Re: Has anyone appealed and won?

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Bottom line: if your students are learning and are engaged, you're/ an
excellent teacher. PERIOD.

It doesn't matter what Pearson says. Pearson would make Michael Jordan
provide a video of how he trains and practices, show how he works
with teammates off the court and in the locker room, and provide
detailed analysis of his games and make him write feedback on his
game to prove he was a great basketball player!

some of the NBPTS cheerleaders would say you're not an excellent
teacher or just couldn't figure out how to write the way NBPTS wants.

Don't take it out on yourself. NBPTS is just a money making machine
that wants people to fail and retake and retake to make more money. ,
name one other professional certification that has as high a failure
rate for first time takers. Seriously there is NO way it takes what
Pearson requires to prove you're an excellent teacher.

Bottom line: if your students are learning and are engaged, you're/ an
excellent teacher. PERIOD.

On 1/03/12, LaVerne wrote:
> Aloha! I have not had the heart to visit the chatboard here since
> long before scores came out....Congratulations to all those who
> achieved!
> I appealed and received the standard form letter for my $500. I
> carefully appealed that decision (per their procedure) and received
> another "no."
> I was going to email the new president today (Ron Thorpe), but
> could not find an email address anywhere on the NB website. I am
> going the email route because I am tired of paying FedEx to make
> sure they get my letter.
> I just want to say to them, "Would it have killed you to just
> quickly glance over my first and third entries and explain why the
> scores never went up?" The growth is obvious with a quick perusal
> of the entries. Of course, their policy is written to avoid this
> type of question. I'll speak for my friend as well, who scored a
> 2.00 every year on the same entry. (I was always retaking Entries 2
> & 3 in AYA ELA). BYW, we are in low-income areas on the rural
> island of Hawaii.
> The pain does not go away. This took up well over three years of my
> life, and I truly dedicated myself to the process and used every
> resource available, plus more hours, books, and mentors each year.
> My reputation as a teacher is shot, and the excellent colleague I
> was hoping to mentor--who was all set to begin his certification
> this year--told me he was going for a second master's degree
> instead, after he saw what I went through.
> I am just as brokenhearted over this as ever. I'm angry that I let
> it take over my life for nothing.
> Thanks again, everyone!
> Aloha, LaVerne

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