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Applying for National Board Certification: What You Need to Know

Applying for National Board Certification: What You Need to Know. What is National Board Certification?. * Recognition of accomplished teaching * Evaluation of teaching practices * Improved performance and achievement for students. Best PD EVER!. NB Core Propositions.

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Applying for National Board Certification: What You Need to Know

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  1. Applying for National Board Certification: What You Need to Know

  2. What is National Board Certification? * Recognitionof accomplished teaching* Evaluationof teaching practices* Improvedperformance and achievement for students Best PD EVER!

  3. NB 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.

  4. Eligibility Criteria • Possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university • Complete three years of successful teaching / counseling / service as a media specialist • Hold a valid teaching license • Pay $2,500 + $65 processing fee

  5. Loan Details Payment Number 36 PaymentAmount$72.70 Payments Due 1st day of each month beginning thirteen months after funds are disbursed

  6. In Order for NC to Loan You the Money … • Complete three years of teaching in the NC Public School system • Hold a clear, continuing NC teaching license • Teach full-time in NC the year following initial candidacy • All first-year candidates need to complete the eligibility verification forms, even if funded by the state loan.  • For more information, visit the following site: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/educatoreffectiveness/ nationalboardcertification/

  7. National Board Certification Areas • 25 Areas of Certification • Area suitable for almost every teacher • Check out www.NBPTS.org website to determine which one best suits you!

  8. The NBPTS Standards • The standards are the backbone of the process! • Become familiar with them BEFORE you begin writing • You MUST consider the standards in your description, analysis, and reflection

  9. The National Board Certification Process • Four Portfolio Entries • 3 entries = instructional entries • 1 entry = professional accomplishments • Assessment Center Exercises • 6 content-specific exercises

  10. Instructional Portfolio Entries • Writing: Description, Analysis, Reflection • Planning and Collaboration • Videotaped Segments

  11. Entry #1: Student WorkEntry #2: VideotapeEntry #3: VideotapeEntry #4: Documented Accomplishments The Portfolio = 60%

  12. Entry #4: Documented Accomplishments How YOU have been … A Learner & A Leader within 5 years Communicator With Families within 1 year

  13. The Assessment Center = 40% • Six Content-Specific Exercises • 30 minutes for each exercise • Standardized testing environment • Practice questions are available online, via study groups and during candidate institute

  14. Support From the State Includes … • Professional leave:Up to three days paid (for state funded candidates) • Full renewal credits:Completion of all the components (if you pass or not – CEUs are applied to transcript in the year you get your scores) • Salary Differential:12% of your base pay

  15. CMS Support Services • Small-group meetings facilitated by National Board Certified Teachers • Online support site via Moodle • Professional Readers • At least two Instructional Institutes (held during school hours in Winter and Spring)

  16. Are You Really Ready for National Board Certification? Can I …. Will I … • Devote 200-400 hours to the process? • Be self-motivated and self-directed? • View myself as a teacher with high standards? • Reflect on my teaching practices in writing? • Articulate the rationale behind my teaching practices? • Not take on additional responsibilities which will take time away from the NB process? • Say that my family and friends will be supportive? • Enlist my school’s administration to support me? • Have easy access to a computer?

  17. If You’re Ready… Your Next Steps… • Visit the National Board website for candidate information • Apply online by December 31st • Pay the $65.00 Processing Fee • Download the materials for your certification area and review

  18. If You Change Your Mind Once You Get Started … The Withdrawal Process: • Withdrawal by candidates from the certification process is through MyProfile at www.nbpts.org • Pay the $500 fee for withdrawing before the portfolio or assessment center • Repay the $2,500 fee for non-completion or withdrawing after the deadline

  19. Not Quite Ready?Try Take One! • Cost = $395 (some funding available) • Complete one pre-selected video portfolio entry of the NB process • NB Candidates who transfer a Take One! score to their full candidacy receive a $395 credit on their account, thus reducing the $2,500 fee for full NB Certification. • Contact nboffice@cms.k12.nc.usfor more information

  20. For More Information • National Board 1-888-780-7805 www.nbpts.org • NC DPI National Board Office http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/recruitment/nationalboardcertification/ • CMS National Board Wikihttp://pdsupport.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/National+Board+Information • CMS National Board Officenboffice@cms.k12.nc.us

  21. Questions? Thank you & Best Wishes!

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