Heinemann / ISBN 0-325-00787-X / 978-0-325-00787-8 / 2005 / 128 pp / paperback
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This title is recommended for:

• Certification/Masters Courses Across Subjects

Product Information

The first edition of The National Board Certification Workbook offered you top-notch preparation for the National Board certification process. Now the second edition, with 40% new material, goes even further, taking you through every step of the process, and giving you the guidance you need to achieve certification.

Adrienne Mack-Kirschner's work as a National Board support provider makes her the ideal person to advise certification candidates, and her workbook is the next-best thing to attending her workshops. In addition to the comprehensive forms, checklists, and step-by-step portfolio instructions from the first edition, she's now expanded the workbook to include more guidelines for documenting your instruction with video as well as many useful suggestions on understanding the assessment exams and succeeding on them.

• best-practices charts
• guides to videotaping your teaching and analyzing the footage
• graphic organizers for thinking through your practice
• data-collection techniques for correlation with student achievement
• plentiful opportunities for self-reflection and assessment
• updated information about the new portfolio requirements
• strategic advice about taking the NB assessment examinations.

The National Board has raised the standards for the profession and brought a new level of distinction to its certified teachers because it requires "clear, consistent, and convincing evidence" of meeting its demanding standards. How do you measure up? Where do you need to stretch and grow? Use The National Board Certification Workbook, Second Edition, in conjunction with The Teacher's Guide to National Board Certification and find out how to examine your teaching practices and present the evidence of your classroom excellence in a way that helps your professionalism shine brightly.

Table of Contents

Introduction
	The Workbook Outcomes
1.	Nuts and Bolts
	How to Achieve Certification
	Check Your Eligibility
	Which Certificate Is Right for You
	Low-Demand Certificates
	Portfolio Instructions, NB Standards, Scoring Guide
	Computer Skills
	Organization
	Reflective Journal
	Backward Design
	Follow the Portfolio Instructions—Exactly
	Application
2.	The Five Core Propositions
	Personal Inventory Sheet—Example
	Personal Inventory Worksheets
3.	A Walk Through the Portfolio Instructions
	Introduction
	Get Started
	Resources
	Entry 1
	Entry 2 and Entry 3
	Entry 4
	Packing and Shipping
	Additional Materials
	Concluding Statement
	Communication Log
4.	Examining the National Board Certificate Standards
	Standards Inventory Sheet—Example
	Standards Personal Inventory Worksheet
5.	Classroom Environment: Affective and Effective
	Classroom Layout and Learning Environment
	Classroom Layout
	Classroom Layout Revised
6.	Contextual Information: The Big Picture
	Writing the Contextual Information
7.	Entries 1,2, and 3: Planning Ahead
	Instruction for Completing the Portfolio Review
	Repeat for Entry 2 and Entry 3
	Check for Understanding
	The Portfolio Overview—Example
	The Portfolio Overview Worksheet
8.	Knowledge of Students
9.	Instructional Context
	Writing the Instructional Context
10.	Planning and Instruction
11.	Teaching Strategies
	Effective Teaching: Strategies Identified with Student Gains
12.	Videotaping
	Videotape Analysis Guide
13.	Analyzing Student Work
	A Rubric Is a Guide
	Looking at Student Work to Improve Instruction
	Say. Mean. Matter.
	Be Specific When Analyzing Student Work
	Practice
14.	Entry 4: Documented Accomplishments
	Guided Practice for Entry 4: Documented Accomplishments
	Writing the Portfolio Entry
	Writing Practice
	Some Suggestions
	What Doesn’t Work
	Documented Accomplishments Worksheet
15.	It’s About the Writing
	Setting Up the Page
16.	Collaboration and Cohort Groups
	Forming a Successful Cohort Group
	Looking at Teachers’ Work
	Working with the Cohort Group
	Looking at Teachers’ Work—a Protocol
17.	Assessment Center Exercises
	Preparation
18.	Scoring
	How Scoring and Certification Work
	Bias
	Portfolio Scoring Matrix
	Scoring Your Entry—Take Two
19.	Time Management
	Suggested Timeline
	Am I Ready for Nation Board Certification?
20.	Packing and Shipping
	References

Sample Chapters

• For smart suggestions on composing the Instructional Context portion of your portfolio, review Chapter 9 (PDF, 88KB)