Teacher Work Sample (TWS)
Line Break A Teacher Work Sample (TWS) is a document written by you that helps you connect practice with the ideas and skills you have learned in your course and field experiences. It shows evidence of your ability to:
• design and implement standards-based instruction
• assess student learning
• reflect on the teaching and learning process
• provide credible evidence of your ability to facilitate learning in all your students

Your professors assist you in creating a quality TWS:

  • You learn to complete a Teacher Work Sample (TWS) throughout your Level II and III experiences, and
  • you create the final TWS during student teaching for evaluation by a trained evaluators that include practicing teachers in your major as well as your professors.

The Teacher Work Sample showcases your preparation to teach:

  • Along with classroom observations and other measures, the TWS allows faculty to assess your performance relative to national and state teaching standards.
  • The final TWS is a reflection of your work and can be an important artifact in acquiring the teaching position of your choice.
  • The TWS is very consistent with what you will be asked to do to gain your permanent teaching license.
  • The TWS as a tool to launch your profession more than a final evaluation.