National Board Certification Washington State (2011-2012) State-wide program information, scholarships and professional development for candidates seeking certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
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National Board Certification
Washington State (2011-2012)
State-wide program information, scholarships and
professional development for candidates seeking
certification through the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards (NBPTS) ®
NBPTS Mission
Maintain high and rigorous standards for what teachers should
know and can do
Provide a national voluntary system to assess and certify
teachers who meet those standards
Advocate related education reforms to integrate National
Board Certification into American education and to capitalize
on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs)
NBPTS Facts
Created in 1987
Non-partisan, independent, non-profit
63 member board of directors, majority are classroom teachers
Washington has a history of NBPTS board members:
Former Governor Gary Locke
Ivy Chan, Olympia School District
Joe Gotchy, Federal Way School District
Kevin Teeley, Lake Washington School District
Andy Coons, Tacoma School District [Current Board Member]
NBCT National Growth Since 1994
Washington State NBCT Growth
1400
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1000
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600
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0
NBCTs Per Year In Washington
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
5
3
2
0
4
15
44
44
99
131
238
315
408
485
920
1248
1232
Washington State NBCT Cumulative Growth
6000
5000
4000
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2000
1000
0
Washington NBCTs
• Art 101
• Library/Media 104
• Careers/Tech 128
• Literacy 628
• English 779
• Math 509
• Eng/New Lang 97
• Music 115
• Exc. Needs 315
• PE 113
• Generalists 1,277
• School Counseling 132
• Health 12
• Science 514
• History 313
• WLOE 92
Based on Core Propositions:
What teachers should know and be able to do
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.
Certificate Areas
Generalist:
Early Childhood
Middle Childhood
Early Adolescence*
Art:
Early and Middle Childhood
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Career and Technical Education:
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
English As A New Language:
Early and Middle Childhood
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
English Language Arts:
Early Adolescence
Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Exceptional Needs Specialist:
Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Health Education:
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Library Media:
Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Literacy – Reading Language Arts:
Early and Middle Childhood
Certificate Areas Continued
Mathematics:
Early Adolescence
Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Science:
Early Adolescence
Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Music:
Early and Middle Childhood
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Social Studies-History:
Early Adolescence
Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Physical Education:
Early and Middle Childhood
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
World Languages Other Than English:
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
School Counseling:
Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
The Process: Why?
Provides extensive professional development experience
Measures and affirms accomplished teaching
Provides opportunity for reflection about excellent teaching
practices
Provides both personal and collaborative opportunities to
review teaching practices in relationship to high professional
standards
The Process
The assessment process for National Board Certification consists
of two components and can take the better part of a year to
complete:
A portfolio of classroom practice
An assessment of content knowledge administered at a
computer-based testing center.
The Process
Four Portfolio Entries
Large – and small – group
videos of classroom practice
Student work samples
Four
Portfolio
Entries
Documented collaboration
Six Assessment Center Exercises
Timed, open-response prompts
Six
Assessment
Center
Exercises
The Process: Portfolio
For these students, at this time, in this setting
Shows evidence of meeting National Board standards through
classroom work
Includes student work samples, videotapes of classroom
interactions
Written description, analysis and reflection provides a window
into candidate’s actions, how they plan and reflect
The Process: Portfolio Entries
Written work, videos and student work samples
Most portfolios require something similar to:
1. Student Growth Analysis
2. Small Group Video + Analysis
3. Whole Class Video + Analysis
4. Documented Accomplishments
The Process: Assessment Center
Six questions, 30 min. each
Subject specific (content)
Test age-appropriate, content appropriate strategies
Scoring: How and Who?
At least two, and in some cases, three individuals score every
section of a candidate’s assessment. This means that as many
as 12 scorers evaluate a candidate’s portfolio materials. This
assures that scoring is completed with the highest level of
objective and unbiased scrutiny.
All scorers are classroom educators, with expertise in the
candidate’s teaching field and specially trained by the National
Board to evaluate National Board Certification entries.
Take
®
One!
“Take One!”
One video entry completed and scored
Score can be banked and applied to candidacy
No eligibility requirements
Cost is $395
What is Take One!?
National Board Assessment
Take One!
Four
Portfolio
Exercises
Six
Assessment
Center
Exercises
21
Take One! Key Dates
Order and purchase
December 31, 2011
Submit portfolio entry
April 15, 2012
Access score online
On or before December 31,
2012
22
Applying Score Towards NB Certification
• Example: Participant receives Take One! score in 2012
• 2012-2013 deadline for applying for full certification is
12/31/12
• 2013-2014 deadline is 12/31/13
Why National Board?
Why Should I Apply?
An opportunity to measure your practice against national
standards
An opportunity to analyze and reflect upon your practice
Time to develop your practice and collaborate with like-
minded colleagues
Why Apply? Incentives
Financial reward: $5,000 annual bonus, good for life of
National Board Certificate; increases annually with inflation
(subject to 2009-11 biennial budget); factors into retirement
Additional $5,000 bonus for NBCTs who work in high-needs
schools with 70% (elementary), 60% (middle school), and
50% (high school) or higher free/reduced lunch count; not
subject to inflation, but factors into retirement
Clock Hours requirement waived to renew continuing or
professional certificate
Why Apply? Incentives (cont.)
45 clock hours upon NBPTS verification of all 10 completed
entries, and another 45 upon certification
If certification is achieved, Professional Certification granted
for Residency Certificate holders
Certificate transferable to most states (currently 42 out of 50
states)
Can possibly add new endorsement
http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/teacher/Endorsement.aspx
Why Apply? Leadership
Many opportunities for National Board Certified Teachers:
Facilitation for NB candidate support groups
Building/district curriculum/instructional
leader/coaches
Association leadership (NEA, WEA, local)
Statewide teaching advocacy
Appointments to state and national policy boards and
committees
Why Apply? Research
More than 150 studies have examined National Board
Certification
Over 75% found a significant, measurable, positive impact on
student learning and teacher performance
View the studies on the NBPTS
website at
http://www.nbpts.org/resources/research
National Research Council (NRC) June, 2008
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12224
“Advanced certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is an effective way to identify
highly skilled teachers, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. Students taught by
NBPTS-certified teachers make greater gains on achievement tests than students taught by teachers who are not board-certified,
says the report. “
Teaching Certificates
Residency Certificate: based on initial standards for new
educators
Professional Certificate: based on more advanced
standards and promotes career-long growth goals
National Board Certificate: focused on the highest,
voluntary standards for accomplished teaching by showing
excellence in the classroom and in professional life
ProTeach and NB Certification
Residency Certificate:
Teaching certificates issued after September 2000
Residency holders must complete a ProTeach Portfolio
program within five years of completing provisional status.
By earning National Board certification, residency holders
will be granted the Professional Certificate.
Am I Ready?
Check eligibility:
3 Years of K-12 teaching experience
Access to at least 6 students in the area in which you are
attempting certification
License to teach in the state
Possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution.
Pay fee: $2,500 (plus $65 application fee)
The fee covers the costs of developing the standards and
assessments and assuring a scoring system that is objective, fair,
and unbiased.
Where do I start?
Visit the National Board Website: www.nbpts.org
Click “For Candidates”
Guide to National Board Certification
http://www.nbpts.org/for_candidates/the_portfolio
You can download your certificate area standards document
(70-90 pages), portfolio instructions (250-300 pages), and
scoring guide (80-100 pages)
What Support Options Do I Have?
OSPI: Conditional Loan Program pays for the $2000
candidate fee (minus the initial $565)
WEA: 4-day Jump Start
Universities/Districts: Support groups facilitated by NBCTs
Districts: Many districts offer fee support and other resources
to candidates
NBPTS: online/phone support- 1-800-22-TEACH
University and District Support
UW, WSU, WWU, PLU, CWU, Gonzaga University, City
University, Antioch University and Heritage University have
developed programs to support candidates
Summer orientation activities
Cohort groups with NBCT facilitators
Certificate study days
Over 45 districts and 3 ESDs serve in this role
National Board Timeline
Apply after Jan. 1:
$65 due when you apply, full payment due Dec. 31
“The Box” arrives after you pay at least $500
Candidacy year:
Portfolio: Complete between April 1 and March 31
Assessment Center: Complete before June 15 of candidacy
year
Find out scores before end of December
National Board Process Calendar
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
Washington State Timeline 2010 - 11
• OSPI Conditional Loan Applications:
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First round: Feb. 7th – April 11th (closes at 5pm)
Second round: June 1st – July 1st (closes at 5pm)
Notification:
First round: May 13, 2011
Second round: July 29, 2011
Spring/Summer 2011: University & District Kickoffs, optional WEA
Jump Start Seminar
Summer 2011: Recipients send fee to support provider according to the
provider’s timeline.
Spring 2012: Submit portfolio to NBPTS; Assessment Center activity for
most (though candidates can take the AC any time at many points during the
timeline)
Washington State Conditional Loan Program for
National Board Certification
Competitive state conditional loan process
3 essay questions; letter of support from school
principal/leader
Scored by NBCTs using a common scoring guide
Conditional loans awarded and paid directly to NBPTS
WEA Jump Start 2011
June 21-24, 2011 (Spokane)
August 1-4, 2011 (Edmonds)
OSPI Resources
National Board Coordinator
Regional Coordinators
Michaela Miller, NBCT
email: [email protected]
360-725-6119
web:
Sarah Applegate
email: [email protected]
ESD 114 (OESD) and 189 (NWESD)
Kareen Borders
email: [email protected]
ESD 121 (PSESD)
Christina Carlson
email: [email protected]
ESD 101 (NEWESD) and 171 (NCESD)
Heather Dorsey
email: [email protected]
ESD 112 and 113
Cindy Rockholt
email: [email protected]
ESD 105 and 123
http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/nbpts
Carrie Dubuque
email: [email protected]
360-725-6119
NBPTS and WEA Resources
National Board:
1-800-22TEACH
www.nbpts.org
WEA:
Jim Meadows, Ph.D.
[email protected]
253-765-7102
web: http://www.washingtonea.org
Sheila Beaver
[email protected]
Standard Analysis
In groups of 2 or 3 read the “Knowledge of Students”
standard. It is generally the first standard for each
certificate area.
Identify areas in your own teaching where you meet parts
of the standards.
Start creating a list of “things you do” that meet the
standards.
District and Building Support Possibilities
Communicate
Spread the word
Feature NBPTS activities
Recruit a candidate
Support
Host pre-candidacy workshops
Fund support groups
Offer video services
Pay candidate fees
Offer release days to work on process
Celebrate
Party or celebration event at completion of the process
Host event for new NBCTs