Student Teaching Physical Education-Teaching Performance Assessment (PE-TPA) 

The teacher performance assessment (TPA) the physical education department with an important source of evidence of you having met specific components of the Physical Education Teacher Education Standards (SHAPE, 2017) and the NYS Teaching Standards (NYSED, 2011). Overall, you must demonstrate effectively applying knowledge and skills to promote student learning in an authentic classroom setting. Your university supervisor will provide a submission timeline (Deadline, no later than DEC/MAY) and will evaluate your TPA using the TEC unit assessment rubric. 

You will select one class for one of the units (3-5 lessons) that you will plan, teach, and assess. The TPA will be used as the culminating/summative assessment for successful completion of the student teaching. Use your knowledge of first placement assignments to complete the culminating project (ex. Classroom Management, Academic Language, Inclusion, Professional Development, etc). 

You will describe the context of your setting, identify grade level outcomes, create an assessment strategy, unit goals and standards, plan your instruction, and reflect on the entire process. Suggested page lengths are provided for each section. Double space your narratives in 12-point font, and use one-inch margins. 

Expectations: To pass the TPA, you must score at least 35 out of 56 (2.5 average) on the final rubric. You are allowed only one re-write for each section as agreed upon by your supervisor. 

Format: Your TPA should be professionally compiled. Add a title page, table of contents, and page numbers. Your title page should include your name, your cooperating teacher’s name, the title of your unit, grade level taught, dates the unit was taught, and the school building and district. The table of contents should contain a listing of the work sample components by page number.  Use proper writing mechanics including grammar, spelling, and punctuation. 

See attachment for the instructions on all six project parts. 

See attachment for the TPA Rubric.