Transcript National Board Certification What to Expect – An Overview

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National Board Certification
What to Expect – An Overview
Anita Maxwell
West Virginia Education Association
2008
NBPTS Mission Statement
• 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
• Advocating related education reforms for
the purpose of improving student learning
National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
• An independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan
and non-governmental organization
• Created in 1987 in response to A Nation at
Risk and A Nation Prepared
• Support from foundations, corporations,
grants from the U.S. Department of
Education and candidate fees
NBPTS Standards
• NBPTS Board of Directors appoints
teachers and others to serve on standards
committees which include:
• Teacher educators
• Developmental experts
• Leaders in disciplinary fields
• Teachers are involved from setting standards,
advising assessment development and serving
as scorers.
• Standards in each certificate field were
developed by the Standards Committee
• Standards are based on NBPTS’ policy
statement, What Teachers Should Know
and Be Able to Do and the Five Core
Propositions
• In addition, they were reviewed publicly by
education and teaching experts
Five Core Propositions
• Teachers are committed to their students and their
learning
• Teachers know the subjects they teach and how
to teach those subjects effectively
• 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
Requirements to Apply
• A bachelor’s degree
• Have taught a minimum of three years in a
public or private school
• Holds a valid teaching license
Developmental Age Categories
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Early Childhood (Ages 3-8)
Middle Childhood (7-12 years)
Early and Middle Childhood (3-12 years)
Early Childhood through Young Adulthood (3-18+)
Adolescence and Young Adulthood (14-18+)
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
(11-18+ years)
Candidates are responsible for knowledge of
learners and content within entire age range.
Certificates Available
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Art – EMC and EAYA
Career & Technical Education – EAYA
English as a New Language – EMC and EAYA
English Language Arts – EA and AYA
Exceptional Needs Specialist – ECYA
Generalist – EC and MC
Health Education – EAYA
Library Media – ECYA
Literacy: Reading Language Arts – EMC
Mathematics – EA and AYA
Music – EMC and EAYA
Certificates Available (conclusion)
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Music – EMC and AYA
Physical Education – EMC and AYA
School Counseling – ECYA
Science – EA and AYA
Social Studies – History – EA and AYA
World Languages Other than English -EAYA
What Does the Process Provide?
• Ten (10) components that are assessed by
trained teachers in their certificate area
• Opportunity for reflection about excellent
teaching practice
• Measurement of accomplished teaching
• An extensive professional development
experience
Four Portfolio Entries
• Analysis and reflection of video recordings of
classroom teaching (2 portfolio entries)
• Analysis of and reflection on student work with
samples (1 portfolio entry)
• Documented accomplishments of work outside
the classroom and evidence of how that work
impacts student learning (1 portfolio entry)
• The submission deadline for the 4 portfolio
entries is March 31, 2009.
Online Assessment Center Exercises
• Six constructed response questions (each
allowing up to 30 minutes for response)
scheduled at an assessment center that
demonstrate subject matter expertise.
• Assessment center exercises can be
completed between July 1, 2008 through
June 15, 2009.
Scoring Facts
• Candidates must accumulate 275 points to
achieve to achieve certification
• May bank scores for 2 years from date of initial
score notification
• May retake any category that falls below 2.75
during that 2 years
• Cost is currently $350 per retake
• Scores posted on a secure online site on or
before December 31, 2009
State & County Incentives
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Salary Supplements
Full or partial fee support
Full or partial credential reciprocity
State license renewal
Time to complete portfolio
Currently 32 counties offer an additional
$1,000 to $3,500 annual supplement
State Incentives
• WV legislature provides a $3,500 for each
of the 10 years the certificate is valid
• The $2,500 fee is reimbursed for the first
200 applicants each year – half upon
applying and the other half upon the
completion of 10 scorable entries verified
by the NBPTS
• WV provides subsidy fees (up to $600) for
retakes which are $350 each
National Board Certified Teachers
• The first 86 in the nation were certified in 1995
• Nearly 8,500 were certified in November 2007
• Total number of NBC Teachers in the nation
now stands at 63,821
• Currently 360 WV teachers are certified
• 147 WV teachers are currently awaiting
notification of certification by 12/31/08
Is the Process Worth It?
• “National Board Certification is not a solitary
process. WVEA put me in touch with dynamic
mentors and provided the information and
resources I needed to succeed. Candidate
sessions offered guidance and assistance with the
portfolio entries from a panel of National Board
Certified Teachers I now consider professional
friends.”
Tony Nichols – EC/Gen NBCT
Still Not Sure?
Consider Take One!
• $395 fee for completion of one portfolio
entry that is classroom based.
• Take One! score can be transferred and
the remaining nine components of the
NBC process completed if the candidate
so chooses.
• Decision to continue must be made within
the next two years following submission.
Take One! Requirements
• Available to all teachers and school counselors
regardless of their experience level
• Educators in higher education, induction or preservice teachers, principals, administrators and
mentors
• Take One! participants must have access to a
preK-12 classroom to complete the portfolio
entry
• Entry must be submitted by April 15, 2009
Additional Information
• Anita Maxwell -- 1.800.642.8261
extension 116
• [email protected]
• www.wvea.org in “Teaching & Learning”
• www.nbpts.org or 1.800.22.TEACH
• http://wvde.state.wv.us/certification/nbpts