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    Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT (2000, 2010) mjshieldsecboe@gmail.com [|Mentoring Opportunity for NBCTs] - Travel and Mentoring Stipends (NT3 Grant Opportunity)- Spring 2017 [|Candidate Request for Individual Mentoring Support] ((NT3 Opportunity) - Spring 2017

National Board Certified Teachers and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards advance the quality of teaching and learning by:


 * Maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do
 * Providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards
 * Advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers

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 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards website - http://www.nbpts.org/

 Alabama NBCT Website: http://www.alabamanbctnetwork.com/

National Board Certification - Authentic PD at its Best (Mega Conference, 2015) Overview of Process and Newest Updates

NORTHEAST ALABAMA MENTORING PAGE - Our 17th Year!!


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">NBCT RENEWAL **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">If you are in your eighth or ninth year as a National Board Certified teacher (NBCT), it is time to begin the NBCT renewal process. By renewing your certification, you can demonstrate that your professional practice remains consistent with the high and rigorous standards for your subject area.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">When you renew, you:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Maintain your designation as a National Board Certified Teacher and the right to use “NBCT.”
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Use renewal to reflect on how your teaching practice continues to support student learning.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Preserve your professional stature even after you retire, leave the classroom or change careers.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Continue to have the opportunity as an NBCT to advocate for educational reform and champion policies that support teaching excellence.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sustain salary incentives (in some states and localities).
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Stay connected through NBPTS programs, products and services such as NBCTLink, the new password-protected online community exclusively for NBCTs; AdvocacyLink, the new online advocacy resource; and NBPTS NewsLink, the online newsletter.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Renewal Requirements
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Your original 10-year certificate must be valid when you apply for renewal. NBCTs whose certification has expired are not eligible for renewal.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">You must be in your eighth or ninth year of certification to begin the renewal process.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Your state teaching license must be current and unencumbered (e.g. not suspended or revoked). Teachers who are not required by the state to hold a license must submit proof that the school in which they teach is recognized and approved to operate by the state. Renewal candidates who are not actively teaching but plan to establish a relationship and work with students of a colleague in order to complete renewal must meet the teaching licensure requirements of the state.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">All candidates must meet all established deadlines and submit the full $1,150 assessment fee to be eligible for renewal.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">"Getting Started" Renewal Workshop [|Handout] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">NBPTS Renewal PowerPoint (Overview, Suggestions, and Sample Entries) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Organizer to Prepare to Write Responses to Prompt Questions for PGEs <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|PGE Worksheet] to Organize Portfolio <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Outline for PGE <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">8 Aspects Tool

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Multi-purpose Tool for Analyzing Your Teaching with the 8 Aspects of the Rubric <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">You may use this tool for different stages of completing the components —brainstorming, planning, analyzing video/student learning and written commentary.


 * IMPORTANT NBCT LINKS **

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Certificates, Standards, and Instructions for First-time Candidates] (New Portfolio, beginning 2014-2015 School Year) =

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">NBPTS Channel on Youtube **
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has joined the nonprofit channels on YouTube. View NBPTS videos as well as National Board Certified Teachers discussing the effect National Board Certification has on classrooms, schools and communities. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.youtube.com/user/nbptsstaff

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Through the National Board Scholarship Program (NBSP), you may be eligible for scholarships from the generous organizations. All scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. If you have questions about scholarships, please e-mail NBPTS directly. Please do not send inquiries to supporting organizations. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Before you apply for a scholarship, make sure you have submitted your candidate application and paid the initial $500 fee. Your scholarship application cannot be processed until this has occurred. Please wait 3 business days after applying for National Board Certification before submitting a scholarship application. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.nbpts.org/become_a_candidate/fees_financial_support/scholarships
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Grants for National Board Certification **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Alabama NBPTS wants to help NBCTs across the state support certification candidates, work to improve education in local schools and across the state, and to discover places of leadership in our profession. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Goals: to provide a connections between Alabama teachers and NBPTS and between Alabama NBCTs and to provide a support system for NBCTs as they support candidates, share ideas and concerns, work to improve our schools, and seek leadership positions. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.alabamanbctnetwork.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Alabama NBPTS Website **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">NBPTS is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan and nongovernmental organization. It was formed in 1987 to advance the quality of teaching and learning by developing professional standards for accomplished teaching, creating a voluntary system to certify teachers who meet those standards and integrating certified teachers into educational reform efforts. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">@http://www.nbpts.org/
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">National Board for Professional Teaching Standards **