What Works!
Successful Strategies for Middle Childhood Generalists Pursuing National Board Certification
1st Edition
Published on 6. December 2012
112 pages
978-1-4758-0031-9 (ISBN)
Description
WHAT WORKS! provides a roadmap for Middle Childhood Generalist National Board Candidates as they work through each of the fount entries to be submitted and the Assessment Center Exercises. The chapters contain dozens of tips on "What Works!" and "Why These Work"; the tips are practical, specific and written in a user-friendly format with easy to read bullet lists and charts.
WHAT WORKS! will guide Middle Childhood Generalists through the maze of requirements and prompts found in the four portfolio entries and prepare them for the Assessment Center Exercises. This is the go-to resource for Middle Childhood Generalists.
WHAT WORKS! will guide Middle Childhood Generalists through the maze of requirements and prompts found in the four portfolio entries and prepare them for the Assessment Center Exercises. This is the go-to resource for Middle Childhood Generalists.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4758-0031-9 (9781475800319)
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Bobbie Faulkner
What Works!
Successful Strategies for Middle Childhood Generalists Pursuing National Board Certification
Book
12/2012
Rowman & Littlefield Education
€39.00
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Bobbie Faulkner is a thirty-eight year educator who became a National Board Certified Teacher in 1999 and renewed her certificate in 2008. She has been a Candidate Support Provider for dozens of National Board Candidates since becoming certified.
Content
Preface
Author Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is National Board Certification?
Chapter 2: Building Your Foundation
Chapter 3: Getting Started and Getting Support
Chapter 4: Writing for the National Board
Chapter 5: Probing the Prompts
Chapter 6: Entry 1: Writing: Thinking through the Process
Chapter 7: Entry 2: Building a Classroom Community through Social Studies
Chapter8: Entry 3: Integrating Mathematics with Science
Chapter 9: Entry 4: Documented Accomplishments
Chapter 10: Getting Feedback and Packing the Box
Chapter 11: The Assessment Center Exercises
Chapter 12: Candidate Care
Chapter 13: Top Ten Confusing Topics and FAQs
Chapter 14: Navigating the National Board Website and Online Support
APPENDIX:
Appendix: Figure 2.1 SSTARS Lesson Plan Template
Appendix: Figure 3.1 Suggested Sample 11-Month Time Line
Appendix: Figure 3.2 Suggested Sample Time Line for a School Year
Appendix: Figure 7.1 Finding Examples of the Level 4 Rubric in a Video
Appendix: Figure 7.2 Analysis of a Video by Minutes
Appendix: Figure 9.1 Entry 4 Brainstorming List
Appendix: Figure 9.2 Communication Log
Appendix: Figure 9.3 Combining Activities into an Accomplishment Sample
Appendix: Figure 9.4 Entry 4 Documentation Letter Template
Appendix: Figure 9.5 Entry 4 The Significance of an Accomplishment
Appendix: Figure 10.1 10 Editing Tips to Trim Space without Trimming Content
Appendix: Figure 11.2 Assessment Center Exercises Template
Author Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is National Board Certification?
Chapter 2: Building Your Foundation
Chapter 3: Getting Started and Getting Support
Chapter 4: Writing for the National Board
Chapter 5: Probing the Prompts
Chapter 6: Entry 1: Writing: Thinking through the Process
Chapter 7: Entry 2: Building a Classroom Community through Social Studies
Chapter8: Entry 3: Integrating Mathematics with Science
Chapter 9: Entry 4: Documented Accomplishments
Chapter 10: Getting Feedback and Packing the Box
Chapter 11: The Assessment Center Exercises
Chapter 12: Candidate Care
Chapter 13: Top Ten Confusing Topics and FAQs
Chapter 14: Navigating the National Board Website and Online Support
APPENDIX:
Appendix: Figure 2.1 SSTARS Lesson Plan Template
Appendix: Figure 3.1 Suggested Sample 11-Month Time Line
Appendix: Figure 3.2 Suggested Sample Time Line for a School Year
Appendix: Figure 7.1 Finding Examples of the Level 4 Rubric in a Video
Appendix: Figure 7.2 Analysis of a Video by Minutes
Appendix: Figure 9.1 Entry 4 Brainstorming List
Appendix: Figure 9.2 Communication Log
Appendix: Figure 9.3 Combining Activities into an Accomplishment Sample
Appendix: Figure 9.4 Entry 4 Documentation Letter Template
Appendix: Figure 9.5 Entry 4 The Significance of an Accomplishment
Appendix: Figure 10.1 10 Editing Tips to Trim Space without Trimming Content
Appendix: Figure 11.2 Assessment Center Exercises Template
