Accomplished Teaching
and National Board Certification
Joetta Schneider, NBCT 2006
304-326-7262
Course Description: This course is designed for
teachers pursuing National Board Certification, and is presented in a blended
delivery format. There is no textbook
available at this time due to the revision in the National Board process;
however, teachers will complete weekly journal article readings and practice
the three types of writing for national board:
descriptive, analytical, and reflective—to be submitted electronically
as homework. Also, there will be
two-hour meetings each month in which teachers will receive direct instruction
in writing and video analysis, contribute to group discussions, and provide
feedback to other members of the class.
Location: ALC
(Old Gore Middle School) Time:
3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
1349 Shinnston Pike
Clarksburg, WV 26301
Dates: September 1, 2015; September 29, 2015; October
13, 2015; November 17, 2015; December 15, 2015; and January 26, 2016.
Course Credit Hours: 45 contact
hours = 3 credit hours
·
1 contact hour for NBCT overview meeting
·
12 contact hours
in monthly meetings
·
16 hours of
independent reading and homework (1 or more hours per week)
·
16 hours of
classroom application
Prerequisite: Proof of National Board
Certification overview meeting
September 2015—Establishing Your
National Board Candidacy
·
Meeting--September
1st at the ALC 3:30-5:30 p.m. Bring your laptop or iPad. Topics: Introduction to your cohort members; Introduction
to the verification forms; long-range planning calendars; getting started
·
Classroom
Application—Have verification forms
completed and student release forms signed by September 29th; pay
your $75 application fee by October 13th.
·
Homework See below. Writing assignments are considered late
after 8 a.m. of the day indicated, unless otherwise noted.
Week
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Read
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Write
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Submit to jschneid@k12.wv.us
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#1
9/7
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Student
Release Forms
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Complete
forms and submit for signatures
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Bring
them with you to the September 29th meeting
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#2
9/14
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Component
2 Overview: Contextual Information
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Your
contextual information
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By
9/21
Returned
at the next meeting with feedback
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#3
9/21
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First
read of your national standards
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Highlight,
circle buzzwords, add examples
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By
9/29
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October
2015—Architectural Design of Accomplished Teaching
·
Meeting
September 29th at the ALC
3:30-5:30 p.m. Bring in the long-range
planning calendar you worked on at the September 1st meeting. Topics: Instruction in the Architecture of
Accomplished Teaching; Practice—analyzing a unit design against the
architecture; Discussion—Differentiated Instruction.
·
Meeting October
13th at the ALC in
3:30-5:30 p.m. Topics: Writing for
National Board; small group analysis of student work; peer feedback on unit
plans.
·
Classroom
Application— Design a unit of
instruction using the architecture of accomplished teaching that you will use
and complete in your class before November 17th. This unit of instruction will follow your
Component 2: Differentiation in
Instruction guidelines.
·
Homework – See below. Writing
assignments are considered late after 8 a.m. of the day indicated, unless
otherwise noted.
Week
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Read
|
Write
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Submit to jschneid@k12.wv.us
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#4
9/28
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Architecture-for-Accomplished-Teaching.pdf
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A
description of your students using the four questions from the reading
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10/5
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#5
10/5
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differentiated-instruction-ways-to-plan-john-mccarthy
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Describe
examples of your differentiation of content, process, and product in your
unit plan
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10/12
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#6
10/12
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Component
2 Guidelines
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Unit
plan with differentiated instruction
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First
Draft of unit plan by 10/19 Returned to you at the next meeting with feedback
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#7
10/19
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Component
2 Guidelines
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Final
Unit Plan
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By
10/26
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November 2015—Use of Descriptive,
Analytical, and Reflective Writing
·
Meeting November
17th at the ALC 3:30-5:30 p.m. Topics:
Videotaping your instruction; planning component 3; small group
discussion
·
Classroom
Application— Record 10 minutes of a
classroom discussion to bring in for the December meeting—use the guidelines in
your Component 3 reading.
·
Homework – See below. Writing
assignments are considered late after 8 a.m. of the day indicated, unless
otherwise noted.
Week
|
Read
|
Write
|
Submit to jschneid@k12.wv.us
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#8
10/26
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Use
the writing prompts provided at the 10-13 meeting to describe, analyze, and
reflect on the video
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11/2
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#9
11/2
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Search
the websites provided for group discussion ideas for your content area
the blog post for this is called "Chat Rooms"
|
A
synopsis detailing what you learned and will try to implement in your
Component 3 planning
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11/9
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#10
11/9
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Component
3 Guidelines
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Component
3 lesson plans (first draft)
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11/16
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#11
11/16
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Component
3 Guidelines
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Revised
component 3 lesson plans
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11/23
|
|
Holiday—No
Homework
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December 2015—Teaching Practice and
Learning Environment
·
Meeting
December 15th at the ALC 3:30-5:30
p.m. Bring in a 10-minute video of your
group discussion and any special cords or equipment needed to play it. Topics:
Video analysis; peer feedback and small group discussion.
·
Classroom
Application— Continue your work on
Components 2 and 3
·
Homework – See below. Writing
assignments are considered late after 8 a.m. of the day indicated, unless
otherwise noted.
Week of
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Read
|
Write
|
Submit to jschneid@k12.wv.us
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#12
11/30
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Second
read of your national standards
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Begin
writing component 2 without considering page limits
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No
submission this week
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#13
12/7
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Component
2 Guidelines
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A
journal entry describing where you are in your process
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12/14
|
12/14
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No
homework this week
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12/21
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Holiday—No
Homework
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January 2016—Writing Concisely
·
Meeting January
26th at the ALC 3:30-5:30 p.m. Bring 3 copies of your Component 2 draft as
it stands at this time. Topics:
Mentor and Peer review and feedback
·
Classroom
Application— Continue teaching for
Components 2 and 3; analysis of student work and video recording
·
Homework – See below. Writing
assignments are considered late after 8 a.m. of the day indicated, unless
otherwise noted.
Week of
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Read
|
Write
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Submit to jschneid@k12.wv.us
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#14
1/4
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Have
a friend who is not in our cohort program read your component 2 first drafts.
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Revise
your writing according to the feedback you have received.
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No
submission this week
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#15
1/11
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Component
2 Guidelines for page limits
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Begin
paring down your writing to fit page limits
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No
submission this week
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#16
1/18
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Component
2 Guidelines
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Final
Draft of Component 2 paper
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1/25
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