National Board Certification:What is the Same, Different, and New?

North Carolina District Coordinators Meeting

September 12, 2014

Prepared by: Amber ParkerSenior Vice President, Outreach and Engagement

What is staying the same?

• Maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do;

• Providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards; and

• Advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers.

What is staying the same?

Our Mission

Teachers…

1. Are committed to students and their learning.

2. Know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students.

3. Are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.

4. Think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.

5. Are members of learning communities.

What is staying the same?

The Five Core Propositions

What is staying the same?The Architecture of Accomplished Teaching

With a few exceptions!

What is staying the same?

The Standards

Deadlines• First-time candidate apply by February 28, 2015

• Full payment is due February 28, 2015

• ePortfolio window: April 1 – May 15, 2015

• Assessment center window: March 2 – June 15, 2015

• Scores released on or before December 31, 2015* *Information will be provided to help determine whether or not to retake.

What is staying the same?

The General Cadence

What is staying the same?

Certification Process

Portfolio (60%) Assessment Center (40%)

Performance based and peer-reviewed!

What is different?

Effective 2014-15• Science• English Language Arts• Physical Education

Effective 2015-16• Career and Technical Education

What is different?

Revised Standards

What is different?

The Components

How will the revised assessment roll-out?

What is different?

FlexibilityWhile teachers can complete the entire process in one year once it is fully implemented, some may choose to do so over several years if that fits better with other demands on their time.

All four components must be completed in 3 years

Candidates still have two opportunities to retake

(highest score policy will continue to apply)

What is different?

AffordabilityThe total cost of certification will decrease from $2500 to $1,900, with each of the four components costing $475.

Important price points

$475 for each component

$75 annual registration fee

A computer-based assessment to demonstrate knowledge of and pedagogical practices for their certificate area.

• 3 constructed response exercises

• Approximately 45 selected response items

What is different?

Component 1: Content Knowledge

What is different?

Component 1: Content Knowledge

• Component At-a-Glance – Available now

• Final instructions and rubrics– Coming in October

Component At-a-Glance

Component 1: Content Knowledge

Component At-a-Glance

Component 1: Content Knowledge

What is different?

Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction

Overview

• Based on the 2013-14 instructions for Portfolio Entry 1 for all certificate areas, except PE, which is based on Portfolio Entry 2

• Candidates will submit the same type and number of student work samples, instructional materials, and other evidence using the same criteria.

• The final instructions and rubric will clarify what candidates need to do, what evidence to submit, and how the evidence will be evaluated.

What is different?

Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction

The instructions will be updated to:• more succinctly explain the evidence to develop and submit;

• provide links to templates which allow candidates to enter information electronically for evidence;

• include the scoring rubric, which will be revised as necessary to ensure that it describes aspects of performance that are directly observable and measurable through the submitted evidence and written commentary; and

• add or emphasize language that clearly calls attention to this entry's focus on using knowledge of individual students to differentiate instruction

• Component At-a-Glance – Available now

• Final instructions and rubrics– Coming in October

What is different?

Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction

Component At-a-Glance

Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction

Minimum average score for portfolio and assessment center

What is different?

Scoring Rules

Minimum average score for portfolio

Component

4

Component

3

Component

2

Minimum average score for assessment center

Selected response items

Constructed

response exercises

What is new?

• Application for revised certification

• State-specific information

• Resources for…– candidates– support providers

What is new?

www.boardcertifiedteachers.org

Helpful resources!• Videos• Informational Prezi• Handouts• C1 At-a-Glance• C2 At-a-Glance• Guide to NBC• Third-party Payer Guide

www.boardcertifiedteachers.org/resources

• Immediate focus: Content Knowledge– Selected response items: total testing time is

projected to be 1.5 hours

• 2015: Teaching Practice and Learning Environment

• 2016: Reflective and Effective Practitioner

Information available at www.boardcertifiedteachers.org

Wanted: Field Test Participants!