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Component 2

by NBC Hazing Experience

Jan 1, 2017

I will probably finish writing my component 2 entry in a few days. My frustration is that I have never seen examples of component 2 entries. When I went to university, I almost always had examples of good writing for projects similar to this.

Does anyone know where I can find models of good writing for component 2? The NBCT looks unprofessional by not providing examples of good writing.

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What Works Hello NBC Hazing...

The National Board Certification process is not like university classes. It's more like an independent study project and they do put the burden and responsibility of figuring things out on the candidate. I agree this can be frustrating. I know I would have loved to have had some models to look at when I was a candidate....See MoreHello NBC Hazing...

The National Board Certification process is not like university classes. It's more like an independent study project and they do put the burden and responsibility of figuring things out on the candidate. I agree this can be frustrating. I know I would have loved to have had some models to look at when I was a candidate. However, there are some very good reasons why the NB doesn't furnish them.

Believe it or not, humans are copy-cats - and teachers are humans. If we see a "model" then we think our work should look like that. But the problem is that there are approximately 10,000 candidates per year which means there are 10,000 individual teaching situations. No model could possibly be comprehensive enough to represent the variety of teaching contexts that exist. Trying to imitate a model can become very inauthentic. The prompts are written to elicit from EACH candidate, what is true for THEM.

That said, the NB provides some resources you may not have discovered. One important resource is the GENERAL PORTFOLIO INSTRUCTIONS. This document covers a myriad of topics - including some writing samples. From pages 16-39 are some writing samples along with explanations of the 3 types of writing one uses to respond to the prompts: descriptive, analytical, and reflective. Each of the samples showcase ONE of the types of writing. The underlined sentences represent the type of writing THAT sample shows. The samples aren't full or real writing examples, but they are of an Instructional Context, Planning, and Reflection similar to Component 2.

If you read them and do some analyzing of your own, you'll start to get a feel for how to write to address the prompts clearly, consistently, and convincingly. There is no way to know how they would score, if they were real, but I think one can assume that the NB has used appropriate quality writing for their samples.

There are also books on Amazon that give support to candidates and include writing tips such as sentence stems and other information to help candidates write well. Look in "Books" for National Board Certification and be sure to look for the NEW books that cover Components 1,2,3, and 4. There are older books available, but they focus on the old process, not the new one.

From time to time, I post messages with writing tips...I'll try to do that soon.

I hope you'll find some of the resources helpful.

On 1/01/17, NBC Hazing Experience wrote: > I will probably finish writing my component 2 entry in a few > days. My frustration is that I have never seen examples of > component 2 entries. When I went to university, I almost > always had examples of good writing for projects similar to > this. > > Does anyone know where I can find models of good writing for > component 2? The NBCT looks unprofessional by not providing > examples of good writing.

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