1. Analyzing National Board Standards Workshop #3 CERRA National Board Candidate Support Workshop Toolkit WS3 2010

2. CERRA National Board Toolkit 2 Expectations…. Why I’m here today…? What I’m expecting to learn…?

3. CERRA National Board Toolkit 3 Essential Questions How can I best examine the standards? How do I connect my work to the standards and demonstrate it in the portfolio? What resources do I have available to help me?

4. CERRA National Board Toolkit 4 Activity 1 Five Core Propositions Activity

5. CERRA National Board Toolkit 5 Activity Think of a teacher who had a positive impact upon you. Write one memorable attribute per Post-it ® note. View the posters that have been placed around the room. Place each sticky note on a poster that best describes the attribute.

6. CERRA National Board Toolkit 6 Process Questions What patterns emerge in looking at the posters? In what ways might you categorize responses on each poster? What makes some Core Propositions easier to demonstrate than others?

7. CERRA National Board Toolkit 7 Activity 2 Five Core Propositions Activity

8. CERRA National Board Toolkit 8 Say Something Work in groups of 2 or 3. Plan how far you will read – 1, 2 or 3 paragraphs. After reading, each person “says something” a question a brief summary a key point an interesting idea a new connection Continue until the passage is complete.

9. CERRA National Board Toolkit 9 Making Connections In small groups: Talk about the connections between what you read and what you wrote in describing what you would see, hear and feel in an accomplished teacher’s classroom. As a large group: Talk about each Core Proposition and your “Say Something” comments, questions, and key points.

10. CERRA National Board Toolkit 10 Discussion Core Propositions & National Board Standards

11. CERRA National Board Toolkit 11 What Does Accomplished Teaching Look Like? What Teachers Do What Students Do What Students Learn

12. CERRA National Board Toolkit 12 Five 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.

13. CERRA National Board Toolkit 13 NBPTS ® Standards Understanding Young Children Equity, Fairness & Diversity The Art of Teaching Families & Communities Knowledge of Students Instructional Decision Making Reflective Practice Multiple Paths to Knowledge Assessment Representative NB standards from ENS, ELA, Math & GEN Certificates

14. CERRA National Board Toolkit 14 NBPTS ® Values Accomplished Teaching  Accomplished teaching is defined by the NBPTS Standards, not by NBCTs or by candidate support providers.  Student learning is at the heart of the certification process. Portfolio entries should demonstrate and reflect the candidate’s impact on student learning.

15. CERRA National Board Toolkit 15 Candidates Must Demonstrate Clear Connections Between… Instructional Goals Assessment Student Learning Planned Activities

16. CERRA National Board Toolkit 16 Activity 3 Standards Stoplight

17. CERRA National Board Toolkit 17 What do we mean when we say “Standards”? National Content Standards SC State Content Standards Student Performance Standards Professional Teaching Standards

18. CERRA National Board Toolkit 18 A closer look at the standards We will analyze and reflect on our practice as it relates to the National Board Standards. We will begin to understand which components of the National Board Standards are currently integrated in our practice and identify those that need to be incorporated into our practice.

19. CERRA National Board Toolkit 19 Time to practice… Select and read through a standard. Highlight or mark the standard: Green: behaviors that are currently evident in your practice Yellow: behaviors that you exhibit occasionally, or things you used to do in your practice Pink: behaviors that are not part of your practice Continue this process with the next standard.

20. CERRA National Board Toolkit 20 Process Questions What patterns emerge in the way you marked the standards? What are your hunches about which standards will be the easiest (hardest) for you to demonstrate in videotaped entries? In what ways do the standards overlap one another?

21. CERRA National Board Toolkit 21 Activity 4 Studying the Standards

22. CERRA National Board Toolkit 22 Time to practice Read one of the standards you have already analyzed. Complete the chart. Share with an elbow partner. Work collaboratively to add suggestions for ways the standard could be demonstrated in your classroom.

23. CERRA National Board Toolkit 23 Process questions In how many different ways can components of the standards be demonstrated? In what ways has this exercise helped you align your practice to the expectation established by the standards document?

24. For Demonstration with Activity 3 & 4 Excerpt from: Standard IV Middle Childhood Generalist Respect for Diversity Middle Childhood/Generalist

25. CERRA National Board Toolkit 25 Accomplished teachers nurture the development of sound civic values in their students as they seek to develop them academically and socially. They teach and model concern for the rights of all students, including those with physical and intellectual challenges, Accomplished teachers help students learn to respect and appreciate individual and group differences.

26. CERRA National Board Toolkit 26 those with learning disabilities, and those with abilities to speak a variety of languages or dialects at home. They work toward these ends by helping students understand and use democratic principles of freedom, justice, and equity and by helping them recognize discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes when they occur in their classroom and elsewhere.

27. CERRA National Board Toolkit 27 These teachers design activities and raise questions that require students to think about ethical issues and conflicts from a variety of perspectives. They foster civic and personal responsibility in their students by providing opportunities for joint decision making and rule making and by encouraging students to address actively the social, economic, and environmental issues in their community.

28. CERRA National Board Toolkit 28 Workshop Evaluation Please take a minute to complete the workshop evaluation form. This will help us revise each workshop to meet the needs of National Board candidates.

29. CERRA National Board Toolkit 29 More Information National Board for Professional Teaching Standards ® www.nbpts.org 1-800-22-TEACH CERRA www.cerra.org 1-800-476-2387 School District Liaison: