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February 19, 2007February 19, 2007

Portfolio Submission InformationPortfolio Submission Information

The portfolio component of the The portfolio component of the assessment is to be completed prior to the assessment is to be completed prior to the deadline for the portfolio submission. The deadline for the portfolio submission. The date is different for first-time and retake date is different for first-time and retake candidates. candidates.

First time candidates – March 31, 2007 First time candidates – March 31, 2007 Retake Candidates – April 15, 2007 Retake Candidates – April 15, 2007

  

Mailing Portfolio EntriesMailing Portfolio Entries Important: The NBPTS Processing Center Has Relocated!Important: The NBPTS Processing Center Has Relocated! Effective September 15, 2006, all candidate materials - including Effective September 15, 2006, all candidate materials - including

written correspondence, eligibility forms and withdrawal forms - written correspondence, eligibility forms and withdrawal forms - should be sent to our new processing center at: should be sent to our new processing center at:

NBPTS Processing Center NBPTS Processing Center 11827 Tech Com Way, Suite 20011827 Tech Com Way, Suite 200San Antonio, Texas 78233San Antonio, Texas 78233

If you sent material to the New Jersey address, do not be concerned If you sent material to the New Jersey address, do not be concerned -- all material will be automatically forwarded to the new NBPTS -- all material will be automatically forwarded to the new NBPTS Processing Center in Texas. Please continue to send payments to Processing Center in Texas. Please continue to send payments to the address located on the the address located on the Methods of PaymentMethods of Payment page.page.

NBPTS AssessorsNBPTS Assessors

All entries are scored by teachers practicing in the same content area as the assessment they are scoring.

The assessors are carefully trained over several days to apply detailed scoring rules.

The scoring rules clearly articulate the criteria that are to be applied in the evaluation of candidate responses.

These criteria reflect the Standards that the entry was designed to measure.

Is this person a NBCT?Is this person a NBCT?

Sum of Scaled Scores _____?Sum of Scaled Scores _____?Uniform Constant = 12Uniform Constant = 12Total Weighted Scaled Score ____?Total Weighted Scaled Score ____?

Must = 275 or +Must = 275 or +

Can a person be a NBCT is an entry or Can a person be a NBCT is an entry or assessment exercise receives a score below assessment exercise receives a score below 2.75?2.75?

Portfolio Scoring ExercisePortfolio Scoring Exercise

Entry Entry Raw Raw Exercise Exercise Score Score (RES)(RES)

Weight (W)Weight (W) Weighted Weighted Scaled Scaled Score (RES Score (RES x W)x W)

11 33 1616 4848

22 33 1616 4848

33 22 1616 3232

44 33 1212 3636

Assessment Center ExerciseAssessment Center Exercise

ExerciseExercise RESRES WW RES x WRES x W

11 2.752.75 66.6766.67 18.3418.34

22 33 6.676.67 20.0120.01

33 3.53.5 6.676.67 23.3423.34

44 22 6.676.67 13.3413.34

55 33 6.676.67 20.0120.01

66 33 6.676.67 20.0120.01

Entry ScoringEntry Scoring

Keep in mind that each entry is scored independently of the others.

When an entry asks for background or contextual information, be complete, since an assessor for one entry will not see your other entries.

Revisit NBPTS StandardsRevisit NBPTS Standards Tips for Studying the Standards 1. Look carefully at the Five Core Propositions - Jot down

at least one specific act or activity that you and/or your colleagues do regularly that illustrates each proposition.

2. For each Standard in the set of Standards for your content area/developmental level, ask yourself the following questions:

What would an accomplished teacher know and be able to do with respect to this Standard? Be very specific.

How might an accomplished teacher demonstrate proficiency with respect to this Standard? How could such a teacher prove to you that he or she was meeting this Standard?

As you work on completing your portfolio entries, you should reflect on ways to improve your responses

by asking yourself these questions:

Does the entry, taken as a whole, accurately represent my teaching?

Are there important aspects of my teaching that the entry does not capture?

Could I select student work samples or video recording opportunities that would better fit the guidelines given in the portfolio instructions?

Do I address each of the questions listed in the Written Commentary instructions?

In what ways could I improve my responses to the questions in the entry directions?

In what ways might my responses be incomplete or unclear to someone who understands my teaching only by the work I am submitting in this entry?

Video Analysis Into Practice

Course of Action Based on the video, list

the two specific areas in your practice that you want to improve or further develop. Also answer the additional questions in the chart.

Use this information to inform the reflection.

Area 1Area 1 Area 2Area 2

Identify an end goal (i.e., what you would want to see in your practice as evidence of development).

Identify an end goal (i.e., what you would want to see in your practice as evidence of development).

How will you reach this goal?

How will you reach this goal?

Self-Assessment of Entries At least two weeks before you complete the packaging of each of

your entries, you should read over the section of the entry directions called "How Will My Response Be Scored."

Look over all of your written materials, and watch your video recordings or examine student work one last time.

Ask a colleague to look for evidence of all of the things this section mentions as criteria for scoring this entry. If the evidence in not clear, revise your commentary as needed.

Check all of your materials—written commentary, video recordings, student work, and forms—to make certain that you have completed each according to the requirements.

Follow the directions in Pack & Ship. The instructions include convenient Assembly Checklists to use when you are checking the contents of your portfolio.

How does what we see in the video recording fit into the lesson as a whole (i.e., what came before

this part of the lesson, if anything, and what follows this part of the lesson, if anything)? Provide

information that assessors would need to understand the video recording.

o Note: You may choose to augment your analysis with a graphical element, such as a

flowchart, web, outline, or diagram, depicting the activities you and your students

participated in and their relationship to one another. If you choose to include a graphical

element, ensure that it is legible and that it is included in your total page count.

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Entry Analysis of the Videotape Entry Analysis of the Videotape

How well were the learning goals for the lesson achieved? What is the evidence for your answer?

Point to specific interactions in the video recording. You may also make reference to the lesson as a whole, to subsequent lessons, and to student work.

Entry Analysis of the VideotapeEntry Analysis of the Videotape How did your design and execution of this

lesson affect the achievement of your instructional goals?

Your response might include—but is not limited to—such things as your anticipation and handling of student misconceptions, unexpected questions from students, particular questions or challenges you posed, or other teaching strategies you employed. Refer to specific interactions in the video recording that provide evidence of how your teaching supports student learning through discussion.

Entry Analysis of the VideotapeEntry Analysis of the Videotape

What interactions on the video recording show a student and/or students learning to reason and think scientifically and to communicate that reasoning and thinking?

Refer to specific interactions in the video recording and explain as specifically as possible.

Entry Analysis of the VideotapeEntry Analysis of the Videotape

How do interactions in the video recording illustrate your ability to help students explore and understand the scientific concept(s) being discussed?

Refer to specific interactions in the video recording and explain as specifically as possible.

Entry Analysis of the VideotapeEntry Analysis of the Videotape

Describe a specific example from this lesson as seen on the video recording that shows how you ensure fairness, equity, and access for students in your class.

Photo Identification Specifications

Each candidate is required to include a current government-issued form of photo identification (e.g., driver's license, passport).

You should photocopy your photo ID so that it is double its actual size - on most photocopiers by using 200% enlargement.

You will need one photocopy for each video recording entry you submit.

Include your Candidate ID number in the upper right corner of the photocopies you submit.

Be sure that your photo ID is clearly visible.

Set the Assessment Center DateSet the Assessment Center Date

Call: The Prometric NBPTS Registration Call: The Prometric NBPTS Registration Center Center

US Candidates:US Candidates: 1-800-226-7958 1-800-226-7958Hours:Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 8:00 Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 8:00

pm EST (excluding holidays) pm EST (excluding holidays) 

When and Where to TestWhen and Where to Test Assessment Center Testing WindowsAssessment Center Testing Windows 2006-2007 Candidates: July 1, 2006 - June 15, 20072006-2007 Candidates: July 1, 2006 - June 15, 2007

Arkadelphia – 5308Arkadelphia – 5308Prometric Testing Center- Henderson State Univ Prometric Testing Center- Henderson State Univ

Fayetteville - 7553Fayetteville - 7553University of ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas

Fort Smith - 2801Fort Smith - 2801Prometric Testing CenterPrometric Testing Center

Jonesboro - 7521Jonesboro - 7521Arkansas State UniversityArkansas State University

Little Rock - 5212Little Rock - 5212Prometric Testing CenterPrometric Testing Center

Suggestions for Planning YourRetake Portfolio Entry

In order to raise your score, you need to give serious thought to the reasons your original portfolio entry did not meet the performance standard of 2.75.

Keep in mind that the assessment of your portfolio entry is based on the evidence you provide of your teaching practice, not the level of your students' performance.

Portfolio Instructions - GuidelinesPortfolio Instructions - Guidelines

Requirements for Your RetakePortfolio Entry - The work you submit for

your retake portfolio entry must be new.Each retake portfolio entry is compared in

its entirety to your corresponding original portfolio entry. If a retake portfolio entry is found to contain identical or amended versions of materials from an original portfolio entry, it will not be scored.

Classroom-based Retake Portfolio Entries

The Written Commentary, video recording, and/or student work samples that you submit must be new.

If you choose to use the same lesson for your retake portfolio entry –submit a Written Commentary that contains

analyses and reflections that are appreciably different and

a different video recording and/or student work samples

Documented Accomplishments Retake Portfolio Entries

The evidence that you submit for the area of accomplishment relating to your work with students' families and the community must be new, and it must come from the current year, i.e., the twelve months preceding your portfolio due date.

The Reflective Summary that you submit also must be new. However, the evidence that you submit for the two areas of

accomplishment that permit you to present documentation from the last five years may be resubmissions from your original entry.

If you choose to resubmit documentation, keep in mind that during scoring, assessors do not have access to the documentation in your original portfolio entry.

Therefore, you must submit new copies of the documentation that you previously submitted for this portfolio entry.

Peer FeedbackPeer Feedback

Read the analysis of the videotape for Read the analysis of the videotape for either entry 2 or 3.either entry 2 or 3.

Provide feedback, comments, questions Provide feedback, comments, questions focusing on the writing being focusing on the writing being clear, clear, convincing and consistent.convincing and consistent.