Achieving Board Certification What You Need to Know

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Achieving Board Certification What
You Need to Know

• Overview
• Mission and the Core Propositions
• The Standards
• How does one achieve?
• Incentives
• Reflection

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What is NBPTS?

• The National Board for Professional Teaching
  Standards (NBPTS) is an organization of teachers
  and others committed to teachers who are working
  to strengthen the teaching profession and improve
  student learning.

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What is NBPTS?

• The National Board for Professional Teaching
  Standards (NBPTS) is an organization of teachers
  and others committed to teachers who are working
  to strengthen the teaching profession and improve
  student learning.
• It is a nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit
  organization.

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What is National Board Certification?

• National Board Certification is a demonstration
  of a candidates teaching practice as measured
  against high and rigorous standards. It is a
  symbol of commitment to excellence in teaching.

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What is National Board Certification?

• National Board Certification is a demonstration
  of a candidates teaching practice as measured
  against high and rigorous standards. It is a
  symbol of commitment to excellence in teaching.
• Candidates achieve NBC if they meet or exceed
  NBPTS standards by demonstrating their knowledge
  and expertise.

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Mission Statement

• The mission is to advance the quality of teaching
  and learning by

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Mission Statement

• The mission is to advance the quality of teaching
  and learning by
• maintaining high and rigorous standards for what
  accomplished teachers should know and be able to
  do

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Mission Statement

• The mission is to advance the quality of teaching
  and learning by
• maintaining high and rigorous standards for what
  accomplished teachers should know and be able to
  do
• providing a national voluntary system certifying
  teachers who meet these standards, and

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Mission Statement

• The mission is to advance the quality of teaching
  and learning by
• maintaining high and rigorous standards for what
  accomplished 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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The Five Core Propositions

• Teachers are committed to students and their
  learning.

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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.

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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

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The Five Core Propositions

• Teachers think systematically about their
  practice and learn from experience.

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The Five Core Propositions

• Teachers think systematically about their
  practice and learn from experience.
• Teachers are members of learning communities.

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The Standards

• The Standards Document identifies the specific
  knowledge, skills, and dispositions of
  accomplished teaching in a particular field,
  shows how a teachers professional judgment is
  reflected in observable action, and describes how
  the standards come to life in different settings.

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How does one achieve?

• Eligibility
• Must hold a BA/BS
• Have completed
• three years of teaching
• Hold a valid state
• teaching license

• The Components of
• Assessment
• Portfolio Entries
• Descriptive Analytical
• Reflective
• Assessment Center
• Exercises

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Portfolio Assessment

• Four Entries that include
• Student Work
• Written Commentary
• Videotaped sessions
• Work with family
• and school
• communities

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Assessment Center

• On Demand Assessment
• Demonstration of Content Knowledge
• Six Timed Questions

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Commitment of time and effort

• Commitment
• 200 400 hours of work
• 2300 application fee
• Scholarships and grants available

• Certification
• 40 achieve on the first try
• 66 achieve on second year

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It will be okay but it will never be the
same