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National University

• National Board Certification
• Take One! Overview,
• Support Options, and Degree Programs
• Presented by the
• NU School of Education and
• NB Leadership Center

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Todays Agenda

• National Board for Professional Teaching
  Standards
• National Board tools and processes, including
  Take One!
• NU master's degree programs and graduate credit
  courses that integrate the National Board
  Certification tools and processes
• Support for all candidates offered through the
  National University NB Leadership Center (online
  and onsite)

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We Offer Options
1. Preparation for National Board Certification
or Take One! EMBEDDED in a masters degree
program 2. Graduate certificate for 5 NBC courses
3. Continuing education credits (CEUs) for up to
5 NBC courses 4. Online and on site support and
guidance for National Board Certification or Take
One! (no credits)
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About National University

• Second largest, private, nonprofit university in
  California
• Sixteenth largest private, not-for-profit
  university in the US
• WASC regional accreditation NCATE 2014
• Multiple sites headquarters in La Jolla, San
  Diego
• 99 undergraduate and graduate degrees
• Issues more teaching credentials in CA than any
  university, seven years running

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About the NU-NB Leadership Center

• Promote knowledge and use of National Standards
  for teachers and principals through outreach,
  recruitment and support of NB candidates
• Support accessing scholarship and grants
• Initiate and align with educational reforms and
  programs focused on effective teaching and
  teachers that increase student achievement
• Develop partnerships and online collaboration
  (schools, IHEs, associations, organizations)
• Increase NBCTs nationwide

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What Is National Board Certification?

• A voluntary process established by NBPTS
• Achieved through a rigorous, performance-based
  assessment aimed to measure what accomplished
  teachers should know and be able to do while
  demonstrating how their performance improves
  student achievement
• An advanced credential that complements a state
  license
• Three years of teaching experience required for
  candidacy
• Open to all- public, private, charters

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The Research

• Majority of studies indicate that National Board
  Certification makes a significantly positive
  impact on teacher performance and student
  learning, engagement and achievement
• Teachers who pursue certification show
  significant improvement in their teaching
  practice, whether they achieve certification or
  not
• All else being equal, teachers who have achieved
  National Board Certification helped their
  students achieve larger testing gains than did
  colleagues without the certification

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YOUR performance is measured against NBPTS
tools and processes

• NBPTS Core Propositions
• NBCT certificate standards in (disciplinary
  fields)
• Architecture of Accomplished Teaching
• Portfolio Entries
• Evidence of Impact on Students
• Documentation
• Assessment Center Exercises

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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

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National Board Certificates

• Based on NATIONAL Standards
• 16 subject areas (content areas)
• Developmental ranges/ages
• 25 Certificates

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National Board Certificate Areas

• 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

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National Board Certificate Areas

• Exceptional Needs Specialist
• Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
• Generalist
• Early Childhood
• Middle Childhood
• Health
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
• Library Media
• Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
• Literacy Reading Language Arts
• Early and Middle Childhood

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National Board Certificate Areas

• Mathematics
• Early Adolescence
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood
• Music
• Early and Middle Childhood
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
• Physical Education
• Early and Middle Childhood
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

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National Board Certificate Areas

• School Counseling
• Early Childhood through Young Adulthood 
• Science
• Early Adolescence
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood
• Social Studies History
• Early Adolescence
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood
• World Languages Other than English
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

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Developmental Levels

• Early Childhood  (Ages 3-8)
• Middle Childhood  (Ages 7-12)
• Early Middle Childhood  (Ages 3-12)
• Early Childhood through Young Adulthood  (Ages
  3-18)
• Early Adolescence  (Ages 11-15)
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood  (Ages 14-18)
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (Ages
  11-18)

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The Portfolio

• 4 entries (exercises)
• Direct evidence of teaching performance and of
  your work beyond the classroom is documented
• Each entry is 12-15 pages, double spaced in
  length
• Due May 31st each year

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Portfolio Requirements

• Entry 1 Sequence of lessons that reflect topic
  of study emphasis on how you ASSESS student
  learning (follow 2 students)

AYA ScienceIn this entry, you choose three
instructional activities, related instructional
materials, two student responses to each
activity, and a culminating assessment, and you
submit a Written Commentary. Your submission
should demonstrate your strategies for linking
instructional activities together to engage
students in building conceptual understanding of
one major idea in science.
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Portfolio Requirements

• Entry 2 Video ENGAGEMENT in learning
• (YOU with whole group)
• AYA Science In this entry, you submit a
  20-minute video
• recording of your interactions with students
  engaged in
• different stages of the inquiry process during a
  scientific
• investigation. You also provide a Written
  Commentary that
• analyzes your teaching throughout this process of
  
• scientific inquiry.

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Portfolio Requirements

• Entry 3 Video ENGAGEMENT in learning (student to
  studentsmall group)
• In this entry, you submit a 20-minute video
  recording of
• your interactions with students as they actively
  gain an
• ability to understand and use scientific concepts
  and
• problem-solving skills. You also provide a
  Written
• Commentary that analyzes your teaching through
• whole class discussion.

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Portfolio Requirements

• Entry 4 PROFESSIONAL contributionswith
  families/communities, as a learner, and as a
  leader/collaborator
• You must demonstrate how your work in each of
  three categories impacts student learning
• 1. As partner with students families and
  community (current year)
• 2. As learner (within the last five years)
• 3. As collaborator and/or leader (within the last
  five years)

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Assessment Center

• Six exercises-subject matter
• 30 minutes to respond to each exercise
• Administered at computer centers
• Prepare for assessment center after the portfolio
  is completed
• Complete by June each year

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Scoring

• Ten weighted scores
• 4 portfolio entries
• 6 assessment center prompts
• Rubrics
• Scored by peers
• 275 points needed to reach certification
• You may bank scores for two years and retake
  entries for a fee

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TAKE ONE! Slice of NB Process
Designed and authored by Rae Adams, 2010
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TAKE ONE! Requirements

• Complete one of the pre-selected video-based
  entries for your certificate area
• No three-year experience requirement!
• Very manageable to complete ONE exercise over a
  3-7 month timeline
• Entry score can be banked for full certification

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BUILD a BRIDGE!

• Meet your career goals--add DISTINCTION to your
  profile--marketability
• Attain licensure, credential, graduate degree and
  certificate programs
• Embark on continuous performance improvement
• Develop direct evidence of impact on student
  achievement
• Ensure a bright future of educated and productive
  citizens

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California Clear Credential Opportunity

• (SB) 941 was signed by Governor Brown toward the
  end of last year and is in effect as of January
  of this year
• Holders of Single Subject Credentials, or
  equivalent previously issued general education
  teaching credentials may add another content
  subject area to their credential based on
  National Board Certification (NBC) in the new
  subject area
• Holders of Single Subject Credentials, or
  equivalent previously issued general education
  teaching credentials, may earn a Multiple Subject
  Credential based on NBC in Early Childhood (ages
  3-8)/Generalist or Middle Childhood (ages
  7-12)/Generalist
• Holders of Multiple Subject Credentials, or
  equivalent previously issued general education
  teaching credentials, may earn a Single Subject
  Credential based on NBC in a single subject
  content area
• Check with your state department of education for
  credentialing options through NB certification

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Funding for Full Candidates

• States may various grant programs in place
  towards NB Certification fee of 2565 (inquire
  with YOUR state)
• Districts may provide subsidies or grants for
  teachers (inquire)
• Additional grants and subsidies may be available
  to you through various organizations
• NBPTS has extended payment options
• Visit the NBPTS website for information on
  funding resources

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AMGEN Scholarships

• AMGEN has a limited number of 750 scholarships
  for California science teachers
• You must be an Early Adolescence or Adolescence
  through Young Adulthood Science candidate to
  qualify
• Act now! Available on a limited basis!

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Accessing AMGEN Scholarships

• Go to NBPTS website
• Select Candidate CentergtEligibility and
  Application
• Follow instructions to create a profile and
  submit your initial application and 65
  application fee
• This will trigger your ability to receive the
  scholarship
• Contact NBPTS directly with questions

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Good News!

• Support and parallel experiences are offered to
  you through National Universitys
• NB Leadership Center

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Heres How We MARRY NU-NB

• Face-to-face and online candidate support
• Graduate credit opportunities

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Support Options

• Online and face-to-face NB candidate orientation,
  professional development and support by NBCT
  coaches
• 24/7 access to our virtual support environment
• Ongoing webinars, videos, blog posts other
  resources

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Masters Degree Options

• Master of Arts in Teaching with NBC Teacher
  Leadership Specialization (all states)
• Master of Science in Instructional Leadership-NBC
  Leadership (CA)
• All NBC courses contribute content for the
  portfolio which serves as thesis
• Take 1-5 NBC courses for continuing education
  units
• NB TAKE ONE! course equivalent, NBC682.

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About the Courses

• Ten courses, one month each
• 4.5 quarter units each (3 semester units)
• Online delivery24/7 access
• Financial aid available (FAFSA)
• First course 695 (NB1201X)
• Nine courses _at_ 1728 per course (current tuition)
• With 15 students, a 15 reduction is applied on
  current tuition

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About our NB Cohorts

• NBCT adjunct faculty
• Schedules are pre-determined to align with pacing
  and submission timelines for NB portfolio work
• Access to additional online support
• Job embedded action research

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What Are the Advantages?

• Convenient--fit your coursework around your
  schedule thanks to online format
• Meaningful and relevant--coursework is all about
  YOUR teaching and YOUR classroom
• Sophisticated and engaging coursework--interactive
  , multimedia presentation of content
• Accelerated--finish your degree in approximately
  one year

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NBC Courses ( 5 )

• NBC 1201x Measuring and Informing Quality
• Instruction, Teaching and
  Leadership (overview)
• NBC 681 Teaching, Learning, Membership in
• Learning Communities (Entry
  4)
• NBC 682 Evidence of Student Learning, A
• (Entry 2 or 3)
• NBC 683 Evidence of Student Learning, B
• (Entry 1)
• NBC 639 Accomplished Teacher-Leadership
• Portfolio Capstone Project
  (thesis)

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Master of Arts in Teaching CORE Courses (MAT)

• EDT 612 Curriculum and Design Using
• Technology
• MAT 641 Cultural Democracy/Social Pluralism
• MAT 642 Program Design and Curriculum
• Theory
• MAT 643 Models of Teaching Applications and
  
• Practice
• MAT 644 Foundations and Principles of
• Curriculum

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Master of Science in Instructional Leadership
CORE Courses (MSIL)

• EDA 614 Educational Leadership Today
• EDA 618 School Law and Ethics
• EDA 624 Supervision of Instruction
• EDA 619 Technology and Data Analysis
• EDA 626 Human Resources and Diversity

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After earning the MS Degree, you may want to earn
the Tier I CA administrative license.

• TWO additional required courses
• EDA 651 Ethics and Philosophy in Leadership.
• EDA 620B Credential Field Experience.

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Proposed MAT Sample Schedule
October 2013 START October 2014 GRADUATE
October NBC 1201x June MAT 641
November NBC 681 July MAT 642
December-January NBC 682 August MAT 643
February-March NBC 683 September MAT 644
April-May NBC 639 October EDT 612
DONE!!!

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Proposed MSIL Sample Schedule
October 2013 START October 2014 GRADUATE
October NBC 1201x June EDA 614
November NBC 681 July EDA 618
December-January NBC 682 August EDA 624
February-March NBC 683 September EDA 619
April-May NBC 639 October EDA 626
DONE!!!

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• Join this cohort that is being developed
  exclusively for teachers working with military
  connected students! Class discussions will
  allow opportunity to talk to other teachers from
  across the nation about how to best support the
  unique challenges faced by military-connected
  students.

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• Military-connected yourself? Spouse, dependent,
  retired, Civilian working on base? National
  University offers special military rates and
  support just for you! Special military advisors
  to assist YOU with any challenges you face as a
  military-connected student yourself!

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About the Degree Timelines

• Complete Applicant Verification form and submit
  the NU graduate application-60 fee
• An NU admissions advisor will enroll you
• Prepare your financial aid application and access
  transcripts-DONT send FAFSA forward until you
  have courses schedules and your are fully
  enrolled.
• After enrollment is completed and all courses are
  scheduled, send your FAFSA forward
• Start classes(with no payment) while your aid is
  being processed.
• Prepare to access your first course!

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CLEAR Communication Summary

• National University employs National Board
  Certified Teachers to teach courses that require
  knowledge of the NB standards, evidence based
  inquiry process, and assessment of teaching and
  learning performances
• The ten, one-month courses in the degree program
  are carefully scheduled to parallel National
  Board timelines and requirements which benefits
  students who choose to be active NB candidates as
  they produce the portfolio during program of
  study

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CLEAR Communication Summary(contd)

• National University is separate from the National
  Board for Professional Teaching Standards, but
  clearly associated with the standards, tools,
  resources and assessments
• National University does NOT certify students as
  NBCTs
• National University will assist and support
  active NB candidates who want to submit a
  portfolio or TAKE ONE to the NBPTS for scoring

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Are you are ready?

• Go to www.nbctwave.org
• Go to the Graduate Programs tab
• Select Join a Cohort
• Follow the four steps for enrollment outlined on
  this page
• OCTOBER cohort application deadline is September
  24!

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WORK SMART--INCREASE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS!

• It is our passion to serve you on your
  accomplished teaching, learning and leadership
  journey!

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LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN!