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Mentor

by Jamie Freeman

Jul 5, 2016

I am a high school social studies teacher in Northeast TN. I am beginning to work on my NBC in Social Studies- History. I am looking for a mentor to help me get started. For example, how and what to study for the content knowledge exam? What to expect when turning in my portfolio, etc...? Any help on these matters will be much appreciated.

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What Works Hello Jamie and welcome to the National Board Certification Journey! You've asked questions that could literally take a book to answer...so read on:

First, I'll direct you to the NB website. At the top of the homepage is a tab called In Your State. If you click there, you'll get some info about TN and you might be able to make a contact. <...See MoreHello Jamie and welcome to the National Board Certification Journey! You've asked questions that could literally take a book to answer...so read on:

First, I'll direct you to the NB website. At the top of the homepage is a tab called In Your State. If you click there, you'll get some info about TN and you might be able to make a contact.

Next, read the Standards that match your certificate area AND the directions for the Component(s) you plan to do this year - MULTIPLE TIMES. You can't read them too often.

For Component 1, read the Component 1 document which has examples of the types of questions and exercises. Studying these will help you prepare, although generally, you don't need to spend much time on Component 1 until AFTER you've submitted the other components in May. Components 2,3 have their own set of directions, and Component 4 directions will be available in November (but you can look at the Field Test now to get a good sense of what Component 4 will be like if you plan to do it this year).

There are also some other documents that you should take a look at: The GENERAL Portfolio Directions, the Scoring Guide, the Guide to National Board Certification etc. This is a complex, resource-rich endeavor. But summer is an excellent time to look at these documents so that when you're actively working, you'll know where to go for info and answers.

Next, go to Amazon or B&N books and look up: National Board Certification. The WHAT WORKS series of books (hinted at in the opening lines...LOL!) has updates for this new process. The update for Components 1 and 2 is available now and the update for Components 3 and 4 will come out in the late fall - probably November or December. These books will give you a great overview of the NB process and help you specifically prepare both for the Component 1 Assessment AND for the portfolio Components as you do them. Disclaimer - I'm the author of that book series.

Sites like this one are helpful. You can go back and read messages posted throughout the year. Even messages not aimed specifically at YOUR SS/History certificate can be helpful, so read many. Another good site is proteacher.net. HS/MS teachers don't post as often as elementary teachers do, but there's still a lot of great information that ALL candidates can use.

Deciding soon which Components to do this year, if you haven't already, will be helpful. In my district, we generally recommend doing 2 components per year...taking 2 years to complete the process. This makes the time management MUCH more reasonable , but you CAN do as many as you want, 1-4. Personally, I don't recommend doing ONLY Component 1 because working on at least 1 of the other components will be helpful in knowing how to respond to/write to the Component 1 exercises.

I hope these suggestions will be helpful. As you formulate more specific questions, be sure to post. Someone will come along to coach you.

On 7/05/16, Jamie Freeman wrote: > I am a high school social studies teacher in Northeast > TN. I am beginning to work on my NBC in Social Studies- > History. I am looking for a mentor to help me get > started. For example, how and what to study for the > content knowledge exam? What to expect when turning in my > portfolio, etc...? Any help on these matters will be much > appreciated.

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