Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA)
What is the Teaching Performance Assessment?
Senate Bill 2042 (Chapter 548, Statutes of 1998), signed by the governor in 1998, requires all multiple and single subject preliminary credential candidates attending fifth year, intern, or blended teacher preparation programs in California to pass a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA). This assessment is designed to give you the opportunity to develop, refine, and demonstrate your teaching knowledge, skills, and abilities during your teacher preparation program.
The TPA is imbedded in your coursework and is designed to be both formative and summative in its usage. It is also linked to the California state-adopted academic content standards for students, the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, and the California Frameworks. The TPA is part of a three-year preparation cycle of growth and development for teachers. All teacher candidates must take and pass the TPA in order to be recommended for a Preliminary Teaching Credential. After receiving the Preliminary Credential, and upon employment within a California classroom, you will participate in an approved induction program leading to a Professional Credential. The results of the TPA will inform your Individual Induction Plan (IIP). Completing the TPA will also help you to begin using the California Formative Assessment and Support System (CFASST), or another assessment system, during induction.
All materials and information necessary for you to complete the TPA are available and public. You have the opportunity to review the tasks and rubrics before taking the assessment.
Completing the California Teaching Performance Assessment (CA TPA) Process
The Teaching Performance Assessment process requires completion of four performance tasks. The four tasks measures a range of Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs). Information on each of the TPA tasks is provided on the following web pages:
- SSP: Subject-SpecificPedagogy
- DI: Designing Instruction
- AL: Assessing Learning
- CTE: Culminating Teaching Experience
What are Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs)?
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) developed, through rigorous research and consultation with California educators, a set of knowledge, skills and abilities beginning teachers should be able to demonstrate.
CSUF Multiple Subject Credential Program: TPA Coordinator
If you have any questions about the Teaching Performance Assessment process, please contact Dr. Kim Norman, TPA Coordinator, at knorman@fullerton.edu
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