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Notes and News (Last Updated
1.13.03)
Advice from
one who has completed the process in a year:
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Find a
group of NBC candidates who can be a support team for each
other through this process and keep each other accountable
to make progress. Check the colleges of education at
local universities; they often offer a set of Saturday
seminars for NBC candidates.
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Line up
useful video and audio equipment at your school at the start
of the process
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Beg,
borrow, buy or otherwise find a small collection
of helpful books offering strategies for your portfolio
entries. I've listed my helpful book list below.
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Join the
Yahoo list serv for AYA-ELA candidates. NBC candidates
from around the country, plus NBC teachers ask questions and
offer suggestions every day to help you through your NBC
journey. Here is the internet site to sign up:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AYA-ELA/
Numerous folks wrote and asked for a list of books that were helpful to me during the National Board Certification process.
Every teacher will develop his/her own list particular to needs, but this is my list of most helpful resources:
READING REMINDERS by Jim Burke
TUTORING WRITING by Donald McAndrews
ILLUMINATING THE TEXT by Jim Burke
A MEASURE OF SUCCESS by Fran Claggett
STRATEGIC READING by Jeff Wilhelm
ESL books that I read to get ready for the NBC ( in order of
helpfulness to me):
FIFTY STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS by Adrienne Herrell
AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: PRACTICAL APPROACHES FOR TEACHERS by J. Michael O'Malley
6 THIRTY MINUTE
ESSAYS:
1) literary analysis: teachers will analyze the connection
between literary
devices and meaning. They will be asked to read a poem,
discuss theme and
effect, and use details from the poem to show how identified
literary devices
affect the text.
2) universal themes: teachers will demonstrate the ability
to analyze and
understand text. They will be asked to read a prose
selection, determine its
theme, and relate it to the human condition. They will
also select a
nonprint text and connect it to both the passage and the theme.
3) teaching reading: teachers will show their knowledge of
the reading
process and ability to analyze student reading. They will
be asked to read a
passage, a student prompt, and a student response, and to
determine the
reasons for the misconceptions in the reading. They will
also provide
strategies to correct the misconceptions.
4) Language study: teachers will demonstrate an understanding of
language
study and their ability to determine patterns in a student's
language
development. They will be asked to read a second language
learner's oral and
written response to a prompt, analyze patterns, and provide
strategies to
further develop that student's language.
5)analysis of writing: teachers will demonstrate an
understanding of audience
and purpose in writing and an ability to analyze techniques
authors employ to
make a passage effective. They will be asked to read a
non-fiction passage,
discuss audience and purpose, and analyze techniques that make
the piece
effective for the audience and the purpose.
6) Teachers will show an understanding of the writing process.
They will be
asked to read a student response, identify and discuss
weaknesses, and
provide strategies for correction.
Purpose of This
Web Site:
I
started the National Board Certification process myself in
September 2001 and completed the process on May 20, 2002.
I passed the NBC process in November 2002. When I began the process, I wanted a page on the Internet with easily accessible
hypertext links for my own research as I moved through the
certification process. Other teacher candidates are welcome to
visit this site as they complete their portfolios and
assessments.
Quote of the
Moment:
Dare to begin! He who
postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the
river to run out before he crosses.
Horace (BC
65-8, Italian Poet)
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