Renewing your National Board Certification

 What made you choose National Board Certification the first time?  How has your professional journey continued since achieving your certification?  Renewal is a way for you to continue to validate, reflect upon, and celebrate your ongoing journey of excellence in education.

 heard the requirements of the Profile of Professional Growth (PPG)  analyzed the connection of the PPG to the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching  Compared and contrasted Renewal to National Board Certification

 It is “renewal”, not “recertification”. ◦ “Re certification” implies that one would do certification again ◦ You are not doing the same process over again to renew your National Board Certification ◦ You will complete a different process while still demonstrating how your work exemplifies your Certificate Area Standards and aligns with the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching ◦ You are “renewing” the evidence of your accomplished teaching as defined by NBPTS.

 This process is called the Profile of Professional Growth

 There are NO ASSESSMENT CENTER EXERCISES!

 Renewal documents professional growth  Submit evidence linking professional growth to student learning  Available for all NBCTs ◦ Classroom and non-classroom teachers ◦ Administrators* ◦ Retirees* *must have valid teaching license

 NBCTs must renew in their original certificate area  Renewal available in year 8 and/or 9  Renewal lasts for 10 years (from the expiration of the original NB Certificate)  If NB Certificate expires teacher must complete entire NB process to regain NBCT status

Broad range of content and professional knowledge and expertise. Wide spectrum of activities and tasks, often in a collegial approach… …that contributes significantly to the quality of education and to student learning. Ongoing commitment or contribution to the profession multifaceted

Component 2 Component 3 Reflection Component 1

 4 Professional Growth Experiences (PGEs)  Each PGE consists of 3 pages Written Commentary ( or 12 pages maximum)  2 pages maximum of samples of products for each PGE PGE #2 PGE #3 PGE #4 PGE#1

PGE 1 PGE 3 PGE 2 PGE 4 New learning Has influence within or beyond the classroom Has a direct or indirect impact on student learning Ongoing and evolving Multifaceted Varied

For each PGE:  Describe the context  Describe the PGE  Identify the need and how the PGE addresses the need  (do this 4 times) Addressed anywhere in commentary:  Content/pedagogical knowledge that was acquired/deepened?  Acquisition/use of technology  Interaction with colleagues, prof. groups, parents/comm. and how enhanced prof. growth

 Highlight one of the PGEs from Component 1.  Four page written commentary  Ten minute video

 Students in video must be from NBCTs original certificate area  Video can be recorded in eighth or ninth year of certification  Video may be segmented  Video should be date stamped

 Age ranges of the students  The PGE to which this component is connected  The goals of the lesson & the connection to the overall learning  Importance of the instruction for students  Equity of access and promotion of diversity  Impact on student learning  Connection to certificate specific content knowledge

 Highlight a different PGE from Component 1  Four page written commentary  Six minute video OR eight pages of learner work

 Goals of the featured lesson  Connection to the broader context of instruction  Importance of instruction for learners at this time  Connection to PGE  Fit with the evolution of the PGE  Specific evidence of learning from video/learner work  4 pages

 Learner’s Work  Hard copy ◦ Teacher plans, responses ◦ Printouts of computer work of students or professional colleagues ◦ Scripting of classroom observations/post- conference notes  Learner-produced video  Video ◦ May be segmented ◦ 6 minutes maximum ◦ No editing  You teaching preK- 12 students  You teaching or interacting with your colleagues

 3 pages maximum  Directly impacted student learning  Changes, additions, next steps that would enhance professional growth  Patterns or themes that have emerged that define you as an educator

 All components and reflection are evaluated as one entity  Evidence comes from all components and evaluated against the scoring criteria  Decision is either “renewed” or “not renewed”  Non-renewed eighth year candidate receive feedback based on scoring criteria  PPGs are evaluated by two NBCTs in the same content and developmental level

 PPG – ◦ Profile of Professional Growth  PGE – ◦ Professional Growth Experiences  AAT – ◦ Architecture of Accomplished Teaching  SOP – ◦ Samples of Products

 3 things that are different with renewal and the original certification process  2 things that are the same between the two  1 thing you look forward to during your renewal process