Friday, June 1, 2018

Resting and National Board Candidacy for Teachers



If you are a teacher who runs on adrenaline most of the year, resting may seem like the last thing you can let yourself do. After all, there really is something to be said for the state of hyper-focus that you can whip yourself into when you just have to get things done.  However, resting is essential to both productivity and creativity, according to this article in Scientific American. 


When you feel rested enough that you are ready to reach out for an interesting project, that's a great time to start National Board Certification.  The National Board Certification process is not a checklist, but project-based learning at its best:  you'll be given four tasks, some background information and scaffolding, and a complete description of what the successful products of your work would look like.  Your rested mind will be able to approach candidacy from a place of curiosity and creativity if you give it a chance.