Transcript WS2.Ppnt Getting Started

Getting Started
Workshop #2
CERRA National Board Candidate Support
Workshop Toolkit
WS2
2013
Essential Questions
• How do I organize my time to complete the
portfolio?
• What are some initial steps, forms, terms, and
deadlines that I need to know?
• What management strategies can I use to
help me in the NB process?
• What resources do I have available to help
me? (ex. professional journals, videotaping
equipment, NBCT mentors, etc.)
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Initial Steps
• Pay National Board a $65 application processing
charge and a $500 initial non-refundable fee.
• Determine which of the 25 certificate areas is
applicable for your content area and age of
students.
• Visit www.nbpts.org to download the standards
and the portfolio instructions for our certificate
area.
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More Initial Steps
• Take time to study and process portfolio
instructions. Make notes.
• Consider which lessons and which students
you wish to feature in your classroom-based
portfolio entries 1, 2, and 3 for the present
school year.
• Consider what evidence would be most
appropriate for your four portfolio entries.
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Required Forms
Submit the following eligibility prerequisite forms
before January 31, 2014:
• Education Verification Form
• Employment Verification Form
• License Verification Form
Also get parental permission forms signed, but do
not submit these. Keep them on file.
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My Profile
Access My Profile at www.nbpts.org to
• View and update your candidate record.
• Check on the status of fee payments and
forms.
• Update personal information.
• Pay by credit or debit card or e-check.
• Withdraw your application.
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My Profile Continued
• Submit questions about the NB assessment
process.
• Seek clarification of the portfolio instructions.
• Access My Profile with your password. Use
your NB candidate’s number on all NB
correspondence and submitted work.
• View your score report when scores are
released in November/December 2014.
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Mark Your Calendars
• Mark your calendars to help you note
important dates (ex. significant personal
dates, teacher work days, school holidays,
goals for completing the portfolio in stages,
registering for the NB assessment).
• Mark NB workshops, presentations, webinars,
and conferencing with mentors.
• Mark your NB deadlines.
• Portfolio submission date has been changed
from May 31 to May 16, 2014.
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The portfolio
process can be
spread across the
time you have.
This 9-month
timeline breaks
each task into
month-long
segments.
Customize a
timeline to fit your
schedule and
meet deadlines.
Set mini-goals.
Managing Your Time
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Set aside chunks of
time for each process—
collecting and selecting
evidence, drafting and
revising written
commentary, etc.
Some prefer working
certain weekday
afternoons; others
prefer working on
weekends—or both.
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Some candidates prefer
to “juggle” their entries,
working on one almost
through completion
before beginning the
next.
Others prefer to work
on all four portfolio
entries simultaneously.
Plan to spend 200-300
hours.
Planning Payments
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Payment deadline is January 31, 2014.
NB accepts personal or certified checks or money
orders.
You may make payments via credit or debit card
(VISA or MasterCard only) or electronic checks (echecks).
The extended-payment option for the balance of
$2,000 may be made by e-checks up to the deadline
of March 15, 2014.
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National Board Language
• What words or phraseology have you discovered in
reading the portfolio instructions that weren’t clear
to you at first glance?
• Review the NB vocabulary in the handout.
Discuss any that might be confusing.
• For example, what do these terms mean in NB
lingo: cite, artifact, instructional sequence,
interdisciplinary, non-print text, scaffolding?
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National Board Standards
For each standard for your field, ask yourself
• What do I know and what am I able to do with respect
to this standard? Be very specific.
• How might I demonstrate accomplished practice with
respect to this standard?
• How might I demonstrate interaction of two or more
standards in aspects of my teaching (planning,
managing, assessing instruction, etc.)?
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Portfolio Tips
• Create a folder or notebook for each entry:
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Electronic: Label a folder for each entry and keep that
folder within the larger folder for NB.
Hard Copy: Organize your printed material, student
work, pictures, notes, etc. in folders or file boxes.
• Save your work often – keep duplicate files on
data storage devices (CDs or jump drives, etc.)
• Follow the specific NB guidelines about margins,
font, pages, anonymity, cover sheets, evidence,
etc.
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More Portfolio Tips
• Practice videotaping. Analyze the tapes –
reflect and learn – videotape some more!
• Consistently use the Communication Log or
some other record-keeping document from the
beginning of school.
• Keep copies of student work samples from
more students than you actually plan to use so
you have choices.
• Reference the Five Core Propositions in
Written Commentaries.
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Planning for Submission
• When the time comes to submit your work,
allow sufficient time for materials to upload.
• Submit four portfolio entries via e-Portfolio,
using instructions on the NB website.
• Submit portfolio entries some time between
April 1, 2014 and May 16, 2014.
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Planning for Assessment
• In January you will receive an Authorization to
test (ATT).
• Check to see if your names on the ATT and
your license are identical.
• Make an assessment center appointment,
choosing your place and time to assess via
the Pearson website.
• Schedule the assessment one day between
March 1 to June 15, 2014.
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Assessment Center Tips
• Create 6 folders, notebooks or file boxes - one
for each Assessment Center Descriptor
• Collect resources: books, articles, contacts, etc.
• Create a K-N-R chart for each prompt
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K: What I know about the subject
N: What I need and/or what I need to learn
R: What resources might help me
• Keep the chart handy – revisit it and revise it
often.
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Building a Network
• What NBCTs might be able to help in your
school or district?
• What “experts” might you consider as
resources?
• What support might you need from the District
Liaison?
• What time and place can you find to meet as a
group?
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More Information
National Board for
Professional Teaching
Standards®
www.nbpts.org
1-800-22-TEACH
www.cerra.org
1-800-476-2387
nbsupport.blogspot.com
[email protected]
CERRA
Virginia Bartels:
[email protected]
School District Liaison:
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