TPAC Pilot Team

1. GEARING UP FOR IMPROVED TEACHER PREPARATION TPAC Pilot Team (A. Bullock, E. Dobson, T. Finley, A. Guidry, M. L’esperance, D. Lys, S. Steadman) Curriculum & Instruction College of Education East Carolina University lysd@ecu.edu • Repositioned key activities to align with TPA requirements • Provided additional opportunities for critical skill development prior to internship • Embedded signature assessments in methods courses, including procedural videos • Redefined the work of the university supervisors • Elementary Education and Special Education adopted TPA as capstone assessment. • Met with interns during seminar to introduce new portfolio requirements and to obtain informed, voluntary consent for research • Held monthly meetings with university supervisors to disseminate new information and to gather details of school visit experiences • Conducted technology training for university supervisors • Additional faculty members became calibrated scorers. • Conducted open lab sessions to assist students with portfolio preparation • Held monthly team meetings with Dean to report progress • Preliminary scoring completed by university supervisors • Representative sample of portfolios officially scored with TPA rubrics and reported to TPAC • Descriptive statistics reported for all interns by program area • Program area reports generated using official scores • TPA rubric data used to identify areas of strength and areas of concern • Explored TPAC model using available information • Met with faculty from proposed program areas: English Education, History Education, Middle Grades Education • Core faculty attended TPAC training session in Columbus, OH. • Core faculty became calibrated scorers • Designed an implementation plan for roll-out • Met with University Supervisors to discuss their new responsibilities and to assess technology skills