The TPE’s and YouThe TPE’s and You

A Guide to Academic Success A Guide to Academic Success andand

Pedagogical AccomplishmentPedagogical Accomplishment

What are the TPE’s and who What are the TPE’s and who cares?cares?

►First and foremost, the TPE’s are First and foremost, the TPE’s are guides to teaching to the standardsguides to teaching to the standards

►Always start with the standard(s) to be Always start with the standard(s) to be taughttaught

►““What do the TPE’s tell me about how What do the TPE’s tell me about how best to teach this standard?”best to teach this standard?”

What are the TPE’s and who What are the TPE’s and who cares?cares?

►TPE stands for Teacher Performance TPE stands for Teacher Performance ExpectationExpectation

►Standards of Quality and Effectiveness Standards of Quality and Effectiveness for Professional Teacher Preparation for Professional Teacher Preparation ProgramsPrograms

►Standards for teacher performanceStandards for teacher performance For academic performance in your Methods For academic performance in your Methods

classesclasses For teaching performance in your placementFor teaching performance in your placement

ExamplesExamples

►1B: Subject-Specific Pedagogical Skills 1B: Subject-Specific Pedagogical Skills for Single Subject Teaching for Single Subject Teaching AssignmentsAssignments Translate this phrase into clear, precise Translate this phrase into clear, precise

EnglishEnglish

1B for History-Social Science1B for History-Social Science

►Candidates for a Single Subject Candidates for a Single Subject Teaching Credential in History-Social Teaching Credential in History-Social Science demonstrate the ability to Science demonstrate the ability to teach the state-adopted academic teach the state-adopted academic content standards for students in content standards for students in history-social science (Grades 7-12).history-social science (Grades 7-12). Translate this sentenceTranslate this sentence

1B for H-SS, con’t1B for H-SS, con’t

►They enable students to learn and use They enable students to learn and use analytic thinking skills in history and analytic thinking skills in history and social science while attaining the social science while attaining the state-adopted academic content state-adopted academic content standards for their students.standards for their students. Translate this sentenceTranslate this sentence

1B for H-SS, con’t1B for H-SS, con’t

►They use timelines and maps to They use timelines and maps to reinforce students’ sense of temporal reinforce students’ sense of temporal and spatial scale.and spatial scale. Translate this sentenceTranslate this sentence

1B for H-SS, con’t1B for H-SS, con’t

►Candidates teach students how social Candidates teach students how social science concepts and themes provide science concepts and themes provide insights into historical periods and insights into historical periods and cultures.cultures. Translate this sentenceTranslate this sentence

1B for H-SS, con’t1B for H-SS, con’t

►They help students understand events They help students understand events and periods from multiple perspectives and periods from multiple perspectives by using simulations, case studies, by using simulations, case studies, cultural artifacts, works of art and cultural artifacts, works of art and literature, cooperative projects, and literature, cooperative projects, and student research activities.student research activities. Translate this sentenceTranslate this sentence

1B for H-SS, con’t1B for H-SS, con’t

►Candidates connect essential facts and Candidates connect essential facts and information to broad themes, concepts information to broad themes, concepts and principles, and they relate history-and principles, and they relate history-social science content to current or social science content to current or future issues.future issues. Translate this sentenceTranslate this sentence

Broad Areas of the TPE’sBroad Areas of the TPE’s

►A: Making Subject Matter A: Making Subject Matter ComprehensibleComprehensible TPE’s 1, 1A, 1BTPE’s 1, 1A, 1B

Broad Areas of the TPE’sBroad Areas of the TPE’s

►B: Assessing Student LearningB: Assessing Student Learning TPE’s 2 and 3TPE’s 2 and 3

Broad Areas of the TPE’sBroad Areas of the TPE’s

►C: Engaging and Supporting Students C: Engaging and Supporting Students in Learningin Learning

►TPE’s 4, 5, 6, and 7TPE’s 4, 5, 6, and 7

Broad Areas of the TPE’sBroad Areas of the TPE’s

►D: Planning Instruction and Designing D: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for StudentsLearning Experiences for Students TPE’s 8 and 9TPE’s 8 and 9

Broad Areas of the TPE’sBroad Areas of the TPE’s

►E: Creating and Maintaining Effective E: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student LearningEnvironments for Student Learning TPE’s 10 and 11TPE’s 10 and 11

Broad Areas of the TPE’sBroad Areas of the TPE’s

►F: Developing as a Professional F: Developing as a Professional EducatorEducator TPE’s 12 and 13TPE’s 12 and 13

Broad Areas of the TPE’sBroad Areas of the TPE’s

► A: Making Subject Matter ComprehensibleA: Making Subject Matter Comprehensible► B: Assessing Student LearningB: Assessing Student Learning► C: Engaging and Supporting Students in C: Engaging and Supporting Students in

LearningLearning►D: Planning Instruction and Designing D: Planning Instruction and Designing

Learning Experiences for StudentsLearning Experiences for Students► E: Creating and Maintaining Effective E: Creating and Maintaining Effective

Environments for Student LearningEnvironments for Student Learning► F: Developing as a Professional EducatorF: Developing as a Professional Educator

The TPE’s and Methods The TPE’s and Methods ClassesClasses

► You will have assignments this semester You will have assignments this semester which will ask you to demonstrate your which will ask you to demonstrate your understanding of most of the TPE’sunderstanding of most of the TPE’s 1B1B 531531 33 532532 55 530530 77 532532 88 530530 99 531531 1111 530530 1212 530530

Or, to look at it the other wayOr, to look at it the other way

►530530 5, 8, 11, and 125, 8, 11, and 12►531531 1B and 91B and 9►532532 3, 7, and 83, 7, and 8

The TPE’s and Student The TPE’s and Student TeachingTeaching

►Your work in your placement will be Your work in your placement will be evaluated in terms of the TPE’sevaluated in terms of the TPE’s

►Both your Supervisor and your Both your Supervisor and your Cooperating Teacher will indicate your Cooperating Teacher will indicate your level of success with each of the TPE’s level of success with each of the TPE’s on Midterm and Final Evaluation formson Midterm and Final Evaluation forms ““Not Observed,” “Improvement Needed,” Not Observed,” “Improvement Needed,”

or “Beginning Practice”or “Beginning Practice”

Your MissionYour Mission

►First, read and parse all the TPE’sFirst, read and parse all the TPE’s►Language is dense, packedLanguage is dense, packed►To understand them, you must unpack To understand them, you must unpack

themthem►You will have an assignment to do this You will have an assignment to do this

for 1B and 9 in EDTP 531for 1B and 9 in EDTP 531►You should do it for all the TPE’sYou should do it for all the TPE’s

Your Mission, con’tYour Mission, con’t

►Second, make it a habit to think of the Second, make it a habit to think of the TPE’s in terms of teaching to the TPE’s in terms of teaching to the standardsstandards

►Do not think of the TPE’s as mere Do not think of the TPE’s as mere techniques separate from teaching to techniques separate from teaching to the standardsthe standards

►Think of the TPE’s as guides to teaching Think of the TPE’s as guides to teaching to the standards to diverse student to the standards to diverse student populationspopulations

Your Mission, con’tYour Mission, con’t

►Third, start thinking about specific Third, start thinking about specific standards in your discipline and how a standards in your discipline and how a specific TPE would applyspecific TPE would apply

Your Mission, con’tYour Mission, con’t

►Fourth, think about how the TPE’s Fourth, think about how the TPE’s interrelateinterrelate

►How does, for example, TPE 3 --- How does, for example, TPE 3 --- Interpretation and Use of Assessments Interpretation and Use of Assessments relate to TPE 9 --- Instructional relate to TPE 9 --- Instructional Planning?Planning?

ConclusionConclusion

►TPE’s written in bureaucratic languageTPE’s written in bureaucratic language►Despite this, they are excellent guides Despite this, they are excellent guides

to teaching to the standardsto teaching to the standards►And teaching to the standards to And teaching to the standards to

diverse student populationsdiverse student populations►Learn themLearn them►Love themLove them►Live them Live them