Intention to Submit 2010-11

All students who wish to submit a TPA must complete an Intention to Submit form. Currently we are asking students to complete the form in both their Spring and Summer seminar courses. Students are to complete four signed copies:

1. TPA Coordinator

2. Site Director

3. Student file

4. Student personal file

It is from this form that I create a spreadsheet to assign assessors TPAs to read.

When Can I Submit my TPA on Task Stream?

The Submission Guidelines will explain the procedures for submitting TPAs and will also give you the dates of the submission windows on Task Stream. If you find you are unable to submit during a window please contact Joanie Martin at joanie.martin@fresno.edu. Inability to submit means you have not been placed into a "group" and this is because I was not aware a student was going to submit. I can remedy this in less than 5 minutes.

How to Compress a Video for Task Stream

Task Stream has given us instructions for how you will need to compress the video to upload it in the Culminating Teaching Experience template. 

Just a reminder that Task Stream will not allow you to submit this TPA unless all attachments are included. 

If you have any questions the best way to reach me is via e-mail at Joanie.Martin@fresno.edu.

The Flip Video Camera

Flip Cameras have been purchased for the Fresno, Bakersfield and Visalia Centers for use in video taping a 20 minute segment of the lesson your will use for your TPA 4. This camera will not zoom in nor does it have a tri-pod but I found it easy to use. I downloaded the software on the Flip site and when I plugged the camera into the USB port on my computer it very quickly found the camera and gave me options as to what I wanted to do with the video.

KEY: You must download the software to your computer prior to loading the video into your computer. If you load the video without the software your computer cannot read and transfer the video to Task Stream.

A question came up during the workshop about what you should be taping. The tape must be 20 continuous minutes (stopping and starting would be considered editing). The goal of the tape is to demonstrate you ability to instruct your students and to follow through with a learning activity. My suggestion would be to think through your lesson and find a segment that would demonstrate your teaching strategy and a student activity. Please remember that this is not the only way your TPA will be assessed. 

Completing TPA 3 and 4

When you click on timeline you will find the guidelines for submission for Tasks 3 and 4, and also some dates you should aim for when completing portions of the Tasks.

Guidelines and Submission Dates for "Old" Students

Students who are submitting their work online (1-Subject Specific Pedagogy and 4-Culminating Teaching Experience) should send to Joanie.Martin@fresno.edu. Students in this category would have been accepted to the Teacher Ed program prior to July 2008.

The due date for your TPAs will be the last day of scheduled classes.

Thoughts on Submitting Original Work

I wanted to remind all Teacher Ed candidates that these assessments are to be your own responses and reflections to the prompts in each TPA task. You may talk and reflect on the prompts within your classes and with a colleague, but you are to complete your TPA without any assistance or input. Your work is to be original in that you are responding to the prompts.