OSU’s College of Education has made the investment in the TaskStream reporting system. This will mean almost all of the paperwork submitted around student teacher supervision will be handled electronically. As this is only the second year we have used the system, there will be a learning curve. We are asking everyone’s patience as we work with this new system.
Items that will be handled through TaskStream include:
- Verification of Occupational Experience forms (scanned and submitted by the student teachers)
- 6 – biweekly formative evaluations by the cooperating teacher
- 6 – formal observations by the University Supervisor when OSU observes you
- 2 – three way evaluations (with student teacher, cooperating teacher and university supervisor)
- edTPA portfolio
- Student Teaching Summary Report
- Licensure request from the student
TaskStream access for students:
- Go to www.TaskStream.com to register and initiate your portfolio. (screenshot directions included).
- Create your password and enter your information:
- Make sure you put in your OSU ONID address
- Once you have completed the form, you can hit “submit and send” OR you can “save” and submit later if you are not done;
- There will be a fee of $42 when you register on TaskStream and you will need a debit or credit card.
- Remember your user name is your ONID email.
- Within the system, you are known as an ‘author’
- SELF-ENROLLMENT CODE: Agriculture15-16
There will be a separate TaskStream enrollment code for your edTPA submission site and that will be provided later in the program.
TaskStream access for Cooperating teachers:
- Go to Taskstream.com and log in using your email and the password provided by an email from the Taskstream. Once you have been entered into the system by OSU, you will receive an email with instructions from Taskstream. https://www.Taskstream.com/pub/ Save this email for future use. We are timing this email to coincide with the webinar.
- Once you log on you can change your password.
- There is no fee for cooperating teachers. Within the system, you are called ‘Evaluator’
Other tips
! means “nothing to submit”
A padlock means it is “locked and nothing needed”
Most of TaskStream is student driven. Students upload their scores, lesson plans or forms and then choose the evaluator. Students will use the following chart to choose an evaluator.
How to choose who evaluates a document?
| Item to be evaluated | Evaluator to be chosen on Taskstream |
| Before program | |
| Application for Program | Misty Lambert |
| Content Mastery form | Misty Lambert |
| All test scores | Misty Lambert |
| Student Teaching | |
| Observation by Cooperating Teacher | Choose your CT |
| Observation by Supervisor | Choose OSU supervisor doing that observation |
| Three-way conference | You should not have access to this |
| Final edTPA submitted | Choose Your OSU Ag Ed Advisor |
| Capstone Portfolio | Choose Your OSU Ag Ed Advisor |
| Application for licensure | Jen Humphreys – OSU COE placement officer |
Once you are registered and have been admitted to the program:
Observations
- Make sure you choose the appropriate column for the observation: pick CT or SUPERVISOR depending on who is observing.
- This will open up the observation form for the instructor or CT to fill out during the observation. Your CT or Supervisor cannot fill out this form until you have attached your lesson for evaluation.
- Attach your lesson plan to Taskstream before each formal observation from your Cooperating Teacher and each observation from supervisor. Be sure to click submit.
- Your CT and/or supervisor will then complete the observation form and click submit. You will then have access to your scores and comments.
- Do this for every observation.
Three Way Evaluations (beginning and end of winter term):
- To prepare for this conference you must first log on to Taskstream and select Three-Way Conference. Then you must score yourself on each area and submit for evaluation. Your CT and supervisor will not be able to complete their portion of the form until you have completed this step and submitted it for evaluation.
- Ask your CT, (email a reminder) to also fill in the evaluation before the supervisor arrives at the meeting.
- On the day of the conference, the supervisor will sit with both of you for a conference to discuss the scores, he/she will then enter his/her scores. The instructor for AED 556 will then reconcile the three sets of scores entered by you, your CT and your University Supervisor.
Other:
- Feel free to use the, create a portfolio, option to create a portfolio of all your work submitted on Taskstream.
- This portfolio, once created, will have a website address that can be shared in interviews and with employers.
- You will have free access to this site (without the ability to change it) OR to update and maintain the site you can renew for $12 a year.
