kf-tea:

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The Night-time guests have arrived 🙃

windycityteacher:

Illinois colleges: I don’t get it, we’ve sunk all this money into the edTPA and forced every student to pay $300 minimum for the privilege of being graded. Instituted millions of dollars of your programs in the K-12 schools, and yet their students’ scores aren’t going up, what’s going on Pearson?

Pearson, shoving stacks of cash bundles into their purse: yeah, I gotta go

Stages of completing the edTPA as told by Taylor

andwerunnn:

Navigating the handbook for the first time

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When your professor tries to explain the rubrics to you in class

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When it’s been 4 hours and you realize you’ve only finished one question

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When your parents ask why you’re still on task 1

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When you thought your lesson plans were good but then looked at a sample

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When your friend points out that you use the same quote twice in one question

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When you’re asked how your plans support conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and mathematical reasoning/problem solving skills AGAIN

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When you finally finish task 1

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…but realize you still have 2 more to go

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Watching yourself teach for the first time

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When your CT interrupts you in your video

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When your student waves to the camera for the 15th time

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Watching yourself teach for the thousandth time trying to find a clip to use

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Every student every 5 minutes during your video

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When someone asks how you’re doing

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When your friend submits before you

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When you’re finally on task 3

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When you didn’t actually use any assessments so you make them all up

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After reading any of the language demand prompts

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When another friend finishes before you

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When you’re asked the same question for the 4th time

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Asking your parents for the $300 it costs to register

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When you’re finally done and submit everything

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Looking up your scores

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When you passed and ready to take on the real world

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Take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes.

Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more.

You’re doing just fine.