EWU’s TPA guidelines and edTPA Making Good Choices

Personally, I like how the guidelines are very well organized, and lets the teacher know what to put in each section of the document going from the “Length of Lesson, Academic and Content Standards (Common Core/National), Learning Objectives, Academic Language, Assessment, and Lesson Connection etc.” However, having the information that goes along with each section that Sean gave to us to help guide, and gives us a better understanding what to put in each section and the requirements that go along with each section. Yet, the ideas that was given from the document on the “edTPA Making Good Choices,” was helpful for future teachers to get ideas to help guide them on making a good lesson plan. Some of the ideas that were good to think about would be “Planning Ahead,” as it gives good ideas that talks about time management and working steadily and regularly as you must save time for revisions and edits that will allow you to represent your best thoughts (Pg.2). Yet, another important idea on helping teachers to make a good choice with their edTPA lesson plans would be Organizing as it talks about giving good organization on the context you must give with you lesson plan. Then it gives ideas on to “provide specific, concrete examples to support your assertions,” which you must support your examples and evidence of your teachings (Pg.5). Lastly, another good idea is the importance of “Understand the Rubrics,” and “Alignment of Rubrics and Commentary Prompts,” that gives teachers ideas on the importance of rubrics and the structures that it gives for their students. This structure allows students the idea what you as the teacher wants within their essay structure and the grammar requirements (Pg. 6). Henceforth, the Alignment Rubric was very important for teachers to look at, as it gives ideas on how to grade a student with a chart structure that gives a 1-5 point system with a total at the end for their grade. Therefore, the grade rubric gives teachers an idea and examples on how to create their grade rubric.