Accomplished Teaching: The Key to National Board Certification, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Bess Jennings; Mary Ann Joseph; Frank J Orlando

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0757541593 ISBN 13: 9780757541599

Publisher: Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Accomplished Teaching is the most effectively aligned book with the NBPTS standards. It provides step-by-step support for NBPTS candidates and serves as an excellent resource for NBPTS support providers as well. This book includes a CD for additional resources and enhanced activities.

In addition, it will help those just entering the education field to understand the Standards of the teaching profession, and will help experienced teachers review and refine their practices against those Standards whether or not they choose to seek National Board Certification.

About this title

From the Publisher

Features: A CD-ROM packaged with the text contains all exercise forms from the text as well as selected figures.

Systematic directions for locating, organizing, and working with materials available for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

An abundance of visual aids and exercises throughout the text provide support for complex ideas about accomplished teaching.

Key points for group facilitators are located at the end of each chapter.

A full chapter detailing the importance and nature of support between National Board Candidates and mentors.

Quotes from candidates and National Board Certified teachers.

About the Author

Since their first edition of Accomplished Teaching, the Key to National Board Certification, Bess Jennings and MaryAnn Joseph have had the privilege of presenting their work nationally, including presentations at NBPTS Conferences. Across the country, they continue to work with colleagues as teacher leaders. For both MaryAnn and Bess, being an NBCT means an opportunity to continue learning from candidates and other colleagues the real meaning of accomplished teaching. They share the fruits of their continued collaboration within these new pages.

Bess lives in a rural area on the island of Hawaii. As a Complex Area Resource Teacher for the Hawaii State Department of Education, she works as a member of the leadership team for local area schools to promote standards-based teaching practices and assist with the implementation of various state initiatives. She is also an adjunct faculty member and Hawaii program liaison for an online NBC Master¿s Degree developed by National University in La Jolla, California.

In New Jersey, MaryAnn is the program coordinator for the Educational Information and Resource Center NBPTS statewide support classes. She is a member of CAPP - the Committee to Advance Professional Practice, a group of professional and business persons who are working to promote the professional development of teachers through the National Board Teaching Standards in New Jersey.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kendall Hunt Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0757541593
• ISBN 13: 9780757541599
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 346