1. General Overview March 26, 2012
Confused about Tk20?
General Overview
March 26, 2012

2. What is Tk20?
Tk20 is a tool to assist Colleges of Education collect, manage, analyze, and report data needed for program improvement, and to satisfy the reporting demands for accreditations at state, regional, and national levels
Tk20 includes a variety of flexible assessment tools that allows programs to customize their assessment plans to meet multiple needs and to disaggregate assessment data in ways that lead to meaningful examination of candidate, curricular, and program outcomes
Tk20 is distinguished from similar tools in that student services including some aspects of advising, applications, clinical and field placements can be centralized and accomplished within one system
Students’ subscriptions to Tk20 are active for 10 years and they are able to archive important work over time in the system
Students are able to build multiple portfolios within the system and customize them for job searches or presentation for advanced credentials

3. Who Needs Tk20? When? All Faculty Candidates Fulltime and part-time
Staff with specialized roles
Cooperating Teachers
Candidates
Instructional resource (required text) for all undergraduates
Initial certification (graduate) and MAT students upon admission to the program (after May 1, 2011)
Graduate and advanced certification students upon admission to the graduate program (after May 1, 2011)

4. What Do I Need to Tell Students?
Key Assessments
Inform students of the assignment/assessment that will need to be submitted through Tk20 via syllabus
Schedule classroom training if you would like around the time the assessment is due
Completing Applications
Teacher Ed: Discuss with Advisor
Field Experiences: How-to Screencast
Helpful hint: Keep your software up to date (-:

5. What Resources are Available for Students, Faculty, and Staff?
Information Page
Screencasts
FAQs (please help us update as you have questions)
Tutorials, quick guides, and user guides
Correspondence
Office hours in computer lounge behind Clinic
Wednesday 10-11
Thursday 12:30-1:30
Appointments as needed via BB IM, Skype, etc.
In class training for those with key assessments
Individual appointments (face-to-face) on request
ITS multimedia service for video compression assistance

6. What About Cooperating Teachers?
CTs receive free accounts
University supervisors will receive an information letter for the CTs at the orientation meeting for supervisors.
Cooperating teachers’ Tk20 credentials (user name and PID)
The log in URL so CTs can alert their IT specialists if they have difficulty accessing the system
Information about resources and assistance, including Stephanie’s contact information
You tell us what forms and assessments you want them to complete and or view in the Field Experiences Binder and we set the access accordingly
You communicate with CTs about what you want them to complete either in collaboration with you or independently

7. What is the Relationship of Tk20 and Course Den
No relationship
CourseDen is a Learning Management System (LMS)
Tk20 is not…the two systems do not speak to each other
Remember
You do not have students submit every assignment to you through Tk20
Only have them submit those that are key assessments
Students may add their important work to Tk20 as part of their presentation portfolio even if the work was not a key assessment or evaluated in the system
Does this mean I have to enter information about assignments in both systems?
Yes, if you are having students submit in both places as a key assessment (Tk20) and as a graded assignment (CourseDen)

8. What do I Need to Be Doing in Tk20?
Evaluate course-embedded assignments that are key assessments (determined by each program)
Evaluate unit-wide assessments where designated (e.g. TEFEE/Intern Keys, Dispositions Rubric)
Enter other assessment data for individual students (observations, portfolio ratings, video reviews)
Enter faculty information for annual review (create your own performance portfolio if you like)