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

* Recognition * Evaluation * Improved * Recognition of accomplished teaching * Evaluation by peers of teaching practices * Improved performance and achievement for students What is National Board Certification? Best PD EVER!

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.

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 teaching, written description, analysis, and reflection

Eligibility Criteria Possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university Complete three years of successful teaching / counseling / working as a media specialist Hold a valid teaching license

National Board Certification Areas 25 Areas of Certification Area suitable for almost every teacher certificate-areas

Changes for New Certification Process will be phased in over three years beginning Candidates beginning the process in will not complete the process and receive Certification until Certification Process will have 4 components.

New Certification Process Component 1: Content Knowledge Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction Component 3: Teaching Practice and Learning Environment Component 4: Effective and Reflective Practitioner

Timeline : Components 1 & : Component : Component 4 November or December 2017: Receive notice of whether or not certification is achieved

Exceptions CTE: Components 1 & 2 will not be available until due to standards revision. Music : Component 1 will not be available until World Languages: Component 1 will not be available until

Component 1: Content Knowledge Computer-based testing environment Full range of certification area Content knowledge and pedagogical practices Field tests in 2014 and 2015

Component 1: Content Knowledge Constructed Response 3 exercises 30 minutes each Selected Response 45 items (SRIs) 60 minutes to complete this section

Component 1: Content Knowledge Read the Component 1 At-a-Glance for your certification area at Detailed information will be released by National Board in fall 2014

Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction Classroom-based portfolio entry Samples of student work demonstrating student growth over time Written commentary analyzing your instructional choices No field tests

Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction Read the Component 2 At-a-Glance for your certification area at Detailed instructions will be released by National Board in fall 2014

Component 3: Teaching Practice & Learning Environment Currently under development Classroom-based portfolio entry Field tests in late spring 2015

Component 3: Teaching Practice & Learning Environment Video recording of interactions between you & your students Written commentary describing, analyzing, and reflecting on your teaching and interactions with students Focus on student engagement and impact on student learning

Component 4: Effective and Reflective Practitioner Currently under development Portfolio entry Requires evidence of your impact as an educator on students, peers, and community Field tests in late spring 2016

In Order for NC to Loan You the Money … You must be paid from state funds. Complete 3 years of teaching in NC Public Schools Hold a clear, continuing NC teaching license For more information, visit: plication/eligibility.pdf plication/eligibility.pdf

Must Do’s When applying on NB website, check "yes" to providing information to third-parties so NB can notify North Carolina & CMS of candidacy. (Necessary for loan application, salary increase, and renewal credit processing.) Candidates also need to indicate Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as school district to facilitate processing of salary increase and renewal credit.

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 certify or not – CEUs are applied to transcript in the year you receive your final scores for all components) Salary Differential: 12% of your base pay

CMS Support Program Small-group meetings facilitated by National Board Certified Teachers Professional Readers Instructional Institutes (held during school hours in Winter and Spring)

Retake Format Retake Format First-year candidates in or may retake entries using the same instructions under which they began the process.

Are You Really Ready for National Board Certification? Can I / Will I … 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?

If You’re Ready, Your Next Steps… Visit the National Board website for candidate information Read the 2014 Guide to NB Certification Study the 5 Core Propositions Study the NBPTS Standards for your certification area

If You’re Ready, Your Next Steps… Review the NB section on the DPI website Download the materials for your certification area this fall and review Apply online by December 31 st Pay the $75.00 Annual Processing Fee

If You’re Ready, Your Next Steps… Review the instructions for the old student work entry. This will be the basis for Component 2. Review the old Assessment Center exercises. These will be the basis for the constructed response portion of Component 1. The link to this information is on our wiki.our wiki

If You’re Ready, Your Next Steps… Read the Component 1 and 2 At-a-Glance documents at for your certification areahttp:// Register for a study group (including the Candidate Kickoff on October 11) in My Talent (Professional Learning tab)

If You Change Your Mind Once You Get Started … See the 2014 Guide to National Board Certification for the withdrawal process Also notify North Carolina and CMS

More Information Retake process will be available National Board will release more information in fall 2014 Visit our wiki for more information!

Field Tests Participate in field tests to “test drive” the revised National Board Certification process. No cost No risk Will not receive scores

For More Information CMS National Board Wiki nal+Board+Information nal+Board+Information National Board TEACH NC DPI National Board Office ication/ CMS National Board Office

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