edTPA: Making Good Choices

        Being a WA state teacher candidate comes with it's fair share of anxieties. Apart from being prepared to teach a classroom, the precaution and planning it takes to fill out each lesson plan most effectively is an extensive process. There are a lot of components that make up the TPA format but the focus lies on how you teach your lesson plans. This article helps significantly with breaking down what is expected of you when turning in your edTPA and understanding how you are getting graded. This reflects what we should expect from our students when giving out rubrics so this way there are no surprises for them when they are finally graded on their products. 

        In order to get the most out of your time, it is vital that you do not procrastinate. It is important that your students get your best effort when planning your lesson plans. The mechanics of a sentence isn't graded (grammar, spelling, etc.) but rather the depth of your content. However, to be taken seriously as a teacher, and ELA teacher no less, I think that it is vital to double check your grammar and spelling before submitting your final product of your TPA. 

       One of my main questions that was answered through the article was what to include along with the TPA? I knew that you have to include videos of you teaching, student work, and proof of assessments, but I was unclear of how in depth each should be. Now knowing the intricacies of what to add and how to best display my learning along with a wide variety of my students learning, I feel confident that I can succeed at the edTPA.