Renewing your National Board Certification
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What made you choose National Board
Certification the first time?
How has your professional journey
continued since achieving your certification?
Renewal is a way for you to continue to
validate, reflect upon, and celebrate your
ongoing journey of excellence in education.
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heard the requirements of the Profile of
Professional Growth (PPG)
analyzed the connection of the PPG to the
Architecture of Accomplished Teaching
Compared and contrasted Renewal to
National Board Certification
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It is “renewal”, not “recertification”.
◦ “Re certification” implies that one would do
certification again
◦ You are not doing the same process over again to
renew your National Board Certification
◦ You will complete a different process while still
demonstrating how your work exemplifies your
Certificate Area Standards and aligns with the
Architecture of Accomplished Teaching
◦ You are “renewing” the evidence of your
accomplished teaching as defined by NBPTS.
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This process is called the Profile of
Professional Growth
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There are NO ASSESSMENT CENTER
EXERCISES! 
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Renewal documents professional growth
Submit evidence linking professional
growth to student learning
Available for all NBCTs
◦ Classroom and non-classroom teachers
◦ Administrators*
◦ Retirees*
*must have valid teaching license
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NBCTs must renew in their original
certificate area
Renewal available in year 8 and/or 9
Renewal lasts for 10 years
(from the expiration of the original NB Certificate)
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If NB Certificate expires teacher must
complete entire NB process to regain
NBCT status
Wide spectrum of activities and
tasks, often in a collegial
approach…
…that contributes significantly to the
quality of education and to student
learning.
Ongoing commitment or
contribution to the
profession
Component 1
Component 2
Component 3
Reflection
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PGE#1
PGE #3
PGE #2
PGE #4
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4 Professional Growth
Experiences (PGEs)
Each PGE consists of 3
pages Written
Commentary ( or 12
pages maximum)
2 pages maximum of
samples of products
for each PGE
PGE 1
PGE 3
•New learning
•Has influence within or
beyond the classroom
•Has a direct or indirect
impact on student
learning
•Ongoing and evolving
•Multifaceted
•Varied
PGE 2
PGE 4
For each PGE:
 Describe the context
 Describe the PGE
 Identify the need and
how the PGE addresses
the need
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Addressed anywhere in
commentary:
 Content/pedagogical
knowledge that was
acquired/deepened?
 Acquisition/use of
technology
 Interaction with
colleagues, prof.
groups,
parents/comm. and
how enhanced prof.
growth
Highlight one of
the PGEs from
Component 1.
 Four page written
commentary
 Ten minute video
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Students in video must be from NBCTs
original certificate area
Video can be recorded in eighth or ninth
year of certification
Video may be segmented
Video should be date stamped
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Age ranges of the students
The PGE to which this component is connected
The goals of the lesson & the connection to
the overall learning
Importance of the instruction for students
Equity of access and promotion of diversity
Impact on student learning
Connection to certificate specific content
knowledge
Highlight a different
PGE from Component
1
 Four page written
commentary
 Six minute video OR
eight pages of
learner work
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Goals of the featured lesson
Connection to the broader context of instruction
Importance of instruction for learners at this time
Connection to PGE
Fit with the evolution of the PGE
Specific evidence of learning from
video/learner work
4 pages
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Video
◦ May be segmented
◦ 6 minutes maximum
◦ No editing
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You teaching preK12 students
You teaching or
interacting with
your colleagues
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Learner’s Work
Hard copy
◦ Teacher plans, responses
◦ Printouts of computer
work of students or
professional colleagues
◦ Scripting of classroom
observations/postconference notes
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Learner-produced
video
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3 pages maximum
Directly impacted
student learning
Changes, additions,
next steps that would
enhance professional
growth
Patterns or themes that
have emerged that
define you as an
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All components and reflection are
evaluated as one entity
Evidence comes from all components
and evaluated against the scoring
criteria
Decision is either “renewed” or “not
renewed”
Non-renewed eighth year candidate
receive feedback based on scoring
criteria
PPGs are evaluated by two NBCTs in
the same content and developmental
level
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PPG –
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PGE –
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AAT –
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SOP –
◦ Profile of Professional Growth
◦ Professional Growth Experiences
◦ Architecture of Accomplished Teaching
◦ Samples of Products
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3 things that are different with renewal
and the original certification process
2 things that are the same between the
two
1 thing you look forward to during your
renewal process