Enhance Your Teaching Skills with the TAKE ONE! National Board Certification Process
TAKE ONE! is an entry-level experience for teachers pursuing National Board Certification. Participants create a video portfolio showcasing their teaching practice with PreK-12 students and submit it to NBPTS for scoring by April 15, 2013. Engaging in the TAKE ONE! process not only supports professional development but also helps educators reflect on their instructional practices and focus on student learning. By completing this process, teachers can apply their scores toward the full National Board Certification process within two years.
Enhance Your Teaching Skills with the TAKE ONE! National Board Certification Process
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TAKE ONE Entry Awareneness 2012-2013 www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
What is TAKE ONE? www.nbpts.org Products and Services www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
What is TAKE ONE? Participants • Complete a specified video portfolio entry using a classroom of PreK-12 students. • Submit the entry to NBPTS to be scored by April 15, 2013. • Can apply their scores within two years when they begin the whole process of National Board Certification. www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
Could Be 5-Year NBPTS Process 1 Complete TAKE ONE. • August 2012-April 15, 2013 2 and 3 Complete Whole NBPTS Process. • May 2013-June 2014 or • May 2014-June 2015 • May 2015-June 2016 4 and 5 Achieve or Bank Scores and Retake. • Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 • Fall 2015-Spring 2016 • Fall 2016-Spring 2017 • Fall 2017-Spring 2018 www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
How to Apply to NBPTS? www.nbpts.org under Products and Services http://www.nbpts.org/products_and_services/take_one • Apply online. • Make payment. • Materials will be received within 3 weeks. www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
What Do Participants Receive? • NBPTS Participant Handbook • A CD-ROM containing the standards • Portfolio entry instructions • Packing and shipping instructions • Bar code labels to be placed on materials • Envelopes for submitting the entry and forms • The box used for the entry submission www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
NBPTS Deadlines • Ordering deadline: December 31, 2012 • Entry submission deadline: April 15, 2013 • Withdrawal deadline: April 15, 2013 • Deferral deadline: April 15, 2013 • Withdrawal deadline with partial refund: 45 days from date on packing list • Scores available online: on or before December 31, 2013 www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
My Profile—Manage Your Account • View your application status • Update your profile • View your scores • Make a payment • Change your username and password www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
TAKE ONE as Effective PD www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
EffectiveProfessional Development • Engage in a learning community. • Use TAKE ONE as a lever for teachers to deeply reflect. • Focus on student learning. • Reinforce a strong link among instructional goals, teaching practice and student learning. www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
Benefits • Group Support • Understand the Process • High Quality Professional Development • Finite • Get your Feet Wet • Common Language • Target and Focus on one Entry • Promote Learning Community—Professional • Directly Related to Classroom www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
Developmental Assignments • Extend Work Begun in the Session. • Read Directions, Rubrics, Standards, etc. • Plan for Gathering, Writing, and Analyzing. • Videotape. • Draft Responses to Questions. • Analyze Videotape and Written Commentary. REVISE, REVISE, REVISE, REVISE www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
Examples of Videotape Assignments www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts
Structure of Sessions • Respond to Questions. • Analyze Videotapes and Assignments. • Articulate Explicit Explanations. • Engage in Small Group Work. • Practice. • Individually Read and Write. • Engage in Large Group Debrief. • Receive and Share Organizers/Helpful Hints. • Make Links to the NBPTS Activity Book. • Participate in Individual Assignments. www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnpbts