•January 29, 2020•
As Illinois leaders work on solutions, ROE #11 Regional Superintendent Kyle Thompson is teaming with area legislators to make the path to becoming a teacher easier.
Thompson believes one barrier that should be removed is the relatively new edTPA.
Short for Education Teacher Performance Assessment, the edTPA was written into the Illinois School Code in 2015.  It requires student teachers to complete a series of arduous tasks while they are student teaching, most notably videotaping themselves while teaching in the classroom.  Upon completion, the student teachers are required to submit their evidence to Pearson, a third-party evaluator.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.