National Board Teacher Certification

“An intense and reflective

journey toward becoming a

more effective teacher.”

---Donna Canan

Fall/Winter  2010 Consider  if  NBCT  is  right  for  you

Winter    2011 -­‐Discuss  NBCT  with  colleagues  and  Mike  Gavin  if  process  is  right  for  you-­‐Complete  NBCT  Application

Spring  2011 -­‐Meet  NBCT  Cohorts,  understand  process,  get  organized,  attend  an  NBCT  overview  training  with  Sherri  Kulpa  and  begin  collection  of  evidence

Summer  2011 -­‐Continue  working  on  portfolio  entries  including  “Your  Contributions  to  Teaching  Profession”

Fall  2011-­‐Winter  2012 -­‐Collect  evidence,  craft  reflections  and  tighten  portfolio  entries-­‐Prepare  and  begin  taking  content  knowledge  assessments  (Tests  can  be  taken  starting  1/2/2012)

Spring  2012 3/31/2012-­‐Portfolios  Due-­‐Take  content  knowledge  assessments

Summer  2012 -­‐Take  any  remaining  content  knowledge  assessments

Fall  2012/Winter  2013 -­‐Receive  Certification  &  Notify  HR  for  tuition  reimbursement/stipend  award  OR  Begin  revision  process  if  Certification  not  obtained

The NBCT Timeline:

Jessica Maltzman“The process has been both rewarding and challenging. It

forces you outside of your comfort zone.”

Kerry Arens“Set deadlines for yourself so that you don’t end up doing all of your work in the final hours.”

Serving Sizes

Katie Meyers---”...the process has already changed my teaching. I am rethinking many of my lessons based on the wonderful ideas I have discovered in the National Board materials...”

National Board Certification is a rigorous and advanced teaching credential. It is achieved upon successful completion of a voluntary assessment program designed to recognize effective and accomplished teachers who meet high standards based on what teachers should know and be able to do. The process takes approximately four hundred hours of outside class work completed over an eighteen month period of time.

As part of the certification process, candidates complete 10 assessments that are reviewed by NBC teachers in your content area. The assessments include four portfolio entries that feature teaching practice and six constructed response exercises that assess content knowledge.

Certification is valid for 10 years, and renewal candidates must begin the renewal process during their eighth or ninth years as NBCTs.

Where can I learn more?• http://www.nbpts.org• Mike Gavin, NBCT admin liaison• 10 KHS Teachers currently

working toward NBCT Certification

• Olivia Rea, Karen Sabourin and Sherri Kulpa are NBCT Certified

What does NBCT Cost?• NBCT Costs $2500.00• State/Federal Grants can offset 1/2

the cost• NBCT Costs are eligible for KSD

tuition reimbursement

How Does KSD support the NBCT Process?• KSD provides 1 substitute day per

year for participation in NBCT.• NBCT Costs are eligible for KSD

tuition reimbursement• $3000.00 annual stipend upon

receipt of NBCT Certificate to HR.

What is National Board Certification?

NBPTS Standards and National Board Certification give teachers and schools the tools to define and measure teaching excellence. NBPTS Standards are based on the Five Core Propositions that form the foundation for what all accomplished teachers should know and be able to do and provide a reference that helps educators link teaching standards to teaching practice.

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.

Amy Barker......”NBC pushes you to do all those things you have wanted to do as a teacher but somehow have not found the time for...”