Are you ready for the challenge

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Are you ready for the challenge?
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What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do2002

• We each remember the great teachers who touched
  our loves, kindled our interest and pressed us to
  do our best. We hold powerful images of such
  teachers. They exhibited a deep caring and love
  for children. They conveyed a passion for the
  subjects they taught, captivating their students
  with that passion. They approached their work
  with creativity and imagination, striving
  constantly to improve. As committed
  professionals, they were proud to be teachers.

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NBPTS Overview

• Created in 1987 in response to A Nation At
  Risk and A Nation Prepared
• An independent, non-profit, non-partisan and
  non-governmental organization
• Receives funding support from foundations,
  corporations and the U.S. Department of Education

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Mission

• To advance the quality of teaching and learning
  by

• Maintaining high and rigorous standards for what
  teachers should know and be able to do
• Providing a national voluntary system certifying
  teachers who meet these standards, and
• Advocating related education reforms to integrate
  National Board Certification in American
  education and to capitalize on the expertise of
  National Board Certified Teachers

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NBPTS Teacher- driven

• Practicing classroom teachers are involved in
  every aspect of our mission, including

• Serving on the NBPTS Board of Directors and staff
• Developing standards and assessments
• Scoring candidate performances
• Promoting National Board Certification and
  providing candidate support
• Advocating for education reform policy

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The Five Core Propositions

• Teachers are committed to students and their
  learning.
• Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to
  teach those subjects to students.
• Teachers are responsible for managing and
  monitoring student learning.
• Teachers think systematically about their
  practice and learn from experience.
• Teachers are members of learning communities.

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National Board Certification?

• What is it?

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A Standards-based Performance Assessment

• Standards are based on the NBPTS policy
  statement, What Teachers Should Know and Be Able
  to Do, and the Five Core Propositions
• Standards are written by practicing classroom
  teachers, developmental experts and educational
  leaders in each respective disciplinary field,
  from across the country
• Standards are widely disseminated for public
  review, approved by the NBPTS Board of Directors
  and made available online at no charge

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National Board Certification

• Candidates demonstrate in-depth content knowledge
  and teaching practices that are measured against
  high and rigorous standards
• All candidates have up to three years to achieve
  certification
• Certification is offered in 24 different
  certificate areas across 7 developmental age
  groups, covering more than 95 of preK-12
  education.

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Current Certificate Fields

• CONTENT AREAS
• Art
• Career and Technical Education
• English as a New Language
• English Language Arts
• Exceptional Needs
• Generalist
• Health Education
• Library Media
• LiteracyReading-Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Music
• Physical Education
• School Counseling
• Science
• Social Studies-History
• World Languages Other than English

• AGE CATEGORIES
• Early childhood
• Middle childhood
• Early adolescence
• Young adulthood

Ages can be grouped together and are dictated by
the content field.
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What Are the Age Categories?
www.nbpts.org
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Eligibility Prerequisites
Applicants must have

• At least 3 years experience as a preK-12
  classroom teacher or school counselor in a public
  or private school
• A bachelors degree from an accredited
  institution
• A valid, unencumbered teaching license, or a
  license to practice as a school counselor, if
  applying for the School Counseling certificate

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What Applicants Submit
Preparation and submission of a portfolio
requires the candidate to

• Describe, analyze and reflect on
• student work
• professional practice
• classroom interactions
• Videotape their own classroom activities
• Present student work demonstrating growth over
  time
• Document accomplishments with students families
  and local/professional communities

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Assessment Center Exercises
Candidates must also complete a half-day
appointment at a computer testing center,
requiring that a candidate

• Respond to 6 computer-delivered prompts, each
  allowing up to 30 minutes for the candidates
  typed response
• Demonstrate breadth and depth of content
  knowledge associated with the certificate field

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National Board Certification?

• Who has it?

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National Board Certified Teachers - 2008 73,481
Guam 1 Virgin Islands 1 Armed Forces
11 Foreign Addresses - 79
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Annual Growth of NBCTs
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Top 20 States of NBCTs - 2008
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NBCTs by Certificate Area
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National NBPTS Support

• Wisconsin - 2500/yr 2500 if in a SIFI School
• Hawaii - 5,000 annual stipend 5,000 if in
  SIFI School
• Washington - 5,000 bonus 5,000/year
• California - 20,000 bonus _at_ 5,000/year if in
  SIFI School
• New Mexico - 5,166 annual stipend (variable
  rate)
• Idaho - 10,000 bonus _at_ 2,000/year
• Oklahoma - 5,000 annual stipend
• Louisiana - 5,000 annual stipend
• Mississippi - 6,000 annual stipend
• Wyoming - 4,000 salary increase
• Alabama - 5,000 annual stipend 5,000 1st year
• Florida - 10 salary increase 10 for mentoring
• South Carolina - 7,500 annual stipend
• North Carolina 12 salary raise
• Virginia - 5,000 bonus 2,500 annual stipend
• New York - 10,000 bonus/3 years
• Delaware 12 salary raise

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License PortabilityAs of 5/1/08

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa

• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Michigan
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York

• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

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• A distinction that matters for

WISCONSIN
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589 Wisconsin NBCTs1994-2008

Number of NBCTS
Year
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Wisconsin NBCTs by Certificate Area
Number of NBCTs
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NBCTs in Wisconsin - 2008
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Wisconsin NBPTS Support

• Manitowoc 13 pay increase/10 years (Could be
  6500 per year!)
• Howards Grove 2,500 yearly stipend/10 years
• Madison 1,500 yearly stipend/10 years
• Kimberly Step up on salary schedule
• Green Bay 2,500 annual stipend/10 years
• Menomonee Falls 2,000 annual stipend
• Little Chute 1,000 annual stipend work release
• Holmen 2,000 annual stipend
• Ashwaubenon 2,000 yearly stipend/10 years
• West De Pere Step up on salary schedule

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Monthly candidate support workshops are held in
these areas of Wisconsin
WEAC Sponsored Candidate-Centered Support
Workshops
Check the WNBN website for dates, times and
locations of workshops
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Dare To Think Writing Retreats

• Wisconsin is proud to offer 2 week-end retreats
  in early 2009 to provide valuable candidate
  support.
• Dare to Think 1
• January 23-25, 2009, Country Springs Inn,
  Waukesha
• Contact Bonnie Scholz bscholz_at_piusxi.org
• Dare to Think 2
• February 27-March 1, 2009, Milwaukee
• Contact Wendy Sondrol -sondrwe_at_mukwonago.k12.wi.us
  

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National Board Certification?

• Why do it?
• Why support it?

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Benefits for Teachers

• National Board Certification
• Advances student learning, as shown by
  independent research studies
• Offers an opportunity for professional growth
• Recognizes and rewards accomplished teaching
• Elevates teaching as a profession
• Promotes teaching as a lifelong career
• Empowers teachers to participate in education
  reform efforts

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Benefits for Superintendents, School
Administrators and Principals

• National Board Certification
• Measurably improves student learning
• Enhances and builds a community of learners
  within schools
• Satisfies (in many states) the highly qualified
  teacher requirement of No Child Left Behind
• Elevates teaching in a way that can inspire and
  excite the school community
• Positively impacts recruitment and retention

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Benefits for Parents

• National Board Certification
• Places emphasis on student learning
• Values collaboration with families as an
  important way to enhance student learning
• Requires teachers to demonstrate their practice
  in the classroom
• Recognizes accomplished teaching in schools

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Benefits for Policymakers

• National Board Certification
• Advances student learning, as shown by
  independent research studies
• Is a rigorous assessment of pedagogy and content
  knowledge
• Is a sound investment of public funds
• In many states, helps to satisfy the highly
  qualified teacher requirement of No Child Left
  Behind

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Benefits for Business Leaders

• National Board Certification
• Is a successful school reform strategy grounded
  in research
• Contributes to the advancement of workforce
  development
• Is an investment in the community

Worth Magazine identified NBPTS as among
Americas top 100 nonprofit organizations.
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Involvement of Higher Education

• Over 1/3 of all schools of education in the
  United States have aligned their standards with
  those of NBPTS. In addition, many of these
  institutions

• Incorporate NBPTS standards in their pre-service
  and graduate program curricula
• Offer NBPTS candidate support programs and/or
  courses
• Conduct research
• Invite NBCTs as adjunct professors

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Teacher Quality Continuum
Professional Licensing 5 year Renewable
Taken from National Commission on Teaching
Americas Future (NCTAF)What Matters Most
Teaching for Americas Future
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Approved for Graduate Credit

• The American Council on Education (ACE) is the
  major coordinating body for higher education in
  the United States. Based on an independent
  review of the certification process, ACE approved
  the following

• Teachers who achieve National Board Certification
  are eligible to receive a transcript for 6
  graduate credit hours in education
• Teachers who receive a total weighted scaled
  score, but who do not achieve certification, are
  eligible to receive a transcript for 3 graduate
  credit hours in education

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National Board Certification?

• Does it make a difference?

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NBPTS Grounded in Research
NBPTS has long supported an independent research
agenda that

• Assures the technical measurement quality of the
  assessments
• Demonstrates the impact of National Board
  Certification
• Collects and disseminates data and information to
  stakeholders and the public

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Research ResultsStudent Achievement Gains

• Students of National Board Certified Teachers
  (NBCTs) experienced year-end testing improvements
  that averaged 7 to 15 percent more than peers
  whose teachers did not hold the certification.
  (University of Washington and the Urban
  Institute, 2004)
• Students of NBCTs did a measurably better job
  than other 9th and 10th graders on year-end math
  tests in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. All
  else being equal, teachers who had achieved
  National Board Certification helped their
  students achieve greater testing gains than did
  colleagues without the certification. (The CNA
  Corporation, 2004)
• Students of NBCTs outperformed students of
  non-board certified teachers on the Stanford-9
  Achievement Test, with learning gains equivalent
  on average to spending more than an extra month
  in school each year. (Arizona State University,
  2004)

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Research ResultsClosing the Achievement Gap

• NBCTs are particularly effective with students
  who have special needs, and there is some
  evidence that Black and Hispanic students may
  also receive extra benefits. (The CNA
  Corporation, 2004)
• Students of NBCTs experienced year-end testing
  improvements that averaged 7 to 15 percent more
  than peers whose teachers did not hold the
  certification. This performance differential was
  most pronounced for younger and lower-income
  students whose gains were as high as 15 percent.
  (University of Washington and the Urban
  Institute, 2004)
• Intense group support sessions had the greatest
  positive impact on the NBPTS assessment scores of
  African-American teacher-candidates and
  candidates from high-poverty schools. (The
  Finance Project, 2005)

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Research ResultsHigh Quality Professional
Development

• Teachers who pursued National Board Certification
  showed significant improvements in their teaching
  practices, whether they achieved certification or
  not. (Lustick/Sykes, 2006)
• National Board for Professional Teaching
  Standards assessment and certification process
  is an effective method of professional
  development and is more cost effective than other
  comparable methods such as advanced degrees.
  (Cohen C., 2005)
• NBCTs scored higher on all 13 dimensions of
  teaching expertise than did teachers who sought
  but did not achieve National Board Certification.
  The differences were statistically significant
  on 11 or the 13 dimensions. (University of North
  Carolina at Greensboro, 2005)

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Research ResultsHighly Qualified Teacher

• Students of National Board Certified Teachers
  exhibited deeper learning outcomes more
  frequently than students of non-certified
  teachers. (Appalachian State University, 2005)
• NBCTs had greater consistency in their focus on
  student assessment, their tools to collect data
  on student achievement were rated as
  significantly better, and they reported more
  practice of matching assessments with student
  learning goals. (University of North Carolina at
  Chapel Hill, 2004)
• NBCTs had dispositions and skills that were in
  alignment with high-quality teaching. Researchers
  also found a positive relationship between
  teacher efficacy and student achievement. (George
  Washington University, 2005)

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Research ResultsSustained School Improvement

• Virtually all NBCTs, 99.6 percent, are engaged in
  at least one leadership activity to improve the
  quality of teaching or boost student learning in
  the nations classrooms. (Yankelovich Partners,
  2001)
• Candidates felt that the National Board
  Certification process has led to positive
  interaction with teachers, administrators and
  communities. (NBPTS, 2001)
• NBCTs demonstrated a desire to serve in
  leadership roles that include being professional
  development leaders, supervising student teachers
  and serving as team leaders and mentors.
  (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
  2003)

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Cost of National Board Certification

• 65 initial online application processing charge
• 500 non-refundable registration fee
• 2,000 assessment fee
• There are low-interest NEA loans available
• There is an online extended-payment charge
  card plan available

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Wisconsin NBPTS Support

• DPI
• Candidates applying to DPI or MPS Representative
  before December 15th receive 1,250 stipend to
  offset costs of registration
• State awards up to 2,000 reimbursement of first
  year expenses after certification (SAVE RECIEPTS)
  and 2,500 each year for 9 years. An additional
  2,500 is given to teachers who teach in
  underachieving schools.
• Wisconsin NBCTs receive Master Licensure
• Governor
• Each year NBCTs are invited to a reception at
  the Governors Mansion hosted by Jessica Doyle
  and Elizabeth Burmaster

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MPS Teachers

• MPS teachers must contact
• Nicole Peters-Freeman
• Phone [phone]
• Email petersnt_at_milwaukee.k12.wi.us

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2009-2010 National Board Certification Assessment
Calendar
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WNBNWisconsin National Board Network, Inc.
The mission of the Wisconsin National Board
Network is to enhance student learning by

• Promoting National Board Certification
• Supporting those seeking certification
• Advocating for educational reforms
• Encouraging continued professional
  development, including leadership
  development, for National Board Certified
  Teachers.

http//www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/wnbn
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Need More Information?

• Toll-free phone number
• 800-22-TEACH
• NBPTS Web site
• www.nbpts.org
• Access the following online at no charge
• Standards for each certificate
• Portfolio entry instructions
• Scoring Guides and retired prompts
• Online assessment center tutorial
• Assessment center information
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
• Charlene Koci Phone [phone]
• Email Charlene.Koci_at_dpi.wi.gov

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On behalf of teachers and the children they
teach Thank you for joining this important
initiative.
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