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The CalTPA uses very specific terminology. If you use these terms correctly in your writing, you signal to the scorer that you are a prepared professional. For a more comprehensive list of terms, please refer to the CTC Glossary of Terms.
The CalTPA uses very specific terminology. If you use these terms correctly in your writing, you signal to the scorer that you are a prepared professional. For a more comprehensive list of terms, please refer to the CTC Glossary of Terms.
California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP): The 6 "big ideas" of teaching that the CalTPA rubrics are based on.
Teaching Performance Expectations (TPE): The specific skills you must prove you have mastered to get your credential.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A framework for planning that provides multiple ways for students to engage, represent, and express their learning.
Funds of Knowledge: The essential cultural and intellectual resources students bring from their home and community life.
English Language Development Standards (ELD Standards): These must be cited alongside your content standards in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2.
Assets-Based: An approach that focuses on what students can do and the strengths they bring, rather than their deficits.
Academic Language: The formal language (vocabulary and syntax) students need to succeed in a specific subject (e.g., "Hypothesize" in Science or "Tone" in English).
Scaffolding: Temporary supports (like a teacher modeling a task or providing a rubric) that are removed as the student gains mastery.
Asset-Based Pedagogies: An approach to teaching that focuses on the strengths (linguistic, cultural, and personal) that students bring to the classroom, rather than focusing on what they lack.
Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP): Teaching strategies and environments that match the cognitive, social, and emotional stages of your specific student age group.
English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC): The state-mandated test used to determine the English proficiency levels of students whose primary language is not English. You’ll use these levels to plan your scaffolds.
Individualized Education Program (IEP): A legal document for students with disabilities that outlines specific learning goals and the "accommodations" or "modifications" you are required to provide.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. Think of it as providing multiple ways for students to engage, represent, and express their knowledge.
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