Re: Has anyone appealed and won?

Trisha

Posted on 2/05/12

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LaVerne, I am retaking one portfolio entry and one assessment center
exercise and came across this site. I want to thank you for what you
have posted. You have said everything I have been thinking as I made the
decision to retake entries to try and raise my score. After all the
money and time I have spent the last two years, I will not retake any
entries again if I don't pass this time. I can't afford it and frankly,
I can't handle the stress! It is sad that this process, that in the
beginning I thought was truly going to make me a better teacher, has made
me doubt and question my teaching rather than build up my confidence.
This process needs to be changed! I truly have learned A LOT about
myself as a teacher and have grown in many areas as I was forced to
reflect on my teaching throughout this whole process. It is just very
unfortunate that scores don't truly reflect this. I hope and pray that I
make it through this time but if I don't, I have decided I am done
fighting the system. I will just shut my classroom door and continue
teaching my kids the way I know is best practice, even if I never make
National Board status.
Trisha
On 1/05/12, thanks for sharing and don't let NBPTS get you down wrote:
> 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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