As a graduation requirement, all Towson University teacher candidates must obtain a qualifying score on edTPA®, a national performance assessment for beginning educators. Candidates upload their completed portfolio to Watermark as the first step of submitting the portfolio for scoring.

Resources and Tutorials

• Accessing edTPA Resources in Watermark
  • Note that edTPA resources are also available through the edTPA Onboarding Blackboard organization.
• Uploading edTPA to Watermark
  • Please visit the Submitting edTPA section of the edTPA Onboarding Blackboard organization for a complete guide to submitting edTPA.
• Completing the Intern Release Form in Watermark
• Uploading edTPA Video Permission Forms in Watermark
• edTPA Remediation Plan in Watermark
  • This guide contains instructions for both students and faculty.

For Supervisors

• Viewing edTPA in Watermark – Supervisors
• You may request to have “draft” edTPA tasks set up in Watermark (separate from the final submission) as checkpoints. In this way, you will be able to view students’ materials prior to their final submission. Please contact edtpa@towson.edu if you would like to make this request.
  • Changing a Due Date in Watermark (for edTPA “draft” tasks)