Transcript NBPTS PowerPoint Presentation Template

Presentation Goals
Participants will learn:
 How the National Board helps school systems succeed
 About the latest news and research about the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
 How to integrate National Board Certification programs
into Pennsylvania’s educational framework
 About the Pennsylvania Initiative
What is NBPTS?
NBPTS - is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization
created in 1987 in response to “A Nation At
Risk” and “A Nation Prepared”
 Its mission is to:
• Maintain and update professional standards for
accomplished teaching
• Integrate National Board Certified Teachers
(NBCTs) into education reform efforts
• Advance school improvement
National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards: A Focus on School
Reform and Success
C. Kent McGuire, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education
Temple University
Member of the Board
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Education Policy and Leadership Center Forum
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
September 30, 2009
The Primary Goal of the National Board:
Increasing and Sustaining Student
Learning and Achievement
What
Educators
Do
!
What
Students
Learn
What
Students
Do
NBPTS: Role and Potential in
Educational Reform and
Improvement Efforts
 WHAT WE ARE DOING … increasing teacher
effectiveness
 WHERE WE ARE GOING … whole school reform
 OUR VISION … strengthen U.S. Education
NBPTS is Creating a Culture of
Continuous Improvement
 Cohorts of NBCTs are collaborating with administrators
to change the culture of entire schools
 More than 74,000 NBCTs are changing the learning
culture of classrooms
 NBPTS standards extend beyond the core curriculum
 NBPTS standards support the continuum of the profession
 NBPTS supports schools by incubating innovation
Where We Are Going:
Whole School Reform
National Board Certification
 Is evolving into a systemic movement
 Is leveraging NBCTs to meet educational challenges
Targeted High Need Initiative & Take One!
 Using Take One! to build school-based learning communities
 Evaluations are reporting a strong learning culture, best practice sharing, and
improved student learning
National Board Certification for Educational Leaders
 Expanding National Board Certification into whole school reform
 Advancing student engagement and achievement, retaining the best teachers,
and improving teacher and school performance
Our Vision: Strengthening
U. S. Education
 The NBPTS standards: fully integrated with common
student standards
 National Board Certification: an effective model of pay for
performance
 National Board programs:
• meeting the needs of underserved students
• whole-school transformations
 NBPTS programs: successful public-private partnerships
The NBPTS: A Look Inside
National
Board
Certification
National
Board
Certification
for Teacher
Leaders
A Holistic
Framework
for School
Reform
National
Board
Certification
for Assistant
Principals
Take One!
National
Board
Certification
for
Principals
The Matrix: The National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards
Expanding the
core of
effective
teachers
National Board
Certification
74,000 National Board
Certified Teachers.
Standards- and evidencebased assessment program to
develop, recognize and retain
the nation’s most
accomplished teachers and
improve teacher
effectiveness.
Meeting
student needs
in underserved
schools
Targeted High Need
Initiative
Supports teachers pursuing
National Board Certification
in underserved schools.
Take One!
Offers a component of
National Board Certification
to individual educators or an
entire faculty to build learning
communities.
Effective
teachers and
leaders in
every school
National Board
Certification for
Educational Leaders
Builds on the successful
concept of National Board
Certification for teachers to
create whole school reform by
developing new certification
programs for principals,
assistant principals, and
teacher leaders.
The Assessment Design: Portfolio and Assessment
Components, including Classroom-based Tasks
Portfolio
Student
Work
Assessment Center
Exercise 1
Exercise 5
Video
Recording 1
Exercise 3
Video
Recording 2
Exercise 4
Documented
Accomplishments
Exercise 2
Exercise 6
Source: Steve Schreiner, NBCT
Take One! is more than Ten Percent
of the National Board Assessment
Framework
Take One!
Four
Portfolio
Exercises
Six
Assessment
Center
Exercises
The National Board’s School-wide
Take One! Process Improves
Teaching & Learning by …
 Providing support for effective teaching
 Enhancing school- and district-level
instructional expertise
 Leveraging effective instructional practice
 Building an infrastructure for school success
National Board Certification for
Educational Leaders (NBCEL)
Three new certifications:
 National Board Certification for Principals
 National Board Certification for Assistant
Principals
 National Board Certification for Teacher
Leaders
NBCEL: A Critical Ingredient for
Improving Teaching and Learning
 Develops, recognizes, and retains top school leaders
 Demonstrates the concepts of accomplished
instructional leadership
 Creates strong professional learning communities
 Advances instructional leadership, educator quality,
and student learning and achievement
A Leadership Framework for Change
Source: Organizational & Educational Leadership Model (U of Penn, 2006)
Research on NBPTS …
Indicated that students of The National Board Certified
Teachers (NBCTs)
 Outperform students of non-NBCTs on achievement
tests—and the positive effect is even greater among
minority students
 Make learning gains equivalent to an extra month in
school
 Exhibit stronger writing abilities, better comprehension
and integration of complex classroom material, and better
understanding of concepts and more abstract thinking
Critical Outcomes of National
Board Certification
 Structuring best practice as everyday practice
 Increasing the presence of teachers in instructional
leadership positions, high-need schools, and policy
debates
 Sustaining effective educational reform
 Advancing a culture of learning that improves
• Teacher preparation
• Teaching
• Understanding of highly accomplished teaching
The Pennsylvania Initiative
Total number of NBCTs in PA = 496
Pennsylvania Centers for
Teaching Excellence
 Four geographically distributed centers:
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Gannon University
East Stroudsburg University
Duquesne University
Temple University
 Established in fall 2006 by the Pennsylvania Department
of Education
 Support pre-candidates, candidates, and advanced
candidates for National Board Certification
Roles of the Centers
►Awareness
►Recruitment
► Preparation
► Support
Source: Rosalie Dibert
IUs by Center for Teaching Excellence
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education
Why the Pennsylvania Initiative Works
The initiative …
 Aligns proven research-based NBPTS programs to
identify and build human and social capital
 Provides an integrated approach to building teacher
effectiveness and leadership capacity
 The initiative fosters a standards-based professional
learning community
 Incorporates a rigorous evaluation process
Who are you going to call? Contacts at the
Pennsylvania Centers for Teaching
Excellence by Respective IUs
Northwest
Center for Teaching Excellence at
Gannon University
IU's 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10
Linda Cook
[email protected]
http://www.gannon.edu/nbpts
Northeast
Center for Teaching Excellence at
East Stroudsburg University of PA
IU's 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22
Doug Lare
[email protected]
http://www4.esu.edu/academics/university_sc
hools/education/certs/nationalbrd_cert.cfm
Southwest
Center for Teaching Excellence at
Duquesne University
IU's 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 27 and 28
Rosalie Dibert
[email protected]
http://www.centerforteachingexcellence.net
Southeast
Center for Teaching Excellence at
Temple University
IU's 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, 25, 26 & 29
Chris Sadjian-Peacock
[email protected]
http://www.temple.edu/education/cte