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ACCOMPLISHED TEACHING: THE KEY TO NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION W/ CD

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I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in pursuing National Board certification. It is easy reading and will help you understand the process. Accomplished Teaching contains useful worksheets to help map out your entries and guide your writing. It is a "must have" if you hope to pass your first year.

I wish this had been available while I was pursuing my National Board certification! I currently mentor candidates and this has become the backbone of our support sessions. Mary Ann Joseph and Bess Jennings create a very clear picture of the breadth and depth of the entire process, with guiding activities and questions to help a candidate form their entries. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the process. I highly recommend this step-by-step guide as a valuable tool for anyone who wants to become a National Board certified teacher, who provides candidate support or who wants to improve their own teaching.

Working through the National Board Certification can be difficult and confusing. This book breaks the process down into manageable steps and keeps candidates on track. There are many helpful worksheets and planning tools to ensure you complete the portfolio in the best and most informative way. Throughout the book there are brief anecdotes about other teachers' practices and struggles, which is an enjoyable way to keep readers' morale up. I highly recommend this book - it's a useful tool for anyone interested in National Board Certification.

As a Candidate Support Provider, I have found "Accomplished Teaching" to be the most comprehensive and user-friendly book available to National Board Certification candidates. "Accomplished Teaching" takes the NBPTS standards and portfolio instructions and breaks them into meaningful and manageable chunks for teachers. Completing the National Board Certification process is a rigorous process and teachers need a resource like "Accomplished Teaching " to guide them. This book should be required reading for anyone going through the board certification process. In fact, it should be required reading for any teacher interested in improving their teaching practice!

This book provides a wealth of information for a wide variety of individuals interested in National Board certification. It advises candidates on types of support, helps support providers determine what candidates need/want and how to structure programs, and assists mentors in the same ways.
Activities are provided that help candidates focus in on what kinds of information the National Board is requiring, but the main strength is that the authors make it clear that the book is not a substitute for the candidate's own hard work and careful reading of his/her portfolio and National Board requirements, but a very valuable aid.
I have used the activities and suggestions with candidate groups and they were extremely beneficial.

As I sit here during what seems to be "crunch time" answering emails from NBC candidates and their questions as they write their portfolio entries, I am so thankful to have your book as a reference!

Having attended NBPTS Candidate Support and facilitator Training, I feel I have a pretty good handle on supporting NBC candidates, but your book is a very handy reference when as a facilitator, I want support/verification, extra/better "wording" in supporting candidates, etc. No other book out there compares!

I think your book should be required reading for all NBC Candidate Support Providers/Facilitators!