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4:00-4:30 Reunion
4:30-4:40 Recalling the Journey
4:40-4:55 Reconnect and Respond
4:55-5:05 Releasing the Scores
5:05-5:20 Report Reading 101
5:20-5:40 Reflecting
5:40-6:00 Regrouping
Recalling the Journey
Oh,
The Places You’ll Go!
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to great places!
You’re off and away!
The BOX has arrived.
Been unpacked, organized and carefully scrutinized.
The safest place in the house is where it will reside, Until March 31 when it must to NBPTS ride.
You have brains in your
head. You have shoes on
your feet.
You can charm any person
You meet on the street.
You design lessons.
Look ‘em over with care.
About some you
will say, “I don’t want
to go there.”
With your head full of
brains, your shoes full of
feet, your students in
tow, you’re too smart
to choose any not-so-good
lesson you know.
And you may not find a
lesson you’ll want to teach.
In that case you’ll keep
searching for the
perfect piece.
Your search may take you
“out of the box”
to an unexplored “site”
where plans you can plot.
Where treasures await
someone as brainy as you.
If you don’t find the
treasure on day one,
remember there is always
day two,
day three,
and on and on. . .
If the treasure is elusive.
Just keep on looking.
You might just find it by
searching in Google.
Found it
Then you’ll be on your way.
You’ll design a lesson that
will teach EACH student
standard one,
standard two,
standard three,
standard four and more. . .
You won’t lag behind,
because you’ll have the
speed. You’ll pass the
whole gang and you’ll soon
take the lead.
I’m rolling!
Wherever you fly, you’ll be
be best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will
top all the rest.
Except when you don’t.
Because sometimes, you
won’t.
I’m sorry to say so
but, sadly, it’s true
that bang-ups
and hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
on a video or more.
And while your cohort
moves on, you’ll be left
behind in entry four. Wait for me
And the chances are, then,
that you’ll be in a slump.
And when you’re in a
slump, you’re not in for
much fun. Un-slumping
yourself is not easily
done.
You can get so confused
that you might think
“I can’t do it”.
And you’ll visit a place that
is totally useless!
The
Waiting
Place
Waiting for time to stop. Waiting for forms to be signed. Waiting for inspiration to strike. Waiting for winter break.
Waiting while time passes. Waiting and procrastinating in the “Waiting Place.”
Waiting for the cohort meeting, or waiting for Sunday night, or waiting for election day, or the perfect lesson plan, or another chance to film again. Everyone is just waiting in the
The Waiting Place
NO! That’s not for you!
Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying. You’ll find the bright places where inspiration is waiting.
Remember where help can be found and support always abounds in the portfolio directions and the Frequently Asked Questions.
The listserv and 1-800-22TEACH are always within easy reach and don’t forget...
Your two “critical” Your two “critical”
friends and friends and
colleagues. colleagues.
Family is last but Family is last but
certainly NOT certainly NOT
LEAST!LEAST!
No more waiting! Oh, the places you’ll go. There are decisions to make. There are lessons to design, classes to be taped and forms to be signed.
Not to mention the student work samples to
Select, Describe, Analyze.
Then...
Reflect on your craft and you will soar, you bet!
There are points to be counted. There is a certificate to be earned.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
275 points guaranteed.
You’ll be NB certified
and nationally bona fide.
And the magical things you can do. The certificate will make you and your students the winning-est winners of all.
Students will learn from you how to read, write, think and calculate.
Oh,
The Places You’ll Go!
"If we teach as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow."--John Dewey.
"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.”-- John Cotton Dana
Complete the Reconnect and Respond activity.
Between now and the time the scores are released, download the NBPTS Scoring Guide. You will be better prepared to understand your scores.
• Before you look at your scores, read the letter you wrote to yourself when you completed the process.
• Reflect on those thoughts and the reconnect and respond exercise you completed this evening.
NBPTS will send an email to all candidates a day or two before the scores are released.
•In 2006 the scores were posted on December 13.
•In 2007 the scores were posted on November 9.
•In 2008 the scores will be released before December 31.
In the past, the scores have been posted about 9:00 A.M. EST.
It is highly recommended that you check your scores in the privacy of your home or in your classroom after school.
If you just can not wait, do not check your scores in the presence of students.
Regardless of your scores, your mind will not be focused on the students that day.
The email from NBPTS will provide instructions on how to get your scores. In the past, candidates have received their scores by accessing “My Profile”
You will need your candidate ID number.
This is how your portfolio entries and assessment center exercises are weighted.
Number Entry Raw Exercise Score Weight Weighted Scaled Score1 Student Work 3.250 16 52.002 Video 4.000 16 64.003 Video 2.750 16 44.004 Documented Accomplishment 3.000 12 36.005 Assessment Center 2.250 6.67 15.016 Assessment Center 1.750 6.67 11.677 Assessment Center 3.750 6.67 25.018 Assessment Center 4.250 6.67 28.359 Assessment Center 3.000 6.67 20.01
10 Assessment Center 1.250 6.67 8.34Sum of Scaled Scores 100.02 304Uniform Constant 12TOTAL WEIGHTED SCALED SCORE 316
4 score 3.75-4.253 score 2.75-3.742 score 1.75-2.741score 0.75 -1.74
Type your Raw Scores in the spreadsheet and your total weighted score will be determined.All candidates whose total weighted scaled scores sum to less than 275 are eligible to resubmit any individual portfolio entry or retake any assessment center exercise on which they achieved an average raw exercise score of less than 2.75.
WeightExercise Score
Uniform Constant
Total Score
Scaled Score
Exercise
It is not appropriate to post scores on the NBC-Support listserv.
All candidates need to be sensitive to the feelings of teachers who do not achieve in 2008.
Scores can be appealed, but it is costly and the chances of having a score changed is very low.
Keep in mind, this is a three year process.
Every teacher who completes this process is an accomplished teacher.
•Reflect on your scores:
•Are you surprised by any score you earned on an entry?
•Why are you surprised?
•Reread your entries and reflect on your work using the
•Notetaking Guide
•Scoring Guide
•Rubrics
•Assess your entry using the
•Breaking Down the Entry worksheet.
•Breaking Down the Standards worksheet.
•Reflect on your journey and regroup.
•Give yourself time to reflect and analyze your work, then bank your scores. You have until the end of January to make a decision.
• Decide what you are willing to redo. There may be one entry or assessment center exercise you are not willing to retake.
•When you are ready, let Terry or your META representative know your status.
•You will not be contacted until NBPTS releases the names of the new NBCTs.
•NBCT mentors will provide support immediately or whenever you are ready. A list of mentors will be provided.
What’s next for advanced candidates?
• A listserv has been established ONLY for advanced candidates
On January 15:
• The advanced candidates will meet to learn about the META Advanced Candidate Cohort.
• Advanced candidates will meet with an advisor who will assist them in establishing a retake strategy.
Preparing for My Scores 3-2-1 Protocol
3 Things all candidates learn about themselves and their teaching by going through the National Board certification process.
2 Things I need to be sensitive about with colleagues who do not achieve in the first year.
1 Thing I most want to keep in mind if I have to bank my scores.
http://henricostaffdev.org/nbc/
http://guest.portaportal.com/ebjoyce
Works Cited
Bad Day : The String Quartet Tribute to Daniel Powter. Vitamin String Quartet. 2007.
Flashdance (What A Feeling). Various Artists. 1986.
Screen Beans from 15 Oct 2006 <http://office.microsoft.com/ clipart/default .aspx?lc=en-us>.
Seuss, Dr.. Oh, the Places You'll Go. New York: Random House, Inc., 1990.