National Board Certification in Illinois

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National Board Certification in Illinois
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3 Tiered Illinois Licensing System

• Initial License
• Standard License
• Illinois Master Teaching Certificate
• Can only be attained by successfully
• completing the National Board
• Certification Process

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National Board Is Growing in Illinois

• 511 Illinois ranks 4th in the number of
  newly-named NBCTs in 2007.
• 2492Illinois ranks 8th in the total number of
  NBCTs in the state.
• 8.6 Increase of number of NBCTs in 2007 over
  2006.
• 500Increase of number of NBCTs from 2002 to
  2006.

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Benefits to Administrators

• Supports principals in building learning
  communities.
• Proven to measurably improve student learning.
• Satisfies the highly qualified teacher
  requirement of No Child Left Behind.
• Elevates and inspires teachers.
• Boosts teacher recruitment and retention.
• Contributes to school-wide improvement.
• Offers means to achieve distributed leadership.
• NBCTs may be paid by state to mentor and provide
  professional development.

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School Improvement Architecture of Teaching

• Include in the SIP
• Trends in student achievement data
• Learning targets/goals
• Strategies and actions
• Measures of learning
• Reflect on effectiveness of SIP strategies and
  actions on student learning

• NBPTS
• Knowledge of student learning and ways to learn
• Learning goals
• Instructional strategies
• Evaluate student learning
• Reflect on effectiveness of instructional design
  on student learning

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NBCTs Take on Lead Teacher Roles

• As a result of becoming an NBCT, nearly 80 of
  respondents reported taking on new leadership
  roles, including
• 78.0 - Teacher-mentoring roles
• 14.7 - Coaches literacy, science, math,
  school improvement
• 13.2 - Adjunct faculty
• 9.8 - Professional association/union
  leader

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NBCTs Take on Lead Teacher Roles
Question to IL NBCTs Since becoming an NBCT,
how have you shared your expertise in
instructional practice and knowledge of your area?
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NBCTs Impact Student Learning
A Majority of NBPTS Research Studies Found NBCTs
Make a Significantly Measurable Impact. More
than 150 studies have examined the NBC process
and the vast majority found NBCTs make a
significantly measurable impact on teacher
performance and student learning, engagement and
achievement. More information may be found at
the NBPTS website under Research www.nbprts.org
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Research--NBCTs Impact Student Learning

• Goldhaber, Vandevoorts, Caballuzzo, Smith found
• NBCTs
• Outperform peers.
• Show significant teaching improvement.
• Students of NBCTs
• Score higher on year-end tests.
• Achievement gains an extra month in school.
• Exhibit deeper learning.
• More information may be found at the NBPTS
  website under Research
• www.nbprts.org

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Some Studies Show Mixed Results

• Sanders, MColskey J. Stronge, Harris Sass
  found
• Students of NBCTs performed at the same level.
• Candidates lost ground during the year of
  certification.
• BUT
• NBCTs showed
• Student gains by race, gender, and certain grades
  and subjects.
• Best practice in planning and assignments.
• Impact on teachers to show student gains.
• More information may be found at the NBPTS
  website under Research www.nbpts.org

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New Research Study
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Most NBCTs Say--

• Completing National Board process is the best
  professional development I have ever experienced.

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Benefits to NBCTs...

• In Illinois
• Illinois Master Teaching Certificate
• 3,000.00 annual stipend from ISBE
• Opportunities to earn up to 4000.00 a year
• as a mentor/provider of professional
  development
• Through NBPTS and ACE
• 9 hours of ACE graduate credit in education.

(Credits must be accepted by an accredited
university in order to count towards an advanced
degree or by a school district for salary lane
movement.)
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Five Core Propositions

• Teachers are committed to students and their
  learning.
• Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to
  teach those subjects to students.
• Teachers are responsible for managing and
  monitoring student learning.
• Teachers think systematically about their
  practice and learn from experience.
• Teachers are members of learning communities.

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Enhanced Architecture of Accomplished
Teaching

• START HERE
• ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS
• Who are they?
• Where are they now?
• What do they need and
• when do they need it?
• Where should I begin?

Set new high and worthwhile goals that are
appropriate for these students at this time.
Reflect on student learning, the effectiveness of
instructional design, particular concerns and
issues.
Provide timely, meaningful feedback to students
about their level of accomplishment of the
targeted goals.
Set high, worthwhile goals appropriate for these
students, at this time, in this setting.
Evaluate student learning in light of the goals
and the instruction.
Design and implement instruction designed to
attain these goals.
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Eligibility Requirements

• A Valid State Teaching License
• A Bachelors Degree
• Three Years Teaching Experience
• Currently Teaching

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30 Certificate Areas

• Student Age-Ranges
• Early Childhood 3-8 years old
• Middle Childhood 7-12 years old
• Early Adolescence 11-15 years old
• Young Adulthood 14-18 years old
• Subject Areas
• Linked to the Illinois Content Area Teaching
  Standards

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Certificates Available for 2008-2009
The following 24 certificates are currently
available

• Early Childhood (Ages 3-8)
• Generalist
• Middle Childhood (Ages 7-12)
• Generalist
• Early and Middle Childhood (Ages 3-12)
• Art
• English as a New Language
• Literacy Reading-Language Arts
• Music
• Physical Education
• World Languages Other than English
• Early Adolescence (Ages 11-15)
• Generalist
• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science

Adolescence and Young Adulthood (Ages
14-18) English Language Arts Mathematics Science
Social Studies-History Early Adolescence Through
Young Adulthood (Ages 11-18) Art Career and
Technical Education English as a New Language
Health Education Music Physical Education World
Languages Other than English ( German is not
available this year)
Low demand certificates will not be offered each
year. Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood
(EAYA) World Languages Other than English (WLOE)
for Ages 11-18 is still available. Specialty
areas German, Latin, Japanese are no longer
included. Future availability of these
certificates will be dictated by demand.
Information on low demand certificates will be
provided on the NBPTS website as it becomes
available.
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Two Parts to the Process

• Portfolio Process 4 Entries Three
  Classroom-based Entries
• Assessment Center 6 Entries
• Six 30-minute Content Exercises

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Scoring

• Scorers are all recognized practicing teachers in
  the certificate-area.
• Bias, validity and reliability checks are in
  place (has higher reliability rates than AP exam).

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2008-2011 Schedule...
Candidates have up to 3 years to complete the
NBPTS process..
2010-2011
2008-2009
Year 3 Retake if necessary
2009-2010
Year 1 - Initial Entry (complete portfolio)
Year 2 May retake, if necessary
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A Continuum of Support

• Contact your NBCT Local Coordinator to arrange
  any of these services.
• Awareness Presentations (Sept.June)
• TAKE ONE (Sept.-April)
• Candidacy
• Jumpstart Sessions (April June)
• Candidate Cohorts (August-May)
• NBCT individual Mentors (July-June)

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Another Option

• TAKE ONE is a stand alone professional
  development activity for school groups or
  individual teachers.
• Teachers may begin the National Board process by
  participating in the introductory TAKE ONE
  program by completing one videotape entry.

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What is TAKE ONE?

• Participants will
• Complete a specified video portfolio entry using
  a classroom of PreK-12 students.
• Submit the entry to NBPTS to be scored by April
  15, 2009.
• Can apply their scores within two years when they
  begin the whole process of National Board
  Certification.

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TAKE ONE Entry Support

• LCs and RCs will work with teachers and
  administrators in schools, districts, and ROEs to
  design and arrange with NBCTs to deliver support
  sessions.
• Districts or ROEs may offer CPDU credit.
• Twelve 2 to 3-hour sessions from fall until the
  April due date.
• Participants work in groups to complete one
  designated videotape entry to submit to NBPTS for
  scoring.

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NBPTS Resources

• Website www.nbpts.org
• Administrator Resources
• Research
• Candidate Application and Resources

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Illinois Resources

• NBRC at ISU website
• Candidate Recruitment and Support
• www.coe.ilstu.edu/ilnbpts
• I-KAN website
• Support for NBCTs as Mentors/PD Providers
• www.ilnbpts.org
• ISBE website
• www.isbe.net/propprep/nbpts.htm