National Board Candidate Support – Session 1

1. National Board Candidate Support – Session 1 CSU Fullerton College of Education

2. Agenda • Getting to Know You • Overview of Process and Model of Accomplished Teaching • Myths about National Board Certification • Roles and Function of Support • What is permissible and not permissible • Breakout Sessions • Exchange contact information & sign contracts • Check-in on progress • Wrap Up • Evaluation

3. Getting to Know You • Categories • Please stand up. • When I announce a category, quickly organize yourselves into smaller groups, based on the category to which you belong. • Once there, introduce yourself!

4. Categories • In what type of school do you teach? • Elementary? • Middle / Jr. High ? • High School?

5. Categories • For how long have you been teaching? • 0-5 years • 6-10 years • 10-20 years • 20 or more years!

6. Categories • What NB certificate are you pursuing?

7. What is Expert Teaching? • What does expert teaching • Look like? • Sound like? • What would one see and hear the teaching doing and saying? • What would one see and hear the students doing and saying?

8. The 5 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

10. National Board Standards • Based on Core Propositions • Created, reviewed and revised by committees of teachers, teacher educators, developmental experts and leaders in disciplinary fields • Specific to each certificate • Evidence of each must be documented in entries

11. Making a NB Foldable • In certificate-alike groups, create a foldable that contains a summary of what you need to know about the certification process • 5 Core on front • Certificate standards on back • Assessment Center & Portfolio inside

12. Making a NB Foldable Certif. Standard 5 Core Props. Notes Assessment Center Directions Portfolio Directions

13. 10 minute break

14. Myths and Misperceptions about National Board Certification

15. THE PORTFOLIO

16. Candidates should spend time looking at the portfolios of successful NBCTs.

17. There is no magic template.

18. It is important to develop a lesson that fits the entry perfectly; therefore a candidate needs to spend time developing brand new units and lessons.

19. NBC is about analyzing and reflecting on current practices of accomplished teachers.

20. A candidate must find something wrong with his teaching in order to include it in their reflection.

21. Reflection means identifying what worked or did not work, honestly providing feedback about one’s own teaching practices.

22. The score for the video and student work are weighted equally to the written commentary.

23. The video and student work do not receive a separate score. They support the written commentary.

24. If you do not mention or refer to the standards in the written commentary, the entry will receive a weak score.

25. The standards are reflected in the entry, but do not necessarily have to be stated in the entry.

26. It is really important that the video segment be just right; therefore, you really need to keep taping your lessons until you have the perfect video.

27. There is no perfect video. The written commentary should address the evidence in the video.

28. Entry 4: Documented Accomplishments

29. Entry 4 is all about you!

30. Entry 4 is about the accomplishments, professional experiences, that you have chosen and how they impact student achievement.

31. Entry 4 is where you can showcase your awards and recognitions, where you can be celebrated!

32. Entry 4 is about your accomplishments and how they impact student achievement.

33. Ethical Support of National Board Candidates

34. Support Providers’ Commitment to Candidates includes… • Acknowledgment that there are multiple paths to certification; • Understanding that candidates are solely responsible for their certification materials; • Conducting support in a manner that is nonjudgmental, honest, constructive, knowledgeable, and professional; • Incorporating high expectations that encourage self-discovery and embody honesty, integrity, and trust; and • Maintaining agreements and commitments regarding the investment of time with the candidates they agree to facilitate.

35. Candidate’s Commitment to Working in a Collaborative Support Group • Interact within a climate of trust, curiosity, and respect • Employ appropriate questioning techniques so candidates can analyze and reflect – instead of blanket statements of “this is good” or directives of “you need to change that to this”. • Focus on whether a candidate’s work communicates clear, consistent, convincing evidence of meeting Standards • Making evaluative judgments of candidates’ entries is inappropriate. • Sharing NBCT portfolios suggests that there is a template for “writing a winning entry” – there is not. • Understand that National Board Certification is a journey…it helps to have support in many forms

36. Certification Denial or Revocation Policy • Noncompliance with assessment procedures, regulations or instructions • Violation of confidentiality agreements • Obtaining improper access to all or parts of the assessment prior to its administration • Sharing, publishing, posting or otherwise reproducing secure assessment prompts • Violation of collaboration guidelines

37. Parameters for Candidate Support CSPs will be available via e-mail and will respond within 48 hours read written work once it has been read by at least one other person read written work at least once, but no more than twice return drafts with comments within 1 week ask questions to focus your entry, but not serve as editors act as facilitators, but not as instructors or graders

38. Parameters for Candidate Support Candidates will attend at least 80% of support sessions Come prepared to support sessions find at least one “critical reader” and exchange contact information have his/her reading buddy read written work before sending to his/her CSP to read complete required grant paperwork consult the www.nbpts.org or 1800 22-teach if questions arise

39. Breakout Groups