To be honest, I am rather nervous about the edTPA. Reading about it only made me more nervous about it. There is so much detail that goes into creating the edTPA and many of them are rather small and can easily be missed/forgotten. Although this reading did make me more nervous, it was entirely full of useful information that without a doubt I will be using for the rather near future. Every single section in this reading was full of vital information. There were a lot of section that addresses questions that I had not even thought about which was both eye-opening and completely helpful.
The section I found to be the most useful because it just happens to be a question I asked my previous professor and they had no idea how to answer it was, “How specific do my references to research and theory have to be?” I thought that this section was especially helpful because even outside of the edTPA I am never quite sure which websites are legit. Which is why I tend to just always stick to the library databases and journals just to be sure. I also found the lesson plan section helpful to see the layout and the key points that we need to have in there. I have had some practice with the lesson plans thanks to EDUC 303 but it was just one, and we have so many more to do.
Quite honestly, I had no idea that there had to be a video submitted for the edTPA. I had never heard of that prior to reading this. It was quite a surprise and very informative. I think that that portion of the edTPA is going to be the hardest for me. Especially the part on making sure to get video of student-engagement even though it had a little section on that. I am just rather nervous about it as a whole I guess. Even though this article was a tad bit on the overwhelming side, I still am incredibly grateful that this was a reading assignment. There was just so much about the edTPA that I just was not aware of/had not realized was even going to be a part of it.
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