Welcome to edTPA Boot Camp Task 2: Instructing & Engaging Students in Literacy Learning

Welcome to edTPA Boot Camp

Task 2: Instructing & Engaging Students in Literacy Learning

Medaille College School of EducationMary Beth Scumaci

Fall 2014

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edTPA Overview/Agenda• Setting Up Your edTPA Account at http://edtpa.com

• Task 1: Planning

• Task 2: Instruction

• Task 3: Assessment

• Task 4: Math (Elementary Education Only)

• Follow Guidelines/Handbooks AND Rubrics

• Video & Compressing TipsSOE edTPA Boot Camp Task 2: Scumaci Fall 2014

http://edtpa.com/

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Setting Up Your edTPA Account• A Review of the edTPA website: http://edtpa.com • Review Resources• Let’s Set Up Your

Account• Follow the

Candidates Page Steps in Order

• Select PearsonePortfolio System

• Agree to CandidatesPolicies

• Enter Voucher Code SOE edTPA Boot Camp Task 2: Scumaci Fall 2014

http://edtpa.com/

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edTPA Exam Portfolio Summary Task Dashboard

Important Directions, Information,Documents, & Tips Section

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EdTPA Assessment Process Video Tutorials

• Preparing your Assessment with the Pearson ePortfolio System (7 mins): http://www.edtpa.com/content/CAP/PreparingYourAssesment.htm

• Requesting & Receiving Feedback (5 mins): http://www.edtpa.com/content/CAP/RequestingReceivingFeedback.htm

• Submitting Your Assessment (3 mins): http://www.edtpa.com/content/CAP/SubmittingYourAssesment.htm

http://www.edtpa.com/content/CAP/PreparingYourAssesment.htm

http://www.edtpa.com/content/CAP/RequestingReceivingFeedback.htm

http://www.edtpa.com/content/CAP/RequestingReceivingFeedback.htm

http://www.edtpa.com/content/CAP/SubmittingYourAssesment.htm

http://www.edtpa.com/content/CAP/SubmittingYourAssesment.htm

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edTPA Task 2

Instructing and Engaging Students in Literacy Learning


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Task 2 Things to Consider…• How will I TEACH, ENGAGE & MOTIVATE?

• What do students know?

• What do students need to learn next?

• How will students learn it?

• How will I assess students?

• I do…We do…You do…

• Demonstrate Respect & Positive Rapport with Students

• EVIDENCE & Time Stamps


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Why Should I Video Tape My Teaching?

• Video offers reality. • It makes the abstract concrete. • We see and hear what really happens.• Videotaping ourselves helps us be reflective

and aware of our teaching practices and behaviors.


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What Do I Need to Think About?

• Goal: Demonstrate how you support and engage students in literacy learning.

• Learning Environment: Support respect and rapport to engage learners.

• Challenge: Active learning tasks that engage learners with the central focus of the lesson.


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What Do I Need to Think About? • How will you elicit and build on student responses to

develop and deepen content understanding?

• Connections: How will you make connections to students’ prior academic learning & personal, cultural, or community assets during your instruction?

• Reflection: How will you use evidence from your instruction to examine and change your teaching practices to more effectively meet a variety of student learning needs?


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What Do I Need to Do?

• Identify the lesson to be taught from the learning segment in Task 1: Planning for Literacy Instruction & Assessment.

• Choose lessons that show you interacting with students to support them to independently apply the literacy strategy to comprehend or compose text.

• Will you teach a small target group or the whole class? SOE edTPA Boot Camp Task 2: Scumaci Fall 2014

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Video Clips

• Provide evidence of your interaction with students to develop an essential literacy strategy and requisite skills.

• Demonstrate a Respect & Positive Rapport• Teacher and student voices must be heard. • Continuous and uninterrupted. • No editing beyond the cut footage allowed• Scrubbing Allowed- must be explained in the write up • No added text, music, etc.• Length & Number Vary by Program- Handbook


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Video Clips Continued• Safety & Privacy: Use first names only in the video-

no other identifying characteristics- school name, last names, etc.

• Analyze your teaching and students’ learning in the video clip(s) by responding to the commentary prompts. Make connections to specific time stamps in the video in your narrative.

• Respond to Prompts: Respond to all prompts in the Instruction Commentary section with explicit detail.


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Video Clips Continued• Additional Information Needed for Understanding?: (e.g. graphics, texts,

images, comments not clearly heard, insert digital copies of transcriptions at the end of the Instructions Commentary (no more than 2 pages).

• OPTIONAL: Provide evidence of Student’s language use. An additional video clip that provides evidence of students using language within the learning segment (no more than 5 minutes) and/or through Task 3 analysis of student work samples (see edTPA Handbook for details).

• See Task 2: Artifacts and Commentary Specifications in the Evidence Chart for electronic submission of evidence.

• Refer to the Glossary of TermsSOE edTPA Boot Camp Task 2: Scumaci Fall

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Ethics & Permissions• Get Medaille Video Permission Forms Signed

• School Permission

• First Names Only

• For All People in Video


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Videotaping Tips Video ClipThe Teaching Channel

Using Video to Improve Practice 101 (5 mins) https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/videotaping-tips-for-teachers


https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/videotaping-tips-for-teachers

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/videotaping-tips-for-teachers

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Filming Equipment

• Your Responsibility – PRACTICE!!!• Video Your ENTRE Learning Segment


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Video Tips - Tools QUALITY VIDEO and AUDIO Device• Audio & Voice Clarity Must Be Clear• Must See & Hear Teacher & Students• Get a Good Recording Device • Tripod• Charged Battery & Backup Battery• Scan Card to record to (1G = 10 minutes of Taping)• No High Definition (HD)• Compression Software (see handouts)

-Any Video Converter• Keep Camera as Close to Students as Possible.


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Video Tips Continued• Make sure that your recording device is on

and recording. • SAVE your video in multiple places so you

have several backup copies. • Save your raw footage and EDIT on a COPY of

the footage.• Check the recording after the lesson to

confirm audio and video quality and recording.


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Video Tips Continued• Practice • Record your entire learning segment (3-

5lessons) • Download footage to a computer as soon as

possible.• Record from a horizon perspective instead on

landscape (vertical). • Location: Light should NOT be behind your

subjects, avoid taping in front of windows.SOE edTPA Boot Camp Task 2: Scumaci Fall

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Video Tips Continued• Watch the entire lesson at least twice the day

of taping- Take Good Notes. • Can you answer the task prompts completely?• Repeat steps for all learning task lessons.• See Medaille handout for Medaille computer

lab information.• See edTPA/Pearson Handouts for

Video Tips, Condensing Videos, & Editing Videos

• Have a Back-Up PlanSOE edTPA Boot Camp Task 2: Scumaci Fall

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Answer Prompts with Specific Details

• No More than 6 pages.

• Be specific, descriptive, use explicit language & GLOSSARY TERMS

• Provide EVIDENCE for Prompt Narratives

• Provide Clarity for Prompt Narratives


EdTPA Task 2Instructing and Engaging

Students in Literacy Learning

Let’s take a look at the Rubrics!Rubrics 6-10

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Task 2 Rubrics 6-10

• Read & Follow• Complete ALL Requirements• Vary by Program Discipline• Teacher Candidates should compare rubrics

with their prompt answers to verify all requirements are met.



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Rubric 6 Learning Environment

How does the candidate demonstrate a positive literacy learning environment that supports students’

engagement in learning?

What should it look like?

• Consistency• Exemplary

Rapport and Respect

Student Behavior

Learning Environme

nt

Opportunities to express

perspective

Teacher Behavior

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Rubric 6: Learning Environment



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Rubric 7 Engaging Students in Learning

How does the candidate actively engage students in integrating strategies and skills to comprehend or

compose text?

What should it look like? • Consistency• Exemplary

Literacy Strategy/

Skill

Engagement in

Learning Task

Understanding the requisite and the

skill

Integrating the skill

to comprehe

nd/compose

Teacher Supports

Personal, Cultural,

Community Assets

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Rubric 7: Engaging Students in Learning



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Rubric 8 Deepening Student Learning

How does the candidate elicit student responses to promote thinking and develop literacy skills and the essential strategy to comprehend and/or compose

text?


Literacy Strategy/S

kill

Critical Thinking

Higher Level

Questioning

Teacher elicits

Student responses to extend learning

Student interaction

that allows

application

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Rubric 8: Deepening Student Learning


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Rubric 9 Subject-Specific: Elementary Literacy

How does the candidate support students to apply the essential literacy?


Literacy Strategy/

Skill

Teacher Modeling

Opportunities for student

practice at each stage

of instruction

Explicit instruction of strategy applicatio

n

Explicit instruction

when to apply

strategy


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Rubric 9: Subject Specific Pedagogy: Elementary Literacy


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Rubric 10 Analyzing Teacher Effectiveness

How does the candidate use evidence to evaluate and change teaching practice to meet students’ varied

learning needs?


Literacy Strategy/

Skill

Changes made

through assessmen

t

Changes to address individual

and collective

needs

Changes connected

to research/t

heory

Justification of

changes based on

assessment and

research/theory


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Rubric 10: Analyzing Teaching Effectiveness


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Things to Think About- Lessons• No More then 6 Pages• TAPE ALL LEARNING SEGMENT LESSONS?• What is the Curriculum Connection

to Literacy?• What strategy will you teach-

Comprehension or Composing Text?• How will you ENGAGE STUDENTS?


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Things to Think About… Promote a Positive Learning Environment• How will you demonstrate mutual respect for,

rapport with, and responsiveness to students with varied needs and backgrounds, and challenge students to engage in learning?

• Evidence: Provide Examples & Time Stamps


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Things to Think About…

Engaging Students in Learning• Provide Examples & Time Stamps• Explain how your instruction engaged

students in developing an essential literacy strategy and requisite skills.

• Describe how your instruction linked students’ prior academic learning and personal, cultural, and community assets with new learning.


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Things to Think About… Deepening Student Learning during Instruction• Cite examples from the video clip - Time Stamps• Explain how you elicited and built on student

responses to promote thinking and apply literacy strategy using requisite skills to comprehend or compose text. MAKE CONNECTIONS!

• Explain how you modeled the literacy strategy and supported students as they practiced and applied the literacy strategy in a meaningful-based context.


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Things to Think About-Evidence - Analyze Teaching

• Cite Examples - Include Time Stamps

• What Changes would you make to your instruction for the whole class and/or for the students who need greater support or challenge-to better support student learning of the central focus (e/g/ missed opportunities)?

• Consider the variety of learners in your class who may require different strategies/support, such as students with IEPs, English Language Learners, struggling readers, underperforming students or those with gaps in academic knowledge, and/or gifted students.

• Why do you think these changes would improve student learning? Support your explanation with evidence of student learning and principles from theory and/or research.SOE edTPA Boot Camp Task 2: Scumaci Fall 2014

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How Will You Be Assessed?

• You will be assessed using Rubrics 6-10 - Exception - World Languages Rubrics 5-9

• When preparing your artifacts and commentaries provide ANSWER PROMPTS &DETAILED EVIDENCE!

• Refer to the rubrics frequently to guide your thinking, instruction, and writing.



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Let’s Practice Critiquing a Lesson

Elementary & Early Childhood Video Comparing and Contrasting Fairy Tales (K-2) (Brittany - 10 mins): http://vimeo.com/55950930

http://vimeo.com/55950930

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Let’s Practice Critiquing a LessonAdolescent Education Video

“Letter From Birmingham Jail” Evidence & Arguments: Multiple Ways of Experiencing a Text

(12 minutes - Grades 9-10, ELA, Literary Analysis CCSS: ELA.RI.9-10.2 ELA.W.9-10.6 ELA.SL.9-10.1a) https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-analysis-lesson?fd=1


https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-analysis-lesson?fd=1

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-analysis-lesson?fd=1

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The edTPA Website – www.edtpa.com • Visit the Candidates Page• Set Up Your Accounts• Pearson Verification Codes- College Supervisor


http://www.edtpa.com/

Any Video Converter Clipping & Condensing

Medaille College School of EducationedTPA Workshop

Mary Beth Scumaci, 2014

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Approved File Formats & Any Video Converter URL

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Any Video Converter Download• http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

• Follow the Prompts• Customize the Download:

Uncheck the Boxes

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

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Clipping & Condensing: Video Screen Cast Tutorial

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c2ejY9nFB8

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c2ejY9nFB8

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Any Video Converter Screen Shots

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Any Video Converter Upload Tips

• Click the Add Video(s) button• Select Microsoft Zune WMV Movie (*.wmv)• File Size: 200-300 MB• Basic Settings

– Video Size: 320x240– Quality: Normal– Video Framerate: 25

• Video Options– Video Bitrate: 256

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Any Video Converter Clipping & Compressing Tips

• Uploaded Video Bar

• Scissors Clipping Tool

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• Set the Triangles to Start & End Points• Or Enter Time Stamps• Click the OK Button

Start Point

End Point

Time Stamps

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• Click the Convert this item now! Button

• Go to Your Video Folder & Look for the Any Video Converter Folder

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Save Video to Your Student Folder Campus Computer- Click Options Dial- General Tab – Browse – Your Student Folder –

Condense the Video

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• SAVE final work to a Flash Drive.• All campus computers are

restored nightly.

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• Click on the Zune_WMV Folder• Click on Your Video Clip & Rename

– Lesson 4 Video (15mins)– Lesson 3 Video 1 (7mins)– Lesson 3 Video 2 (8mins)– Academic Language Video– See your edTPA Handbook for time & number of videos required.

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Practice, Practice, Practice!Let’s go to the Shared Drive

Make sure you have a SAVED COPY

of YOUR TEACHING video footage!!

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Great Scanning App

• Some Tasks Require 1 File Upload• Use a Scanner in Continuous Scan Mode• Use a Scanner App – Cam Scanner• https://camscanner.net • DEMO• Watch YouTube Clip (1.17mins)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIixud3h9l8&feature=youtu.be

https://camscanner.net/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIixud3h9l8&feature=youtu.be



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http://it.medaille.edu/edtpa

• Building a page for edTPA Resources

http://it.medaille.edu/edtpa

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Review

• Read Your Handbooks Multiple Times• Know Task 2 Responsibilities (all Tasks)• Follow Prompts & Rubric Requirements• Visit the edTPA Website Frequently • Practice Watching, Reflecting Upon &

Critiquing Video Clips


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Review Continued• Make a Plan for Your Video Tools, Practice Using

the Equipment, Follow Compression Guidelines

• Maintain Professionalism at ALL Times

• Be Independent, Responsible, & Seek Assistance When Needed- Dr. Sturm & College Supervisor

• Know the Glossary Vocabulary


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Helpful Resources• We highly recommend that you watch videos in your content area from

these sites to help you prepare for ideas, strategies, critiquing, etc.• The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project:

http://vimeo.com/tcrwp/videos/page:3/sort:date

• Teacher’s College with Lucy Calkins: http://readingandwritingproject.com/resources/common-core-standards/ccs-videos.html

• The Teaching Channel: https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-text-lesson

• The Teaching Chanel provides the lesson objective, CCLS, and focus questions to guide the viewer.


http://vimeo.com/tcrwp/videos/page:3/sort:date

http://readingandwritingproject.com/resources/common-core-standards/ccs-videos.html

http://readingandwritingproject.com/resources/common-core-standards/ccs-videos.html

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-text-lesson

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-text-lesson

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That’s All Folks….

• Questions?

• Comments?

• Thoughts?

Thank you for joining us today!
