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Bergstrand Othman, Lama; Robinson, Rowand; Molfenter, Nancy F. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2017
The purpose of teacher preparation programs is to ensure that teachers are adequately equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to support the various educational needs of their students. Nevertheless, a call for a uniform process through which teacher candidates can demonstrate their ability to meet their students' educational needs using…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Competencies
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Seymour, Clancy A.; Burns, Barbara A.; Henry, Julie J. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2018
The educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) is a performance-based assessment designed for beginning teachers to demonstrate their readiness to teach (SCALE, 2014). As more states come to adopt this assessment, many facets of its implementation need to be reviewed. One component is the role of the cooperating teacher in the implementation…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Beginning Teachers, Readiness
Fuller, Charles Avery – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year the North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE) mandated the use of the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process (Evaluation Process) for use in all public school systems in the state to conduct teacher observations and evaluations. The Evaluation Process replaced the Teacher Performance Appraisal…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Principals, Teacher Evaluation, State Standards
Greenblatt, Deborah; O'Hara, Kate E. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2015
As states across the country continue their implementation of the Teacher Performance Assessment Portfolio (edTPA), a complex and high-stakes certification requirement for teacher certification, there are important lessons for educators and education advocates to learn from New York State's implementation. As Linda Darling-Hammond, developer and…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Program Implementation, Teacher Certification, Student Teacher Evaluation