National Board Certification

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National Board Certification
2004-2005 Cycle
Carole Einhorn, NBCT CCSD 15 847-963-3115 einhornc
_at_ccsd15.k12.il.us Updated February 2004
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Mission of the National Board For Professional
Teaching Standards

• The National Boards mission is to advance the
  quality of teaching and learning by
• maintaining high and rigorous standards for what
• accomplished teachers should know and be able
  to do.
• providing a national voluntary system certifying
• teachers who meet these standards, and
• advocating related education reforms to integrate
  
• National Board Certification in American
  education
• and to capitalize on the expertise of
  National Board
• Certified Teachers.

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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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3 Tiered Licensing System in Illinois

• Initial License
• Standard License
• Illinois Master Teaching Certificate
• Can only be attained by successfully
• completing the National Board
• Certification Process

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National Board Certification in Illinois
These candidates will find out their results
in November 2004.
NBRC at ISU figures. Number of
participants may not be exact because some
candidates do not inform the state. (first-time
candidates only)
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NBPTS is More Than Recognition

• Teachers demonstrate that they meet high and
  rigorous teaching standards.
• Our profession benefits from every achievement.
• Developing a Common language of accomplished
• teaching
• Identifying accomplished teachers
• The five core propositions become embedded in
• Teacher preparation programs
• Continuing professional development for
  teachers
• Teachers daily reflective thinking

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Benefits of Becoming an NBCT...

• In Illinois
• Illinois Master Teaching Certificate
• 3,000.00 annual stipend from ISBE
• Opportunities to earn up to 4000.00 a year
• as a mentor
• Through NBPTS and ACE (American Council on
  Education)
• 6 hours of graduate credit through ACE

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Benefits of Just Completing the NBPTS Process...

• Fulfills continuing professional development
• requirements for certificate renewal for
  five years.
• May earn 3 hours of graduate credit from ACE and
  NBPTS.

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The National Board

• 63 member board
• Began in 1987--First NBCTs announced in 1995
• Non-partisan, independent and nonprofit
• Teachers play a major role in...
• Informing policies of NBPTS
• Developing standards
• Piloting test portfolio entries
• Scoring candidates portfolio exercises

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National Board CertificationCandidate
Qualifications

• Hold a baccalaureate degree
• Hold a valid state teaching license
• Have taught in a classroom for three years
• Currently have a classroom assignment
• Administrators, staff development specialists, or
  other potential candidates not assigned to the
  classroom can borrow a classroom to complete
  their portfolio.

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Enhanced Architecture of Accomplished Teaching

• START HERE
• ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS
• Who are they?
• Where are they now?
• What do they need and
• when do they need it?
• Where should I begin?

Set new high and worthwhile goals that are
appropriate for these students at this time.
Reflect on student learning, the effectiveness of
instructional design, particular concerns and
issues.
Provide timely, meaningful feedback to students
about their level of accomplishment of the
targeted goals.
Set high, worthwhile goals appropriate for these
students, at this time, in this setting
Evaluate student learning in light of the goals
and the instruction.
Implement instruction designed to attain these
goals.
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National Board Assessment Process

• Performance-based assessments which measure
  teaching practice against high and rigorous
  standards
• Requires self-reflection and analysis of ones
  practice
• Assessments Two Major Parts
• 1. The school-site portfolio
• Teachers must show evidence of meeting NBPTS
  standards through their
• classroom and professional work.
  Portfolio submissions include student work
• samples, videotapes of
  classroom interaction, and written commentaries
  that
• reflect their actions and
  provide a window into the thinking behind their
  practice.
• 2. The assessment center
• Focus on content knowledge, as well as
  age-appropriate and content-appropriate
• strategies, teachers use to teach the subject
  matter. Teachers demonstrate their
• knowledge and strategies with written responses
  to prompts or stimulus
• materials. Evidence must show
  how teachers are meeting NBPTS standards.

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National Board Assessment Process

• Portfolio (Four entries)
• Three classroom-based entries
• Two videotapes documenting the candidates
  teaching
• practice
• Student work samples
• One entry combining family and community
  outreach,
• professional leadership/collaboration, and
  professional
• learning activities.
• Assessment Center (Tutorial Available Online)
• Six 30-minute online exercises.
• Prompted questions
• Focus on content-area knowledge
• Held at regional sites

See NBPTS web site for locations and times.
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Written Commentaries for Portfolio Entries

• The candidate writes
• Descriptions
• Analyses
• Reflections

• The candidate includes
• Artifacts
• Documentation and Verification
• Student work or videotapes

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2004-2005 Schedule...
Candidates have 12 months to complete the NBPTS
process. March 31, 2004-March 31, 2005
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Certificates Available for 2004-2005
The following 32 certificates are currently
available

• Early Adolescence (Ages 11-15)
• Generalist
• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies-History
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood (Ages 14-18)
• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies-History
• Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood (Ages
  11-18)
• Art
• Career and Technical Education
• English as a New Language
• Health Education
• Music
• Physical Education
• World Languages Other than English

• Early Childhood (Ages 3-8)
• Generalist
• Middle Childhood (Ages 7-12)
• Generalist
• Early and Middle Childhood (Ages 3-12)
• Art
• English as a New Language
• Literacy Reading-Language Arts
• Music
• Physical Education
• World Languages Other than English
• Early Adolescence (Ages 11-15)
• Generalist
• English Language Arts
• Mathematics

.NBPTS has identified this as a low-demand
certificate and will not offer it this year.
Future availability of these certificates will be
dictated by candidate demand.
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Scoring

• Four-point rubric
• Scorers are all recognized practicing teachers in
  the certificate-area
• Scoring takes place in the summer
• Bias, validity and reliability checks in place
  (has higher reliability rates than AP exam)

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Illinois Scholarship ProcessMarch-October 2004

• Visit the NBPTS web site (www.nbpts.org) and
  apply after January 1, 2004.
• You will be responsible for the first 300.00 of
  the fee.
• Follow the directions on the ISBE web site
  (www.isbe.net ) to apply online for the Illinois
  scholarship for the remaining 2000.00
  application fee after March 1, 2004.
• Complete the NBPTS application and the ISBE
  application.
• Wait for notification from ISBE that you have
  received the scholarship.
• Monitor your application process at the NBRIC web
  site
• https//nbric.harcourt.com/nbpts/

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How Do I Get Started?

• Visit the NBPTS Candidate Resource Center
• web site for your certificate area and
• Find the overview of your certificate area
• Read the NBPTS Standards
• Read the portfolio instructions
• Locate National Board Certified Teachers in
  your
• region.
• Contact NBCTs with further questions.

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Support for Illinois Candidates...

• Application Fees
• Financial Incentives
• Illinois NBPTS Comprehensive Support System
• NBPTS Awareness Sessions
• Candidate Cohort Groups
• Candidate Resources through the National
• Board Resource Center at ISU
• (http//coe.ilstu.edu/ilnbpts)
• University Credit
• School District Preparation Programs

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• For more information contact
• The National Board for Professional Teaching
  Standards
• www.nbpts.org
• or
• 1-800-22-TEACH
• Area One-North of the Illinois NBPTS
  Comprehensive Support System
• Carole Einhorn, NBCT--Regional Coordinator Area
  One-North
• 847-963-3115 - Office
• einhornc_at_ccsd15.k12.il.us
• National Board Resource Center at Illinois
  State University
• Stephanie Epp, NBCT Co-Director
• Lynn Gaddis, NBCT Co-Director
• 309-454-4980 - Office
• ilnbpts_at_ilstu.edu