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CalTPA Coordinators’ Meeting March 22, 2010

10:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.

California Baptist University

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AgendaAgenda

10:00 – 10:15

Welcome – Introductions

10:15 – 11:00

Data Collection

11:00 – 12:00

Task Collection

12:00 – 12:30

Effective Practices Sharing

12:30 – 1:30

No-host Lunch in the Cafeteria

1:30 – 2:00

Effective Practices Sharing Cont.

2:00 – 3:00

CalTPA Next Steps

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Steering CommitteeSteering Committee

Kathy Athey Project IMPACT - SJCOE

Billye Brown Dominican University

Michael Cosenza California Lutheran University

Nedra Crow * National University

Ilene Foster CSU Pomona

Millie Murray-Ward CSU Stanislaus

Katie Pedley ETS

Mick Verdi CSU San Bernadino

Keith Walters * California Baptist University

The purpose of the CalTPA Steering Committee is to provide advice to the Commission in order to assure the statewide implementation of the CalTPA in an efficient and effective manner that is responsive to the requirements of EC 44320.2 regarding the reliability, validity, and equity of this assessment.

* Co-Chairs

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Data Collection

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Data Collection

Beginning with the initial report due May 15, 2010, all accredited MS/SS programs will report individual candidate data related to the TPA.

This activity is intended to comply with various provisions of Education Code Section 44320.2. These provisions require the Commission to collect and analyze data that assist in determining the validity and reliability of the assessment scores.

The data will also be used by the model developers to address various provisions of the Commission’s Assessment Quality Standards.

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Data Collection: an annual report

This year: Covers 2008-2009 academic year – the

same period covered by Title II reporting One file from each program This year, due May 15, 2010 Uploading directions to be sent on April 15th

— By email attachment— Attachment is encrypted during

transmission Name the file correctly,

[abbreviation of program sponsor name]-CalTPA-CandidateDataReport-05-15-10.xls

For example, CSUSB-CalTPA-CandidateDataReport-05-15-10.xls

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Data Collection

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Data Collection

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Data Collection

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Data Collection

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Data Collection

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Data Collection

Complete this information when the candidate has successfully completed all four tasks – this may be in a future year/report.

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Task Collection

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Task Collection

In 2010, programs should select cases from the three assigned tasks according to the following schedule:

April 30, 2010 — Designing InstructionJuly 30, 2010 — Assessing LearningOctober 30, 2010 — Subject-Specific Pedagogy

Cases should be ONLY from candidates who submitted responses to the CalTPA during the period of July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009.

Beginning with 2011 submissions, all randomly selected cases will come from the most recent 12-month period.

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Task Collection

What about Culminating Teaching Experience (CTE) Cases?

At this time, we are not asking programs to submit examples of CTE cases since we need to make certain that appropriate permissions have been obtained in order to use the video portion of this task for training purposes.

We expect the appropriate permission procedures to be in place in order to start collecting CTE cases beginning with the 2010-11 school year.

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Task Collection

Programs that offer both Multiple and Single Subject Teacher PreparationYou should submit cases according to the following score levels:• One multiple and One single subject case at score level 1 (if available)• One multiple and One single subject case at score level 2• One multiple and One single subject case at score level 3• One multiple and One single subject case at score level 4

Programs that offer Multiple Subject Teacher Preparation OnlyYou should submit cases according to the following score levels:• Two multiple subject cases at score level 1 (if available)• Two multiple subject cases at score level 2• Two multiple subject cases at score level 3• Two multiple subject cases at score level 4

Programs that offer Single Subject Teacher Preparation OnlyYou should submit cases according to the following score levels:• Two single subject cases at score level 1 (if available)• Two single subject cases at score level 2• Two single subject cases at score level 3• Two single subject cases at score level 4

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Task Collection

What Formats Do Programs Use for Submitting Cases?

File Format —For each case, the program will submit either a Word (preferred format) or a PDF document file. —Submit a single file for each case. The file must include all artifacts.—ROEs for the tasks submitted are not necessary.

File NameEach file needs to be named in the following manner:[name of task] [month and year submitted] [name of program sponsor] [ID number]

Example 1: DI-410-CSUSB-736452 would denote a Designing Instruction task submitted in April 2010 from CSU San Bernardino with ID number 736452

Example 2: AL-710-CalBaptist-888444 would denote an Assessing Learning task submitted in July 2010 from California Baptist University with ID number 888444

Example 3: SSP-1010-SJCOE-51474 would denote a Subject-Specific Pedagogy task submitted in October 2010 from San Joaquin County Office of Education with ID number 5147

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Where to Submit the Case FilesEmail your submission as an attachment to the CalTPA email address, CalTPA@ctc.ca.gov

Because of file size limitations, please attach only one case to each email. In July, for AL cases, include the totality of the candidate response including the student work as a single document.

Template Text for the Cover EmailIn the body of each email, copy and paste the following template and then provide the appropriate information about the task you are attaching. Place a “X” within the appropriate brackets where indicated. ID Number – This case is: Multiple Subject [ ] Single Subject [ ] Grade – Content Area - Subject Area - Score level - This case was single scored. [ ] This case was double scored. [ ] This case was triple scored. [ ] If multiple scorings, was there score agreement? - Yes [ ] No [ ]

Task Collection

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Task Collection

How do I combine the candidate response and the artifacts into a single document?

If the candidate’s submission is a Word document, the student work files/artifacts can be Drag & Dropped or Inserted into the Word document.

Candidate task = WordStudent work files may be in various file formats: PDF, pic, bmp, tiff, jpeg, gif

If you need further assistance with this process, contact the tech support staff at your institution.

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Option 1:– Insert a Page

Break– From the Insert

Menu, select File– Locate the PDF file

on your computer, press OK

– Save the Word file.

Repeat the process until all the artifact pages are inserted.

Option 2:– Insert a Page

Break– Drag and Drop

the PDF file to be inserted

– Save the Word file.

Repeat the process until all the artifact pages are inserted.

To add PDF/Image files to a Word document…

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Task Collection

If the candidate’s submission is a PDF document, use the Create from Multiple Files function within Adobe Acrobat® to combine all of the PDF files into one PDF document. Adobe Acrobat Reader® does not have the ability to merge PDF files.

Candidate task = PDFAll artifact files must also be PDF files

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Combining PDF documents…

On a PCFile Menu —> Create PDF —> Merge Files

into a Single PDF…, Select files, click on Combine Files

On a MacFile Menu —> Create PDF —> From Multiple

Files…, Choose files, click on OK

If you need further assistance with this process, contact the tech support staff at your institution.

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Effective Practices

A time for general and table group sharing A time for general and table group sharing of practices related to the CalTPA that of practices related to the CalTPA that programs have found effective.programs have found effective.

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CalTPA: Next Steps