The National Board Resource Center has developed a framework for candidate support that includes outlines for presenting the topics for a support program and materials that have been useful for helping candidates develop successful portfolios. Frameworks for the first support group sessions are presented here with links to plans and materials that accompany each session. Additional sessions will be added after they have been presented and revised at the Stanford group.
Tools & Resources
The National Board Resource Center has developed and refined the use of many tools and resources for helping those who support candidates become more effective in promoting understanding of the National Board standards, assisting candidates both to identify evidence of the standards in their practice and to create new ways of aligning their teaching practices to the standards.
Supporting teachers who are completing Take One® entries either as a group within the larger support group or at school sites, requires a somewhat different presentation. Although many of the materials are the same as those used in the support group, the Take One! framework is included separately here.
Recommended Reading
By Judith Shulman and Mistilina Sato.
This book is a compilation of the experiences of support providers who have confronted different mentoring dilemmas in their roles of helping teachers create the National Board portfolio.
Questions?
If you have questions, you may contact us online or call (650) 724-7349.