Getting StartedNational Board Candidate Support

Please sit together by NB Certificate Area

WS2

2010

Introductions

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Welcome!

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Expectations….

• Why I’m here today…?

• What I’m expecting to learn…?

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Essential Questions• How do I organize my time to complete the

portfolio?• What management strategies can I use to

help me in the NB process?• What resources do I have available to help

me?

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Let’s take a Poll!

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Cell Phone Poll

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Activity 1

Mark Your Calendars

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What To Do First?• Find “First Time Candidates” page in the “Part

1: General Portfolio Instructions” portion of the NB Portfolio instructions.

• Flag this page with a Post-it® note.• Read the page.• Turn to an elbow partner and “say something”:

• What stands out for you?• Rephrase an important point.• Ask a question.

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Resources: Organizing and Time Management

• Find the “Locating and Using Important Resources” section in the “Phase 1: Prepare” portion of the Part 1: General Portfolio instructions.

• Look through the section. • Flag items you may want to revisit with a Post-it® note.

• What stands out in your mind in terms of organization and resources, from the information you have read?

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Mark Your Calendars• Find the “Managing Your Time” section in the

“Phase 2: Develop” portion of the Part 1: General Portfolio instructions.

• Use the Mark Your Calendar Worksheet to help you mark important dates on your calendar.

• What other dates or considerations may you want to be mindful of in planning your time?

• What are you going to do first?

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• This calendar, found in the “Managing Your Time” section of your General Portfolio instructions suggests chunks of time spent on each process: collecting evidence, selecting evidence and so on.

• Some candidates prefer to “juggle” their entries – working on one almost through completion before beginning the next.

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• The portfolio process can be spread across the time you have available to devote to it.

• The pattern of work remains the same.

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• Customize your own calendar based on your time constraints and your work style.

• Select the system that works for you!

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Think About It….

• In what different ways might you make time for NB Portfolio work in a schedule that is already jam-packed?

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Activity 2

National Board Language

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Talk About It…

• What words or phraseology have you discovered in reading the portfolio that weren’t clear to you at first glance?

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Portfolio Related Terms• Locate the “Learning Portfolio Related Terms”

in the Phase 1: Prepare section of your General Portfolio instructions.

• Read through the terms.• Mark information you feel is important to

remember.• Talk at your table:

• New Learning?• Concerns?• Questions?

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Discussion

Managing the Work

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Portfolio Tips• Create a folder or notebook for each entry:

• Electronic: Label a folder for each entry and keep that folder within a folder for NB

• Hard Copy: Organize your printed material, student work, pictures, notes, etc. in folders or file boxes

• Save your work often – keep duplicate files on data storage devices (CDs or jump drives, etc.)

• Collect student/adult release forms early – take advantage of parent conferences to get them signed.

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Portfolio Tips• Practice videotaping.• Videotape – analyze the tape – reflect and

learn – videotape some more!• Consistently use the Communication Log or

some other record-keeping document from the beginning of school.

• Keep copies of student work samples from more students than you actually plan to use so you have choices.

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Assessment Center Tips• Create 6 folders, notebooks or file boxes - one

for each Assessment Center Descriptor• Collect resources: books, articles, contacts, etc.• Create a K-N-R chart for each prompt

• K: What I know about the subject• N: What I need and/or what I need to learn• R: What resources might help me

• Keep the chart handy – revisit it and revise it often

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Who Can You Call On?• What NBCTs might be able to help in your

school or district?• What “experts” might you consider as

resources?• What support might you need from the District

Liaison?• What time and place can you find to meet as a

group?

Cell Phone Poll, Revisited

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More InformationNational Board for Professional Teaching Standards®

www.nbpts.org1-800-22-TEACH

CERRA www.cerra.org1-800-476-2387

District Liaison: Gretchen Almeida

galmeida@horrycountyschools.net488-6746

Facilitators See Contact Sheet