TPAC Steering Committee• TPAC State Coordinator Sally

Baas• Bush Foundation Support of

$200,000

• 12 Score Trainers giving workshops throughout the state

• BOT support

• AACTE support - Ning

 

What has St. Cloud State University done to prepare

for Field Trials?

• Representation on MN Steering Committee• TPA Liaison to TPAC committee• TPA assigned as a MN “common metric” for TPI • TPI monetary support• 5 SCSU faculty attended Ohio Score Training• 3 credit buyout to be TPA Liaison• TPA sections piloted in CFS department• SOE, Teacher Ed Council & University workshops

SPRING FIELD TRIALS

All programs required to participate for spring student teaching

Data not required yet for PERCA Live: 2012-2013 Back mapping done this spring

Next Step Opportunities

• 30 minute prerequisite webinar covering Bias• 1.5 hour webinar covering TPA overview• 2.5 hour webinar for each of the 6 content areas

I. to gain a deeper understanding of the TPA II. to become a calibrated scorer

• Scoring workshops will be held in May

Walk through of the TPA

• 5 Main sections (green handout)

• Rolling out the TPA in a program•What this could look like in a department

UNPACKING THE TPA

•Content areas regroup to discuss the 5 TPA sections to identify what is already being done in your program