SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post NBPTS/National Boards Chatboard Teachers Search Jobs Upload Resume Employers Post A Job Search Resumes Career Forums Continuing Ed. Job Seekers Recruiters NBPTS/Natl Boards Tutors Classified Ads Tutors Wanted Tutors Available Continuing Ed. Distance Teaching Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Re: Would you do it over again? Posted by sike on 6/28/08 On 6/22/08, sirrhalegna wrote: > Yes, but not all at once...and not after teaching at only one > school. For those considering the process, just beginning, or > re-trying I highly recommend working in a variety of schools. > My first school was wealthy and high performing and had great > parent involvement. My current school serves mostly > low-income students but has made huge strides in closing the > achievement gap by emphasizing student learning. Each school > provided me with invaluable insight on certain standards, but > neither school encompassed everything that NB is looking for. > > I am currently a third time re-taker about to begin my 7th > year of teaching. This year I happened to move to a new state > and started teaching at a school totally different from the > one I taught at for my first five years. Last year, I had > worked at the same school for my whole career. I re-did one > entry and still came up 2 points short. I feel that > diversifying my experience in the classroom by switching > schools helped me grow more than re-reading NB standards and > re-trying. With new experiences behind me, I had a whole new > perspective of everything I read from NB this year and am > pretty confident that I'll get my 2 points this year. Yes, I would do it again. It stressed me out for about 4 months. I had to redo one entry this year and it was not as stressful and I redid a test question in case I scored lower. I felt that the yahoo.chats and this site were so helpful. I did not know about them the first year and I still wonder if it would have made a difference in my score. I am know a candidate in waiting. i ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMMENTS FROM JADE WERE THE BEST HELP! RESPOND TO THIS POST START A NEW THREAD RETURN TO CHATBOARD Posts on this thread, including this one Would you do it over again?, 6/19/08, by Lily. Re: Would you do it over again?, 6/19/08, by Kris. Re: Would you do it over again?, 6/19/08, by Leley. Re: Would you do it over again?, 6/20/08, by jade. Re: Would you do it over again?, 6/20/08, by js. Re: Would you do it over again?, 6/21/08, by jade. Re: Would you do it over again?, 6/22/08, by sirrhalegna. Re: Would you do it over again?, 6/28/08, by sike. Re: Would you do it over again?, 6/30/08, by jade. Re: Would you do it over again?, 7/20/08, by Suzanne.

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