S u p p or ti n g l e ar n i n g an d l an gu age d e ve l op me n t ac ad e mi c l an gu age al is the oral and written language used for academic purposes. Please be sure to check this website frequently for the most recent information. Education technology specialist academic language understanding academic language in edtpa. Guidelines for acceptable candidate support pdf confidentiality and security of edtpa materials. U n d e r s tan d i n g a c ad e mi c l an gu age i n e d.
It consists of discourse, which may be thought of as how students write or speak. Our focus for this morning is on academic language as a construct both in our classrooms and for edtpa. Required resources will be located on the edtpa website. Tk20 by watermark edtpa academic language handouts. Academic language is the verbal clothing we don in classrooms and formal contexts to demonstrate cognition and to signal college readiness. Al is the means by which students develop and express content understandings. Portland state college of education edtpa cooperating. California teaching performance expectations commission on teacher credentialing tpes adopted. Lets summarize academic language, which is generally students writing or speaking to express understanding of subject matter. Candidates identify a key language function and one essential. Supporting learning language development academic language al is the oral and written language used for academic purposes. This article will focus on two important components in lesson planscentral focus and academic languageand how to write them effectively. The forms and information will be updated as changes occur. Students will be supported to develop their ability to use language functions and demands through teacher modeling and anchor.
University supervisors and faculty will play an integral role in the edtpa initiative. A warm up ga edtpap12 summit february 6, 2019 andrea whittaker, ph. Making good choices in special education pdf making good choices in elementary pdf support and guidance. This module discusses academic language, specifically language function, language demand, language support, syntax, and discourse.
It also consists of the language function, which is the way students are supposed to think as a result of engaging in the lesson sequence. Preassessment teacher will read a short story text trouble talk by trudy ludwig aloud to the class. In edtpa, the language demands candidates need to consider as they plan to support student learning in. This paper begins with a brief overview of edtpa framework on academic language and a discussion of the elements of language demand as operationalized in edtpa. A guide to the edtpas central focus and academic language.
The scaffolds, representations, and pedagogical strategies teachers provide to help learners understand, use, and practice the concepts and language they need to learn within disciplines santos, darlinghammond, cheuk, 2012. This is a quick 10 minute video explaining academic language for the edtpa national certification process. The portfolio incorporates many of the strategies recommended in other passedtpa training materials, such as 1 maximizing commentary page limits, 2 incorporating carefully authored lesson goals, 3 linking lesson objectives to academic language, 4 scripting lessons, and especially 5 deploying a pre and postassessment model for analyzing. The exact length of time will be determined by the length of each lesson, how many lessons you include in your learning segment, and how. A primer on academic language for art teachers final.
It simply means that everyone who is engaged in this assessment process learns something. This includes the language of the discipline that is used to engage students in learning and using content knowledge. Academic language is a component of edtpa in which students need support in understanding the requirements and application to physical education. Academic language is the oral and written language used for academic purposes and the the means by which students develop and express content understandings.
Tennessee tech does not condone and will not tolerate discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, and any other bases protected by federal and state civil rights law. The guide helps candidates make good decisions as they. When completing their edtpa, candidates must consider the al i. Students will be able to describe major events and key details in a story.
Vocabulary refers to the words, phrases, symbols, etc. Schools, candidates, licensure boards, policy makers, everyone. S u p p or ti n g l e ar n i n g an d l an gu age d e ve l op me n t ac ad e mi c l an gu age al is the oral. A proposed pedagogical ap proach for preparing teacher. Al is the language of the discipline used to engage students in learning and includes the means by which students develop and. However, the specific choices that go into the planning, instruction, and assessment. Supporting faculty and teacher candidates across the k12 disciplines joan lachance, phd department of middle, secondary, and k12 education college of education university of north carolina at charlotte 2016 sotl grant submission october 31, 2016. Academic language functions chart pdf academic language function toolkit pdf blooms taxonomy expanded chart pdf edtpa resources for schoolbased teacher educators. Purpose to support the alignment and sequencing of early childhood coursework in an accredited teacher preparation program see appendix c for list of courses and descriptions with the.
For academic language if you choose to submit n additional video clip of student language use, it should be no more than 5 minutes with a time stamp reference for the evidence of language use described in the assessment commentary. Lesson 1 lesson part activity descriptionteacher does. A primer on academic language for art teachers language%of%doctors. U n d e r s tan d i n g a c ad e mi c l an gu age i n e d t p a. Al is the language of the discipline used to engage students in learning and includes the means by which students develop and express. According to the edtpa definition, disciplinespecific academic language is the language necessary for students to learn the content and concepts within a discipline edtpa, 20 education teacher performance assessment. Some items were completely removed while others were changed or updated. Al is the language of the discipline used to engage students in learning and includes the means by which students develop and express content understandings.
Academic language is one of the more confusing elements of edtpa, because it applies unfamiliar and vague terminology to basic elements of grammar and language instruction. Academic language academic language can be defined as 1 the language used in the classroom and workplace, 2 the language of text, 3 the language of assessments, 4 the language of academic success and 5 the language of power. One way to manage academic language in edtpa is to sort it into three elements, and then define each element and show how it can be incorporated into the learning target. These materials correspond with the versions of assessment materials available for candidates in the pearson eportfolio system and integrated platform provider systems as of august 27, 2019. Oral and written language used for academic purposes. The washington edtpa has three additional rubrics of student voice to the national 15 rubrics for national world languages and classical languages prompts as they do not contain rubrics related to academic language. Candidates identify a key language function and one essential learning. Academic language is the means by which students develop and express content understandings. Supporting learning and language development academic language al is the oral and written language used for academic purposes. In order to be more in line with common core standards, the edtpa decided to shift some things around in their lesson plans. Academic language al is the oral and written language used for academic purposes. See your edtpa handbook for modifications that may be.
Understanding academic language in edtpa iu school of. Understanding academic language in edtpa tennessee tech. The purpose of edtpa world language, a nationally available performancebased assessment, is to measure novice teachers readiness to teach world language. All teacher educators are responsible for preparing teacher candidates to support their students. Below are the requirements, examples, videos, and articles shared to make academic language more comprehensible for teacher candidates. Performing arts include function, vocabularysymbols. The language demands in elementary mathematics include function, vocabulary, discourse, and syntax. Academic language represents the language of the discipline that students need to learn and use to participate and engage in meaningful ways in the content area.
Physical education academic language understanding academic language in edtpa. The language of schooling includes everyday words e. Academic language in edtpa academic language is oral and written language used for academic purposes. Lesson 1 lesson part activity descriptionteacher does students do formal preassessment sequence start formal preassessment 1. In addition, while there is no minimum length for other. The assessment is designed with a focus on student learningand principles from research and theory. The language supports planned within the lessons in edtpa should directly support learners to understand and use identified language demands vocabulary, language. Examine the specific edtpa requirements for academic language task. For the early childhood edtpa, however, academic language is focused only on vocabulary scale, 2014, p.
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