What Works!
Successful Writing Strategies for National Board Certification
1st Edition
Published on 9. April 2014
100 pages
978-1-4758-0711-0 (ISBN)
Description
WHAT WORKS! offers dozens of writing strategies to clearly and convincingly explain your teaching practice to the National Board Assessors. Writing for the National Board is a type of technical writing teachers rarely use elsewhere and this book lifts the mysterious fog surrounding how to provide evidence of the National Board Standards.
WHAT WORKS! provides organized information designed to propel candidates to successful certification. It's a roadmap for National Board candidates presenting tips and information in a straightforward, conversational style.
WHAT WORKS! special features include:
"WHAT WORKS!" and "HERE'S WHY! sectionsSentence Starters for Descriptive, Analytical, and Reflective WritingExamples from Multiple Certificate AreasCandidate Vignettes based on Real CandidatesMultiple Appendix Templates for All Certificates and EntriesSample Passages illustrating "Evidence" or "Lack of Evidence"Writing for the Assessment Center Tips
WHAT WORKS! provides organized information designed to propel candidates to successful certification. It's a roadmap for National Board candidates presenting tips and information in a straightforward, conversational style.
WHAT WORKS! special features include:
"WHAT WORKS!" and "HERE'S WHY! sectionsSentence Starters for Descriptive, Analytical, and Reflective WritingExamples from Multiple Certificate AreasCandidate Vignettes based on Real CandidatesMultiple Appendix Templates for All Certificates and EntriesSample Passages illustrating "Evidence" or "Lack of Evidence"Writing for the Assessment Center Tips
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4758-0711-0 (9781475807110)
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Book
04/2014
Rowman & Littlefield Education
€63.33
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Person
Bobbie Faulkner spent 38 years teaching grades K-6, is a Middle Childhood Generalist who certified in 1999, and renewed her NB Certificate in 2008. She has been a Candidate Support Provider for National Board Candidates for more than a decade and has mentored hundreds of candidates in person and through on-line websites.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What Is National Board Certification? Building Your Foundation The NBPS Website, Getting Started and Getting Support The Reflective Teacher Writing for the National Board Probing the Prompts Writing About Student Work: Entry 1 Writing the Video Entries: Entries 2 and 3 Writing About Documented Accomplishments: Entry 4 Getting Feedback, Filling Out Forms, and Preparing for E-Submission Writing at the Assessment Center Candidate Care Top Ten Confusing Topics and FAQsAppendix
Figure 2.1 SSTARS Lesson Plan Template
Figure 3.1 Suggested Time Line
Table 8.1 Finding the Level 4 Rubric in a Video
Figure 8.2 Analysis of a Video by Minutes
Figure 9.1 Entry 4 Accomplishments Brainstorming List
Figure 9.2 Communication Log
Figure 9.3 Entry 4 Accomplishments: Combining Activities
Figure 9.4 Entry 4 Documentation Letter Template
Figure 9.5 Candy Corn Analogy
Figure 9.6 Entry 4 Significance of an Accomplishment
Figure 10.1 Ten Editing Tips
Figure 11.1 Assessment Center Sample Exercise "Nutshells"
Table 11.2 Assessment Center Sample Exercise "Nutshell" Blank Template
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What Is National Board Certification? Building Your Foundation The NBPS Website, Getting Started and Getting Support The Reflective Teacher Writing for the National Board Probing the Prompts Writing About Student Work: Entry 1 Writing the Video Entries: Entries 2 and 3 Writing About Documented Accomplishments: Entry 4 Getting Feedback, Filling Out Forms, and Preparing for E-Submission Writing at the Assessment Center Candidate Care Top Ten Confusing Topics and FAQsAppendix
Figure 2.1 SSTARS Lesson Plan Template
Figure 3.1 Suggested Time Line
Table 8.1 Finding the Level 4 Rubric in a Video
Figure 8.2 Analysis of a Video by Minutes
Figure 9.1 Entry 4 Accomplishments Brainstorming List
Figure 9.2 Communication Log
Figure 9.3 Entry 4 Accomplishments: Combining Activities
Figure 9.4 Entry 4 Documentation Letter Template
Figure 9.5 Candy Corn Analogy
Figure 9.6 Entry 4 Significance of an Accomplishment
Figure 10.1 Ten Editing Tips
Figure 11.1 Assessment Center Sample Exercise "Nutshells"
Table 11.2 Assessment Center Sample Exercise "Nutshell" Blank Template
