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I haven't yet registered or paid my fee for the 2016-2017 cycle because, quite frankly, I am not sure that I am going to continue with NB. I did components 1 and 2 this past year, and I feel very confident. However, I had attempted NB several years ago and failed to achieve by a single point (after three tries).

Is there anyone else waiting on their scores before continuing the process?
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lkelly46@sbcglobal.net I still don't see anything posted on the boardcertifiedteachers site, and I know of no candidates who have received notification of the score release date. Must not be this Saturday. If one of you do get a notice, please post so even those of us who are not candidates will know!

Fingers crossed for everyone!

Kelly M [email remov...See More
Nov 25, 2016
Bmf8140 Same! I've lost motivation after last year. To me, I thought the restrictions on the page numbers allowed, given what we were asked to do/explain/prove caused me so much stress, and was pretty much impossible. Clearly proving that I was doing everything possible to help students succeed in essentially 1.5 pages per lesson? How? I know I was going a...See More
Nov 28, 2016
What Works National Board Certification is an optional endeavor, so if you decide it's not right for you or that you just don't care to go on, then you should act on what feels right for you.

I'm not sure just what you're referring to when you mention the page limits of approx. 1.5 pages per lesson. Written Commentaries along with the various forms g...See More
Nov 28, 2016
Bmf8140 Very true, What Works! I definitely have a better
understanding of what the process looks like. I hope I am
encouraged by my upcoming scores to move forward since
I've already put in so much time and effort for the first
2 components :)

I am an ELA candidate, and for Component 2, I had to
discuss 8 lessons (2 writing plus 2...See More
Dec 2, 2016
What Works Bmf8140 (funny -( bmf are my initials too!) in my humble opinion, as a CSP of many years, the ELA Component 2 is the most difficult of ALL the certificate areas. When a candidate scores well on it I'm amazed and when they don't score quite what they need, I fully get it. IT'S HARD!

Whatever your score turns out to be, just know that you ar...See More
Dec 2, 2016


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