Teacher Education at Illinois State
 
 

Teaching a course that includes an ITPS-related competency

For your syllabi

Faculty teaching courses with ITPS-related competencies should include the following in their course syllabi:

This course requires a demonstration of one or more of the competencies associated with the Instructional Technology Passport System (ITPS). Each required competency must be demonstrated before a teacher candidate is allowed to progress through the various Professional Studies' Gateways (Admission to Professional Studies, Admission to Student Teaching, Exit from Student Teaching). Detailed information about these competencies can be found on the ITPS Web site. These competencies may be integrated with course projects at the discretion of your course instructor, but only ITPS criteria will be used to determine student compliance with ITPS standards.

Be certain to note the seriousness of the ITPS competencies and the consequences for failure to demonstrate the required competency in the course in question. Require course work that includes the ITPS requirement. Be creative. In particular, use small group activities out of class. Include the competency in your own teaching. Point out online and other resources for student training.

What freedom do University faculty members have to adapt course projects to the ITPS criteria?

So long as the minimum competencies required as part of each project are met as outlined in the ITPS assessment rubrics, faculty are free to add requirements to various projects. Faculty are not free to replace or delete the minimum required elements of the various competencies.

If ITPS competencies are integrated into specific course projects, faculty may not hold students to a higher standard of performance for ITPS reporting purposes. It is possible, though, for faculty to do this for class grades. It is recommended, however, that rubrics for such assessments include elements that go above and beyond the minimum requirements of the ITPS competencies.

How will faculty assess student performance on a given competency?

Students must submit completed competencies in their electronic portfolios. Faculty are required to assess the student's performance on a given competency in the student's electronic portfolio.

How will faculty report the results of student assessments?

The Cecilia J. Lauby Teacher Education Center, working with sequence coordinators, will contact faculty with appropriate report forms. Faculty should report all deficient student performance directly to the Center. The Teacher Education Center will use the reported information to update the Teacher Education Requirement status for each teacher candidate

How will ITPS reporting requirements affect my course?

Only non-compliance with ITPS standards for Competencies C through I must be reported by instructors of ITPS-aligned courses to the Teacher Education Center by the last week of classes. This will allow adequate time for entering required data into the records system. This might require instructors with course-related projects to do one of two things: 1) require earlier completion of required ITPS-related project, or 2) require submission of a draft document that satisfies only the minimum competencies associated with the ITPS requirement.