HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

HAGEDORN HALL

(Corner of Hempstead Tpke and Uniondale Avenue – adjacent to McDonald’s Restaurant)

HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK

edTPA WORKSHOP

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Featuring guest presenters from NYSED & SCALE along with local “experts”

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2O, 2013

9:30am – 2:00pm

AGENDA

Note: Pre-registration will be available on Google Forms – coming soon.

GOALS

1.  To build expertise in the implementation of edTPA

2.  To facilitate partnerships in understanding the value of teaching and performance assessment.

3.  To develop a shared vision of this value among candidates, faculty, mentors and field supervisors

9:30 – 9:45 am.

Registration and Sign-In

9:50 – 10:05

Welcome, Remarks and Introduction of Speaker

Jane Ashdown, Adelphi University

John Lewis, Hofstra University

Donna Levinson, Hofstra University

10:05 – 10:35

Keynote Speaker: Stephanie Wood-Garnett, New York State Education Department (accompanied by Melissa Greene)

10:45 – 11:15

Panel Presentations:

Jo Ann Cosentino, Adelphi University – Academic Language/edTPA

Mary Elmer-DeWitt, Pratt Institute – The Challenges of edTPA for Small Institutions

Mary Jane Krebbs, St John’s University – edTPA: Impact on Teaching and Learning in a Common Core World

Mara Manson, Adelphi University – edTPA Scoring

Margaret Moss, St. Joseph College - Students’ Reflections on the edTPA Process (video)

11:20 – 12:30.

Breakout Groups

Panel presenters lead and facilitate discussions around their topics

12:35 – 1:30 (a working lunch)

Participants get lunch and groups report back to share

12:50 – 1:20

Note: Possible guest speaker from SCALE

1:30 – 1:45

A P-12 Perspective

1:45 – 2:00.

Closing remarks and what’s next!

PLEASE COMPLETE THE EVALUATION

Upcoming Dates – Mark Your Calendar

October 10, 2013 – Data Literacy Workshop Part II – Adelphi University – Ellen Mandinach and Diana Nunnaley, 1:00 – 4:30 pm

October 16, 2013 – edTPA Implementation Pre-Conference – NYSATE/NYACTE – Saratoga, NY, 9-4:00pm

November 15, 2013 – Elementary Mathematics and the Common Core – New York University – Dr. Andrew Chew, MIT Professor, 9:30 – 4:00 pm

Please visit the website – www.ISnetworkED.org for materials, resources, and other information regarding this topic and other topics as well.