Successful Writing Strategies for National Board Certification

by Bobbie Faulkner

Overview

Successful Writing Strategies for National Board Certification leads National Board candidates through various strategies to help them write in the “National Board Style”. How a candidate writes about their teaching practice greatly impacts the success of their efforts to become a Board-Certified Teacher. Components the candidates submit depend on writing that is clear, consistent, and convincing. All the Scoring Rubrics are built upon those elements. This book gives many writing strategies, tips, and examples to lead candidates toward the goal of submitting work that meets the National Board Standards for accomplishment. This revision brings it up-to-date with the current, Version 3.0 National Board requirements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475862577
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/13/2021
Series:	What Works!
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	124
Sales rank:	57,652
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Bobbie Faulkner is a National Board Certified Teacher, Renewed who has worked with National Board candidates since 2003. She is a Candidate Support Provider and author of the What Works! book series for National Board candidates.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1What is National Board Certification?

2Building Your Foundation

3Getting Started

4The Reflective Teacher, Metacognition, and the National Board Process

5Writing for the National Board

6Probing the Prompts

7Differentiation and Writing About Student Work

8Writing the Video Component 3

9Writing for Component 4

10Component 1 Writing at the Assessment Center

11Candidate Care

12Confusing Topics and FAQs

Appendix

Editorial Reviews

With her newest book, Writing for the National Board, Bobbie Faulkner has done it again! Just like in her previous books, she helps unravel the mystery of how to write for National Board certification. Her tips, tools, and techniques not only help those working on certification, they have proved invaluable to those of us who are already certified and are mentoring new candidates. The new Component 4 is vastly different than the component I completed many years ago, so as a Candidate Support Provider I have read and re-read Bobbie’s chapter on Component 4 chapter, many times to make sure I am providing my candidates with accurate feedback and support. This book will be invaluable to candidates and Candidate Support Providers alike.

Tammy Andreas

Bobbie’s book really helped me to get my head wrapped around the prompts the National Board was asking me to respond to while I was figuring out what to write. The overview of the three styles of writing (Chapter 5) gave me an idea of what type of writing I should write and the sentence starters were unbelievably helpful! Thank you Bobbie for helping me achieve!

Abbey Bobbett

National Board writing is different from any other type of writing an educator will do in their careers. Bobbie's previous books helped me focus on how to show my practice to the National Board assessors to achieve certification. With her new book, she refined the practice of National Board writing even more so that more educators can add those four letters to the end of their name: NBCT.

Ben Sullens

When I began my National Board journey, I was overwhelmed by all of the paperwork – from the standards to instructions for each component – I was ready to give up before I even started. I found Bobbie’s book and I’m forever grateful. WHAT WORKS! broke down each component into manageable pieces and gave me insights into what the assessors are looking for. I used Bobbie’s expertise to strengthen and refine my writing. Regardless of certificate area, every National Board candidate should have this book close by as they work through the certification process.

Anne Waddington

Bobbie's book really helped me to get my head wrapped around the prompts the National Board was asking me to respond to while I was figuring out what to write. The overview of the three styles of writing (Chapter 5) gave me an idea of what type of writing I should write and the sentence starters were unbelievably helpful! Thank you Bobbie for helping me achieve!

National Board writing is different from any other type of writing an educator will do in their careers. Bobbie's previous books helped me focus on how to show my practice to the National Board assessors to achieve certification. With her new book, she refined the practice of National Board writing even more so that more educators can add those four letters to the end of their name: NBCT.

When I began my National Board journey, I was overwhelmed by all of the paperwork - from the standards to instructions for each component - I was ready to give up before I even started. I found Bobbie's book and I'm forever grateful. WHAT WORKS! broke down each component into manageable pieces and gave me insights into what the assessors are looking for. I used Bobbie's expertise to strengthen and refine my writing. Regardless of certificate area, every National Board candidate should have this book close by as they work through the certification process.

With her newest book, Writing for the National Board, Bobbie Faulkner has done it again! Just like in her previous books, she helps unravel the mystery of how to write for National Board certification. Her tips, tools, and techniques not only help those working on certification, they have proved invaluable to those of us who are already certified and are mentoring new candidates. The new Component 4 is vastly different than the component I completed many years ago, so as a Candidate Support Provider I have read and re-read Bobbie's chapter on Component 4 chapter, many times to make sure I am providing my candidates with accurate feedback and support. This book will be invaluable to candidates and Candidate Support Providers alike.

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