As you know, your NB portfolio contains two video-based entries. These entries provide an opportunity for you to showcase your questioning strategies including how you handle incorrect answers. Brooke McCaffrey published a blog in Education Week entitled "Sticking with Students: Responding Effectively to Incorrect Answers". This blog was also included in the daily SmartBrief from Accomplished Teacher. The link to the article is http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/01/06/fp_mccaffrey_sticking.html?tkn=TYCCbeQJAyE%2BkTlax3TqoG20dZjzm8IxLBze&cmp=clp-sb-ascd. This blog may be worth a read as you prepare to tape your classroom lessons or analyse your recordings. Good luck!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
New Webinars - Please share
CERRA Online Awareness, Support & Renewal Sessions
CERRA is proud to host a series of FREE online National Board awareness and support sessions. The sessions will be facilitated by Jenna Hallman, NBCT and CERRA Program Director for National Board or Virginia Bartels,NBCT and CERRA Program Facilitator for National Board. The session descriptions and meeting dates are listed below. All sessions will be held online. Please click on the link listed for the session you wish to attend. You will be redirected to the GoToWebinar registration page. You will receive the login instructions for your webinar once you complete the registration. Please check your spam folder if you do not receive a confirmation email within 24 hours. There is no need to register for multiple sessions on the same topic. The information presented in each session will be the same.
National Board Awareness and Support Sessions:
National Board Support: Student Assessment - National Board values student assessment because it informs what is taught next and the instructional methods used. In this webinar we will discuss formative and summativeassessment, multiple intelligence theory, and how this all relates to your work as a National Board candidate.
| Tuesday, January 28th, 2013 | 4:00-5:15 PM |  |
Videotaping for National Board - Entries two and three require all NB candidates to submit a video of their instruction. This session will focus on the specific requirements for National Board videos, review hints and suggestions, highlight strategies for planning for the lesson, and discuss the analysis of the video. Please have your general and certificate specific portfolio instructions available.
| Thursday, January 30th, 2013 | 4:00-5:15 PM | |
Documented Accomplishments - Entry 4 for all NB certificates asks candidates to document their accomplishments beyond the explicit instruction that occurs in their classroom. Candidates should discuss their role as a learner, collaborator/partner, and leader with families, other professionals, and the community. During thewebinar, we will discuss the requirements for this entry and the share hints and suggestions for selecting appropriate accomplishments.
| Thursday, January 16th, 2013 | 4:00-5:15 PM | |
| Monday, January 20th, 2013 | 4:00-5:15 PM | |
National Board Support for Advanced Candidates: Entry Retakes - The National Board Certification process provides teachers with up to three years to certify. Teachers must have a total cumulative score of 275 points or more and must complete all ten entries in order to certify. If a teacher receives a total cumulative score of less than 275 points, they have an opportunity to retake any entry that fell below 2.75. In this webinar we will discuss the retake process and help advanced candidates plan for their next portfolio submission.
| Thursday, January 9th, 2013 | 4:00-5:15 PM | |
| Tuesday, January 14th, 2013 | 4:00-5:15 PM | |
Friday, December 20, 2013
Free National Board Renewal Support
Free National Board Renewal Workshop!
Sponsored by CERRA and NBPTS
As you approach the end of your certification period, we invite you to renew and retain your status as a National Board Certified Teacher as a public statement about your commitment to the profession and to your students. By doing so, you will be part of a growing group of educators who have both seniority in the profession and a proven track record of accomplished teaching.
The National Board and the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) will be offering the official Renewal Workshop on January 11, 2014. This session will cover the specifics of the Renewal process and will provide opportunities for you to begin planning your work. We are offering two sessions, one in the morning from 10:00 – 12:30 and one in the afternoon from 1:30 – 4:00. These sessions will be held at the The SCEA in Columbia. Space is limited; sign up to reserve your seat today. Please complete the registration form available at https://cerra.wufoo.com/
Thursday, December 19, 2013
My Profile and Extended Deadlines
Good morning,
As you prepare for a much deserved holiday break we wanted to pass on some information we received from NBPTS yesterday. The information concerns My Profile account and extended application and payment deadlines. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
From NBPTS:
As you prepare for a much deserved holiday break we wanted to pass on some information we received from NBPTS yesterday. The information concerns My Profile account and extended application and payment deadlines. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
From NBPTS:
Good afternoon,
I’m writing to let you know we’ll be undertaking system maintenance in My Profile beginning today, December 18. Due to this maintenance, candidate applications and online payments will not be accepted for approximately three weeks. To compensate for this, we’ve adjusted our 2013-2014 deadlines as follows:
Program
|
Published Submission Deadline
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New Submission Deadline
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First-time Candidate
Application & Initial Payment |
December 31, 2013
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February 28, 2014
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First-time Candidate
Full Payment* & Eligibility Forms |
January 31, 2014
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Retake Candidate
Application & Full Payment | ||
Take One!
Application & Full Payment | ||
Renewal
Application & Full Payment |
*First-time candidates who select the extended payment option will have until March 15 to submit final payment.
Candidates can begin working on their 2013-2014 portfolio process now. Instructions and other material are available at http://www.nbpts.org/
Friday, December 13, 2013
Great Opportunity
Attention candidates and NBCTs!
Please read the information below about the SC Teaching Fellows interviews. This is an exciting opportunity to give back to the profession, be inspired and rejuvenated, and possibly gather another experience to include in your NB work. Please email Jenna Hallman at hallmanj@cerra.org with questions.
Dear National Board candidates and NBCTs,
As you may know, in 1999, the SC General Assembly funded The South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program to recruit talented high school seniors into the teaching
profession. Administered by the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention,
and Advancement (CERRA), the program provides Fellowships for up to 175
students each year. These students participate in enrichment programs at
one of the Teaching Fellows Institutions, attend professional development
opportunities, are involved with communities and businesses throughout the
state and receive up to $6,000 yearly in scholarships for a maximum of
four years while they complete a degree leading to teacher
certification. Students must attend a Teaching Fellows Institution (TFI) and
agree to teach in South Carolina one year for each year they receive the Teaching
Fellowship.
profession. Administered by the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention,
and Advancement (CERRA), the program provides Fellowships for up to 175
students each year. These students participate in enrichment programs at
one of the Teaching Fellows Institutions, attend professional development
opportunities, are involved with communities and businesses throughout the
state and receive up to $6,000 yearly in scholarships for a maximum of
four years while they complete a degree leading to teacher
certification. Students must attend a Teaching Fellows Institution (TFI) and
agree to teach in South Carolina one year for each year they receive the Teaching
Fellowship.
The ten (10) Teaching Fellows institutions currently accepting new freshmen are Anderson University, Charleston Southern University, College of Charleston, Columbia College, Francis Marion University, Lander University, NewberryCollege, USC Columbia, USC
Upstate and Winthrop University.
The purpose of this email is to gauge your interest in serving as a member
of a Regional Interview Team to help select the 2014-2015 South Carolina
Teaching Fellows. The Regional Interviews will be held on February 8, 2014
with an inclement weather make-up scheduled for February 15, 2014. The five
regional locations are Byrnes Freshman Academy in Duncan, Newberry High School in Newberry, Blythewood High School in Blythewood, Sneed Middle
School in Florence, and West Ashley High School in Charleston. Interviewers
are expected to attend a brief training session on the morning of interview
day.
If you are interested in volunteering to serve as an interviewer please complete
the registration form available at https://cerra.wufoo.com/
by January 3, 2014. Please feel free to forward this email to other outstanding educators.
We will be mailing official information packets in early January to those
individuals who indicate their willingness to serve. At that
point, I will know exactly how many students have been invited to interview
in each region and can plan for the appropriate number of interview teams.
Teams will be responsible for interviewing no more than 9 students. Thank
you for your service to South Carolina’s children and the Center for
Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement.
CERRA Program Facilitator Position
Greetings, CERRA Network!
Major Responsibilities
Please find, below, an announcement regarding employment vacancies we are trying to fill at CERRA. We appreciate your consideration and ask that you share this announcement with those whom you feel would be excellent candidates for the positions. Thanks!
TO: Teacher Cadet Instructors, College
Partners, ProTeam Instructors, CERRA Advisory Board members, District Teachers
of the Year, Teaching Fellows Campus Directors, National Board Certified
Teachers, and other interested educators
FROM: Jane Turner, Executive Director
Marcella
Wine-Snyder, Program Director
DATE: December
11, 2013
SUBJECT: Program
Facilitator Positions
The Center for Educator
Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) is seeking exemplary educators
for a 10-month, part-time position on the CERRA staff as a Program Facilitator
for regions one and five of the state. These regions include the following
school districts: Region One (Anderson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Cherokee, Greenville;
Oconee; Pickens; Spartanburg 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; and Union) and Region Five
(Beaufort, Berkeley; Charleston; Colleton; Dorchester 2, 4; Hampton 1, 2; and
Jasper). The educators selected for these positions will carry out
various teacher recruitment, retention, and advancement activities sponsored by
CERRA.
This announcement is an open
invitation to members of the CERRA network to consider applying for these
positions. Please keep in mind that residence in the regions outlined by the
districts listed above will be a strong consideration when screening applications,
and preference will be given to applicants who have been heavily involved in
the CERRA network. Selection will be based on judgments about the educator’s
commitment, initiative, enthusiasm, interpersonal, organizational, and public
relations skills. Each position is a part-time position with up to twenty (20)
hours of work per week during the academic school year (August through May).
The position will require day travel within the region and moderate travel
outside the region, including approximately one day each month at the CERRA
offices in Rock Hill. All travel costs will be reimbursed by CERRA under the
guidelines established by the State of South Carolina.
Attached is
a copy of the job description for the Program Facilitator position. In addition
to direct involvement with the ProTeam and Teacher Cadet sites, Program
Facilitators make site visits to district level administrators who lead and
support pre-collegiate efforts for districts and College Partners. Increasing
emphasis is placed on recruitment and retention for districts with specific
needs.
No application form is required.
Interested educators should submit a letter of interest and a rèsumè no
later than Monday, January 6, 2014.
Those selected for the next phase of the application process will be contacted
for interviews, which will take place at CERRA offices in Rock Hill. Interviews
will be scheduled for January 21, 2014 in Rock Hill.
If you have questions or need
further information, we encourage you to talk to one of the current Program
Facilitators to learn more. You may reach us (turnerj@winthrop.edu,
winesnyderm@cerra.org), and the Program Facilitators, Arthur Pinckney (pinckneya@cerra.org),
Tracie Sweet (sweett@cerra.org) or Todd Scholl (schollt@cerra.org) via email.
Phone numbers for each of us are listed on our Web site (www.cerra.org).
Thank you for the many
contributions you make to the teaching profession and CERRA’s programs. We look
forward to hearing from you by Monday,
January 6, 2014.
|
Please submit letters of interest and rèsumès via electronic submission or hard
copy, no later than Monday,
January 6, 2014:
Marcella
Wine-Snyder, Program Director
CERRA – South
Carolina
Stewart House at
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
800.476.2387, x6062
winesnyderm@cerra.org
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Pre-Collegiate Program Facilitator
Major Responsibilities
n Report
to the Pre-Collegiate Program Director
n Act
as an ambassador for the teaching profession
n Act
as a key spokesperson for CERRA in all of its recruitment, retention and
advancement efforts
n Visit
regional and state sites to discuss CERRA programs and services, teaching
careers, and student loans and scholarships
n Provide
support to network sites and organizations by visiting assigned sites at least
once during the year, working with educators by phone, completing
correspondence and reports, as needed
n Work
with the College Partners in planning and site support
n Develop
contacts with school guidance counselors and principals by arranging meetings
with them during site visits
n Serve
as CERRA representative at receptions, meetings, workshops, regional college
days, local forums, workshops and conferences, as requested
n Initiate
the development of program-wide correspondence
n Update
handouts in area of initiative or goals
n Plan
and carry out conferences for students working in collaboration with the
colleges and universities
n Attend
career days and educational opportunity days, as requested
n Make
presentations to CERRA stakeholders, as requested
n Assist
in publishing the College Financial Newsletter, as needed
n Work
with researchers involved in evaluating the programs to facilitate the research
and evaluation process
n Participate
in staff meetings held at the CERRA offices in Rock Hill approximately one day
per month
n Carry
out any other CERRA services, as needed
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Attention NBCTs who are eligible for renewal
We just received word that NBPTS has extended the application and payment deadline until February 28, 2014. I strongly encourage all eligible NBCTs to apply. If you originally certified on November 19, 2004, this is your last chance. If you originally certified on November 18, 2005, you can apply this year or next year. Of course if you wait until your ninth year to apply, you will see a lapse in your supplement from July 1 until scores are received and processed by the State Department of Education.
CERRA is holding a free renewal webinar on December 11th. I hope you will consider joining us!
CERRA is holding a free renewal webinar on December 11th. I hope you will consider joining us!
National Board Renewal Workshop - This session is designed for NBCTs completing their 7th or 8th year of certification. During our time together, we will discuss the renewal process including timelines for registration and entry submission and the current legislation governing renewal.
| Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 | 4:00-5:15 PM |  |
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