Pass the edTPA: Best Practices and Q&A

Learn how to prepare for and complete a high quality edTPA portfolio and get answers to your burning questions! Michelle Lewis-Mondesir, edTPA expert, coach, and scorer, will cover everything, from planning each task and recording your video, to basic do’s and don’ts and frequently asked questions. Strengthen your submission: take this course before completing the edTPA!

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Course Length

19 lessons total
38 mins total

Instructor

Michelle Lewis-Mondesir
Former educator & school administrator, edTPA scorer, and CEO of LEARN Coaching & Consulting

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Course Outline (38 mins)

1

Introduction (7:02)

Introduction to Selected, our presenter, the course, plus some general edTPA advice

2

General Advice for Tasks 1-3 (6:50)

Essential pieces of advice for Tasks 1, 2, and 3

3

Where to Begin When You Feel Overwhelmed (0:39)

Where and how to begin?

4

When Your School Uses a Mandatory Curriculum (1:10)

How to adapt a mandatory curriculum

5

Tips on Recording Your Video for Task 2 (1:51)

How to record the video lesson

6

Tackling the edTPA Efficiently: Strategies to Use (1:35)

Best practices and strategies

7

What to Consider When Planning and Analyzing Your Video for Task 2 (1:20)

Planning the Task 2 video

8

Q: Using Old Footage of a Lesson for Task 2 (0:54)

Question submitted during open Q&A

9

Q: Small Group Work in Video (0:54)

Question submitted during open Q&A

10

Q: Inappropriate Student Behavior During Video (0:51)

Question submitted during open Q&A

11

Q: Number of Lessons to Submit (1:20)

Question submitted during open Q&A

12

Q: Lack of Student Consent in Video for Task 2 (0:24)

Question submitted during open Q&A

13

Q: Adding Captions or Transcripts to Video for Task 2 (0:31)

Question submitted during open Q&A

14

Q: Submitting a Special Education edTPA Portfolio (3:34)

Question submitted during open Q&A

15

Q: Using Educational-based Theory, Research, and Philosophy (1:22)

Question submitted during open Q&A

16

Q: Resubmitting a Portfolio (Timing) (0:41)

Question submitted during open Q&A

17

Q: Resubmitting a Task (0:59)

Question submitted during open Q&A

18

Q: Student Artifacts (0:19)

Question submitted during open Q&A

19

Closing Thoughts and Additional Resources (4:58)

Michelle’s final thoughts

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