1. New Directions in the Design and Development of ESAs Ray Pecheone, Stanford Andrea Whittaker, SJSU

2. Purpose  Generate and discuss questions about ESA design  Share current ESA models/ideas  Develop consensus for next steps

3. Agenda  Presenter perspectives on ESA design (10 minutes each = 20 minutes)  Group discussion of key questions (15 minutes)  Whole group consensus on “stance” (30 minutes)

4. Defining Formative Assessment  Learning targets  Learning Progressions  Curriculum Embedded  Specific Feedback  Promotes Collaboration  Encourages Peer and Self Assessment

5. What are some of our choices in the design process?  Build and deepen candidate knowledge of teaching (Formative)  Use for program improvement and/or accreditation (Mission Driven)  Supports a complex view of teaching  Supports a licensure decision (Summative)

6. How to make it more than “home cooking”?  Importance of balancing faculty buy-in with alignment to external needs (standardization?) OR  Engage in Collaborative Knowledge Building-while maintaining standards and rigor without standardization (e.g.,multiple subjects)

7. Boundaries and Objects

8. Key Elements to Consider  What gets assessed?  Program specific valued outcomes and/or TPEs  Examples/types of tasks  Scoring strategies (who and how)  Interpretation and use  Formative and summative roles  Program improvement vs individual scores  Developmental “arc”  Program quality (unique characteristics)

9. SJSU’s story  Collection of ESAs in development  Types of Tasks  Alignment with TPEs and valued program outcomes not assessed by Teaching Event  Faculty role in development is key  Scoring approaches - some PACT rubrics, some homegrown  Varied purposes (scaffolding, course requirement, feedback, “transition point”, program evaluation)

10. Group Discussion  What choices are you making in ESA design and use?  What are the tensions as you see them?  In what ways can ESAs become more than “home cooking”?  Advice for the field

11. Whole Group  Brief reports from small groups  Common elements  Consensus building?