Teaching Performance Expectations

 

The Teaching Performance Expectations (TPEs) set forth by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) describe what teachers should know and be able to do in order to teach. Opportunities to learn about, practice, and demonstrate these TPEs are embedded into courses and clinical practice experiences.

 

There are six TPEs:

 

• Making Subject Matter Comprehensible to Students
• Assessing Student Learning
• Engaging and Supporting Students in Learning
• Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for Students
• Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
• Developing as a Professional Educator

 

For candidates in the special education programs there is additional content within each TPE relevant to education specialist candidates.

 

You are expected to demonstrate mastery of these TPEs by the end of the program through course assignments, fieldwork, and performance assessments.