E LEMENTARY E DUCATION ED TPA’ S T ASK 4 (M ATHEMATICS ): T HROUGH M ULTIPLE L ENSES Barbara A. Burns Dianne S. McCarthy

R UBRICS SPECIFIC TO T ASK 4 How does the candidate analyze whole class evidence to identify patterns of student learning? How does the candidate use student work to analyze mathematical errors, confusions, and partial understandings? How does the candidate examine the re- engagement lesson to further student learning?

M ENTOR T EACHERS Summarizing the general class performance on assessments through charts and visuals Identifying strengths in conceptual understanding and procedural fluency for the whole class Completing background documents including the Context for Learning and Learning Segment Overview Aligning Common Core Learning Standards, objectives and learning targets Including details that distinguish conceptual understanding from procedural fluency Adding more detail and examples about the class performance and the performance of focus learners Discovering and describing patterns across student errors. Succinctly stating the struggles related to the stated objectives. Specifically stating the focus of the re-engagement lesson Analyzing the re-engagement lesson based on the stated objectives StrengthsChallenges

S UPERVISORS Limited support based on the Guidelines provided Mostly moral support Task 4 “mimics the lived experience of an elementary teacher”

T EACHER CANDIDATES Supported by mentor teachers and supervisors Half of the teacher candidates found task 4 somewhat challenging and half not challenging at all (once they made sense of the task) Mechanics of completing the task Understanding the components and the writing prompts StrengthsChallenges

F ACULTY IN HIGHER EDUCATION 4 key components to preparation for task 4 Academic language of mathematics education Analyzing and presenting data Planning and teaching (differentiating instruction) Assessing effectiveness

N EXT S TEPS Provide more support to the mentor teachers and the supervisors Teacher candidates supporting one another Familiarity with the edTPA Samples of work to share with candidates, mentor teachers, and supervisors Review of edTPA scores

T HANK Y OU Barbara A. Burns ~ Canisius College ~ Dianne S. McCarthy ~ SUNY Buffalo State ~