The newly appointed President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Dr. Ronald Thorpe, will travel to National University headquarters in La Jolla to meet with the NUPTDC NBCT Alliance of Distinguished Educators on Friday, June 8, 11-3pm.

This will be an opportunity to share achievements and initiatives generated by the National University School of Education NBCT Professional Teaching and Leadership Development Center and our NBCT school district leaders.
NUPTDC stakeholders, including faculty members and Candidate Support Providers, will have an opportunity to interact with President Thorpe as we demonstrate and offer support  from our community of P20 NBCT educators to accelerate progress in providing a National Board Certified Teacher/Principal for every student in the country and in alignment with key state and national reform initiatives.

President Thorpe will not be able to attend the Saturday and Sunday events. The Friday, “Meet the President”  session is designed for colleagues who collaborate with the NUPTDC NBCT Alliance of Distinguished Educators.  If you would like to attend, please contact NUPTDC Director Rae Adams.

The 2012 NBCT Reception will take place on Saturday, June 9, from 5:00-8:00pm at the National University headquarters in San Diego.  Enjoy an evening of relaxation, presentations and appetizers in the company of accomplished educators and guests who share in their commitment to provide schools and students with highly effective teachers and principals who impact student achievement. 

For more information about this event and to RSVP, visit our 2012 Reception page.

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.