Senate Bill 808 has passed the Illinois Senate and has gone on to the House where State Representative Will Guzzardi from my 39th district is the chief House sponsor. It appears that SB 808, which would end the video taping and the violation of student privacy rights has the support of most legislators. House Ed […]
For years those of us who care about our beloved teaching profession and quality teacher preparation have opposed the student teacher evaluation program called edTPA. You can go back and search through my posts on edTPA to get the background if you are unfamiliar. At its core edTPA hands over the student teaching experience to […]
A few years ago I posted tons of stuff on the pre-teaching certification program called edTPA. Here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and you can you can use my blog search feature to find more. edTPA is back, still messed up and in the news. Sort of. From a new article on edTPA in […]
In 2015 it seems like I was posting daily about the terrible teacher certification program, edTPA. Like this one from the Illinois Coalition for edTPA Rule Change. edTPA was part of the corporate education reform movement that privatized teacher certification, cheapened the actual experience of what we call student teaching, and removed the classroom teacher […]
State Representative Linda Chapa La Via is a sponsor of HB 6128, rule changes to edTPA. Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 5, the Illinois House of Representative’s Elementary and Secondary Education: Licensing Oversight Committee will hold a hearing to consider HB 6128. HB 6128, sponsored by Rep Linda Chapa LaVia and Kelly Burke would move the required […]
Hi Mr. Klonsky, I am a student in a teacher certification program at CUNY Queens College in NY. Over the past few weeks I have been trying to mobilize a student movement against the edTPA. Six days ago I wrote a petition and have just over 500 supporters. The faculty at my university will be […]
I just received word from Diane Horwitz that the program at DePaul has had such enthusiastic feedback that they have had to move to a larger room. They had been previously booked solid. Now a few more seats have opened up. Still, you should RSVP if you are planning on attending.
From Jim Broadway’s authoritative Springfield newsletter: Retired Chicago teacher Fred Klonsky featured an essay on his popular blog in August reporting that, under ISBE’s rule, “Pearson has become the gate-keeper for student teachers in Illinois.” Klonsky’s editorial position quickly become a call to “Stop the Pearson takeover of Illinois student teacher certification.” The edTPA does […]
Responding to my minutes from today’s S.O.R.E. meeting: Fred, As a Coordinator of Clinical Experiences, I receive ample feedback on the deterrent edTPA can be to a positive and profitable experience for pre-service teachers. First of all, I oversee the experience of Traditional and non-traditional students during their professional semester (student teaching). Across the board, […]
Fred Klonsky 