Revised 3.22.15

/ CalTPA CHECKLIST
Single Subject Credential Program

Verification Requirements

  • Fall first semester candidates must verify that their fieldwork placement meets requirements of both semesters.
  • Spring first semester candidates must verify that their fieldwork placement meets requirements for first semester and be aware of second semester requirements. Second semester requirements will be verified during the following fall semester.

REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRST SEMESTER OF PROGRAM: TWO FOCUS STUDENTS

TPA 1/ Subject Specific Pedagogy/What do Candidates need?

  • All information is provided. There are multiple versions of this task. Candidates respond to the version appropriate to the credential they are seeking. They will respond to four case studies addressing subject-specific and developmentally appropriate pedagogy, assessment practices and adaptations for English Learners and students with special needs.

TPA 2/Designing Instruction/What do Candidates need?

  • Candidates need one class with two focus students; one student must be an English Learner and one student must have a special instructional challenge. Both focus students must be in the same class.
  • No student work samples are required for TPA 2.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SECOND SEMESTER OF PROGRAM: FOUR NEW FOCUS STUDENTS

TPA 3/Assessing Learning/What do Candidates Need?

  • Candidates need a class that was not used for TPA 2 and two new focus students who were not selected as focus students for TPA 2. One focus student must be an EL and the other focus student must have an IDENTIFIED special need; a student who is designated “gifted,” “talented,” has a 504 plan oran IEP. Focus students must be in the same class.
  • Candidates will also submit five samples of student work for this TPA. The student work will be the assessment the students complete.

TPA 4/Culminating Teaching Experience/What do Candidates Need?

  • Candidates need a class that was not used for TPA 2 or TPA 3 and two new focus students who were not selected as focus students for TPA 2 or 3. Requirements for focus students are exactly like those listed above in TPA 2. An English Learner and a student with a special instructional challenge are needed. Again, focus students must be in the same class.
  • For TPA 4, candidates must film/submit an unedited,twenty-minute, teaching demonstration.They will also submit permission slips for everyone who appears on the recording, five student work samples and a floorplan of their classroom.

DEFINITIONS AND CAVEATS

English Learner (EL):

  • For purposes of all TPA work, the English Learner should have a recent CELDT score that falls within the lower to mid-range of English proficiency. A range of Beginning EL through Intermediate works best. Redesignated (FEP) students do not qualify as an EL for TPA assignments.
  • For World Language candidates, the EL focus student requirement is waived for TPA 2, 3 and 4. Candidates may substitute an additional focus student who has a special instructional challenge.

Special Instructional Challenge:

  • This category is flexible but here are some challenges that qualify; a striving reader, a short attention span, high achieving or a health consideration.

Identified Special Need

  • This category is less flexible than Special Instructional Challenge. This focus student must be designated “gifted,” “talented,” have a 504 plan or an IEP.

Marilyn Leuer, CSUF, Secondary Education, TPA Coordinator