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• South Dakotas Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant
• Department of Education and Cultural Affairs
• Board of Regents and Technology Innovation in
  Education

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• GOAL
• To develop a statewide K-16 system that engages,
  prepares, and sustains continuous development of
  professionals whose content and pedagogical
  knowledge advances student learning.

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• Six Objectives
• 1. All of the teacher preparation programs in the
  states five public universities will be
  redesigned to reflect the National Board
  Professional Teaching Standards.
• 2. To provide learning opportunities for quality
  education for paraprofessionals that reflect the
  National Board for Professional Teaching
  Standards.
• 3. To launch the professional development for all
  practicing teachers that introduces the practices
  set by the NBPTS practices that demand
  reflective practice, portfolio collections, and
  student work analysis.

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• Six Objectives
• 4. To develop and initiate a system that recruits
  and supports practicing teachers who will pursue
  and earn National Board Certification.
• 5. To establish a consortium that will take
  leadership for the advancement of quality
  teaching and learning relative to National Board
  for Professional Teaching Standards.
• 6. The South Dakota Legislative Research Council
  (LRC) will participate with the Leadership
  Academy in the review of existing legislation
  relative to the goals of the Teacher Quality
  Enhancement Program.

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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

• Our Common Text

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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

• These standards represent a consensus among
  accomplished teachers and other education experts
  about what accomplished teachers should know and
  be able to do.
• Five Core Propositions which describe the highest
  level of teaching in different disciplines and
  with students at different developmental levels.
• www.nbpts.org

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• Are the NBPTS Standards realistic and attainable?
• The NBPTS Standards for every field emphasize
  the importance of creating learning environments
  that offer all students an equal opportunity to
  learn. They also take into account the effect of
  differences in students developmental levels and
  backgrounds on teachers practice. The NBPTS
  Standards are designed to accommodate the variety
  of settings in which teachers work, reflect the
  reality of a range of teaching circumstances, and
  describe the multiple approaches teachers might
  take to reach curricular and pedagogical
  objectives.

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• How do candidates for National Board
  Certification use the NBPTS Standards during the
  assessment process?
• Candidates for NBC participate in a rigorous,
  standards-based performance assessment that takes
  up to seven months to complete. Because the
  assessment is based on the NBPTS Standards,
  becoming familiar with the standards and learning
  to put them into action in the classroom is the
  best way candidates can prepare for the
  assessment process.

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• Are the NBPTS Standards useful outside the
  context of the National Board Certification
  process?
• Yes. The NBPTS Standards codify the knowledge
  base of the accomplished teacher and draw
  attention to the many factors that contribute to
  accomplished practice. Even teachers who are not
  immediately interested in pursuing National Board
  Certification can benefit from studying the NBPTS
  Standards for their field and applying the
  standards to support teaching practice. Use and
  awareness of the standards can also encourage the
  general public and those responsible for hiring
  teachers to redefine their notions of what
  constitutes good teaching.
• South Dakotas use of the NBPTS for pre-service
  preparation may be quite novel and maybe even
  cutting-edge!