The Box Has Arrived!
The day the box arrives from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is the day the journey really begins. Even though I have looked at the standards and guidelines online, and I have even started writing Entry 4 (My Accomplishments with co-workers and the community).
Tomorrow I’m going to meet with my mentor, who is a co-worker who has already achieved National Board Certification. She has been trying to get me to do this for years and now that I have finally committed to it, I need her tell me if my style of writing is what the assessors are looking for, and, if not, get tips on how to write for what they are looking for. I plan to get Entry 4 written during the summer (even though one section of it needs to be from the current year – I know what I am going to use and can write is as if I’ve already done it and revisit it as needed to make it current) so that I can focus all my energy on the three lessons that have to be documened – two videos and one written. I’m most afraid of being videotaped – I hate to hear and see myself in recordings, but I think most people do. Luckily, my mentor is the media specialist who is great at videotaping : )
