The Profile of Professional Growth

Renewing your National Board Certification

Reflection:

• What made you choose National Board Certification the first time?

• How has your professional journey continued since achieving your certification?

• Renewal is a way for you to continue to validate, reflect upon, and celebrate your ongoing journey of excellence in education.

By the end of this session you will have:

• heard the requirements of the Profile of Professional Growth (PPG)

• analyzed the connection of the PPG to the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching

• Compared and contrasted Renewal to National Board Certification

What is Renewal?

• It is “renewal”, not “recertification”.– “Re certification” implies that one would do certification again– You are not doing the same process over again to renew your

National Board Certification– You will complete a different process while still demonstrating

how your work exemplifies your Certificate Area Standards and aligns with the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching

– You are “renewing” the evidence of your accomplished teaching as defined by NBPTS.

What is Renewal?

• This process is called the Profile of Professional Growth or PPG

• There are 3 Components (Entries) and a Reflection Entry

• There are NO ASSESSMENT CENTER EXERCISES!

What is Renewal?• Renewal documents professional growth

experiences you have engaged in since achieving initial certification

• You submit evidence linking professional growth to student learning

• Available for all NBCTs– Classroom and non-classroom teachers– Administrators*– Retirees*

*must have valid teaching license

What is Renewal?• NBCTs must renew in their original

certificate area• Renewal available in year 8 and/or 9• Renewal lasts for 10 years

(from the expiration of the original NB Certificate)

• If NB Certificate expires teacher must complete entire NB process to regain NBCT status

The Profile of Professional Growth (PPG)Key Phrases

Broad range of content and professional knowledge and

expertise.

Wide spectrum of activities and tasks, often in a collegial approach…

…that contributes significantly to the quality of education and to student learning.

Ongoing commitment or contribution to the

professionmultifaceted

The Building Blocks of the PPG

Component 2

Component 3

Reflection

Highlight and

submit evidence for PGE A, B, C,

or D

PGEA

PGEB

PGED

PGEC

Highlight andsubmit

evidence for PGE A, B, C,

or D

Component 1

Reflect on PGEs as a whole, identify trends and patterns

Component 1

• 4 Professional Growth Experiences (PGEs)

• Each PGE consists of 3 pages Written Commentary ( or 12 pages maximum)

• 2 pages maximum of samples of products for each PGE

PGE B

PGE C PGE D

PGE A

Component 1- Professional experiences beyond the classroom-

PGE 1

PGE 3

PGE 2

PGE 4

PGEs should show:•New learning•Influence within or beyond the classroom•Direct or indirect impact on student learning

PGEs should be:•Ongoing and evolving•Multifaceted•Varied

A B

C D

Component 1 - Written Commentary

For each PGE:• Describe the context• Describe the PGE• Identify the need and how

the PGE addresses the need

• (do this 4 times)

Addressed anywhere in commentary:

• Content/pedagogical knowledge that was acquired/deepened?

• Acquisition/use of technology

• Interaction with colleagues, prof. groups, parents/comm. and how enhanced prof. growth

Component 2

• Highlight one of the PGEs from Component 1.

• Four page written commentary

• Ten minute video

Component 2 - Video

• Students in video must be from NBCTs original certificate area

• Video can be recorded in eighth or ninth year of certification

• Video may be segmented• Video should be date stamped

Component 2 -Written Commentary

• Age ranges of the students• The PGE to which this component is connected• The goals of the lesson & the connection to the overall

learning• Importance of the instruction for students• Equity of access and promotion of diversity• Impact on student learning• Connection to certificate specific content knowledge

Component 3

• Highlight a different PGE from Component 1

• Four page written commentary

• Six minute video OR eight pages of learner work

Component 3 – Written Commentary

• Goals of the featured lesson• Connection to the broader context of instruction• Importance of instruction for learners at this time• Connection to PGE• Fit with the evolution of the PGE• Specific evidence of learning from video/learner work• 4 pages

Component 3 - Evidence

• Video– May be segmented– 6 minutes maximum– No editing

• You teaching preK-12 students

• You teaching or interacting with your colleagues

• Learner’s Work• Hard copy

– Teacher plans, responses– Printouts of computer work

of students or professional colleagues

– Scripting of classroom observations/post-conference notes

• Learner-produced video

OR

Reflection• 3 pages maximum• How PGEs directly impact

student learning• Changes, additions, next

steps that would enhance professional growth

• Patterns or themes that have emerged that define you as an educator

Evaluation

• All components and reflection are evaluated as one entity

• Evidence comes from all components and evaluated against the scoring criteria

• Decision is either “renewed” or “not renewed”

• Non-renewed eighth year candidate receive feedback based on scoring criteria

• PPGs are evaluated by two NBCTs in the same content and developmental level

Renewal Glossary

• PPG – – Profile of Professional Growth

• PGE – – Professional Growth Experiences

• AAT – – Architecture of Accomplished Teaching

• SOP –– Samples of Products

Summarizer 3-2-1• 3 things that are different between renewal

and the original certification process

• 2 things that are the same between the two

• 1 thing you look forward to during your renewal process