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Overarching Statement: The National Board Process is a research-based vehicle
for increasing teacher capacity to impact student learning.
Vision: Student learning drives the work of a highly skilled staff, dedicated
to equity and the deliberate pursuit of excellence rooted in a culture of continuous
improvement.
Mission: A highly skilled and reflective staff will have a greater impact
on student learning.
Rationale: Highly accomplished teachers are essential to improving schools.
The National Board Process is unlike any other professional development experience
in MCPS. It takes “The Skillful Teacher” to the next level where
she can demonstrate that they have achieved certification by the National Board
for Professional Teaching Standards.
This voluntary, teacher driven professional growth experience:
- Raises the level of rigor while improving student achievement.
- Promotes
intense synthesis, analysis and reflection of one’s own
teaching and learning as related to specific teaching standards.
- Uses
current student data and interactions to improve student learning.
- Promotes
and develops more focused, purposeful teaching through a highly effective
standards process.
- Creates opportunities for all teachers to teach more
effectively.
- Engages parents and the community in deliberate and purposeful
interactions.
- Facilitates data analysis of students needs and identifies
focused areas for improvement.
- Reaffirms teaching strategies.
- Quality Candidate Support enhances the level
of rigor and reflection of the National Board process and decreases attrition
rate.
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Tuesday 5/11/2009
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NOTE:
Green - for teachers & counselors considering National Board Certification® during the 2010-2011 Assessment Cycle.
Purple - snow dates & will occur depending on need & cancellations.
Pink - after the deadline for local/ state funding for the 2010-2011 NBPTS Assessment Cycle & will focus primarily on Take One! recruitment.
If you plan to attend a Recruitment Meeting, please register for it on PDO so we may plan for your participation. (Course name & number - 51542 - National Board Recruitment Meetings.)
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Photos: National Board Pinning Ceremonies
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Questions for Certification Unit
Interested in becoming a member of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Teaching Standards cohort? Please contact Christine Frank, Project Director for the Graduate Certificate Professional Teaching Standards, at frankc@gwu.edu
Applications are currently availabe! All interested educators should pick up a scholarship packet at MCEA or you can contact Kiwana Williams at MCEA. Please send complete applications to Kiwana Williams between February 1 to April 9, 2010.
Take One!™ is a unique offering from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) that provides a standards-based approach for improving teaching practice and links student learning to effective instruction.
Teachers prepare and submit one pre-selected video portfolio entry from any of the current certificate areas of National Board Certification. A teacher can later transfer the score if he or she pursues National Board candidacy within two years.
All interested educators should download the Take One Registration and Tuition Reimbursement document for details. Additional information about the Take One process can be found on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards site (www.nbpts.org). Registration deadline is December 31, 2009, however, to qualify for funding in MCPS the deadline is October 31, 2009. For additional questions, contact Lesley Johnson.
National Board News
Lesley C. Johnson, NBCT
MCPS National Board Instructional Specialist
Lesley_C_Johnson@mcpsmd.org
MaryPat Spon
MCEA contact for National Board Info
MaryPat_Spon@mcpsmd.org
Ginger Corpuz
MCPS Human Resources Department, Local Liaison for MSDE
Coordinator of Personnel and Stipend Money for National
Board Certification
Ginger_Corpuz@mcpsmd.org
Joann Ericson
MSDE Candidate Subsidy Administrator
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