Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Renewal Candidates Achieved Recertification

Good News!  All four renewal candidates in our cohort received their recertification.  This can be a one or two year process--on the old system.  They will be honored at the NBCT dinner this Spring.  If you are a current candidate, please consider attending the dinner (details will be announced soon.)  The cost is $25.  This money is banked to help pay for other honorees in the future, and there may be many in the Spring of 2017 and 2018!

You don't have to be perfect to be a National Board Certified Teacher, but you are probably someone who keeps trying to add to your expertise in the classroom.  You are valuable.  Thanks for all you do.




Thursday, October 20, 2016

Graduate Credit




This just in!  Concord University has given us permission to offer up to 15 hours for National Board completion and achievement, based on the number of hours listed on the National Board website.

After January, we should have classes:  NBCT Component 1, NBCT Component 2, NBCT Component 3, and NBCT Component 4.  We will also have a course titled, "NBCT Achievement."  This means you can get up to 15 graduate credit hours for professional development purposes.  You may take up to 9 grad hours per semester, for $99 per course.

The course we have been offering, "Accomplished Teaching", will be changed to "Component 2."  If you have completed some of these other Components and I have record of your work, you can talk with me about how to receive that credit as long as it is before you achieve your NBCT.

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

A Speculation About Component 4--If you are ready for it.

Visit this blog post to read their early analysis of the Component 4 field test.  This was written last March, but remains our only information about the last component until November.