NUPTDC will host an Assessment Center Training webinar on Tuesday, May 1, at 6pm Pacific.  This webinar is designed to replicate the face-to-face training that took place at NUPTDC headquarters on April 21.

Please RSVP for this session by emailing Sean McCarthy.  You will receive a link and access instructions.  eCoach members can access the session through the eCoach "Webinar" tab.

We recommend that all candidates download and read the Assessment Center Policies and Guidelines, and  that candidates who plan to attend the webinar session download the following certificate-specific documents ahead of time:

• Assessments at a Glance
• Scoring Guide for Candidates (be sure you have the Scoring Rubrics for the Assessment Center Exercises)
  
• Standards

If you are unable to attend this session, a video archive along with  all the resources presented are also available in eCoach.

NUPTDC, in partnership with the Murrieta Valley Unified School District, will host an Assessment Center Training workshop on Thursday, April 26, at 4pm.  This session will replicate the initial Assessment Center preparation training that took place at NUPTDC headquarters in La Jolla and is designed to guide candidates toward developing an action plan for preparing for the Assessment Center Exercises in their certificate area. 

The training will take place at the Murrieta Elementary School computer lab, from 4-6pm.  Click on the link for a map to this site.  To access the computer lab, go through the gate to the right of the main entrance of the school.

Please RSVP for this session by emailing Sean McCarthy.  We recommend that all candidates download and read the Assessment Center Policies and Guidelines, and  that candidates who plan to attend the support session bring this along with the following certificate-specific documents to the session:

• Assessments at a Glance
• Scoring Guide for Candidates (be sure you have the Scoring Rubrics for the Assessment Center Exercises)
  
• Standards

If you are unable to attend this session, an online version will also take place next week (date/time TBD), and the all the resources presented are also available in eCoach.

Attention California Teachers: Do you want to earn a secondary credential but don’t want to take the C-SET?

Did you know that if you are National Board Certified in a secondary core area such as math or science, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing will grant you a professional clear credential without taking the C-SET?

For example, the holder of a Multiple Subject Credential in California may earn a Single Subject Credential in Mathematics based on earning NBPTS certification in Early Adolescence or Adolescence through Young Adulthood math.  The holder of a single subject credential may earn a secondary Multiple Subject Credential based on National Board Certification as an  Early Childhood Generalist or Middle Childhood Generalist.

Go to http://www.ctc.ca.gov/notices/coded/2012/1202.pdf for details on this new bill (Senate Bill 941).

NUPTDC will host a special support session to help prepare candidates for the Assessment Center Exercises on Saturday, April 21, 2012, from 10am-1pm at the NUPTDC headquarters in La Jolla.  Please RSVP for this session by emailing Bonnie Miller.  We recommend that all candidates download and read the Assessment Center Policies and Guidelines, and  that candidates who plan to attend the support session bring this along with the following certificate-specific documents to the session:

• Assessments at a Glance
• Scoring Guide for Candidates (be sure you have the Scoring Rubrics for the Assessment Center Exercises)
  
• Standards

If you are unable to attend this session, an online version will also take place in late April (date/time TBD), and the all the resources presented are also available in eCoach.