1. The Profile of Professional Growth
Renewing your National Board Certification

2. Reflection:
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.
Thinking about your initial desire to achieve National Board Certification, tap into those feelings again. Do you feel accomplished? Do you feel at the top of your game? Are you able to provide evidence of your continued excellence in practice?

3. By the end of this session you will have:
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

4. What is Renewal? 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.

5. What is Renewal?
This process is called the Profile of Professional Growth or PPG
There are 3 Components (Entries) and a Reflection Entry
There are NO ASSESSMENT CENTER EXERCISES! 

6. What is Renewal?
Renewal documents professional growth experiences you have engaged in since achieving initial certification
You submit evidence linking professional growth to student learning
Available for all NBCTs
Classroom and non-classroom teachers
Administrators*
Retirees*
*must have valid teaching license

7. What is Renewal? 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)
If NB Certificate expires teacher must complete entire NB process to regain NBCT status
If you do not achieve Renewal status after year 8, you have one more attempt in year 9, before your certificate lapses.

8. The Architecture of Accomplished Teaching continues to be the basis for the National Board Renewal process, just as it is the basis for the initial certification.

9. The Profile of Professional Growth (PPG) Key Phrases
…that contributes significantly to the quality of education and to student learning.
Wide spectrum of activities and tasks, often in a collegial approach…
Broad range of content and professional knowledge and expertise.
These are key phrases from the PPG instructions. Think about how these phrases apply to your continued professional development. How can you write about your professional experiences to provide the strength of evidence to achieve?
Ongoing commitment or contribution to the profession
multifaceted

11. The Building Blocks of the PPG
PGE A
PGE B
Component 1
Highlight and
submit evidence for PGE A, B, C, or D
Component 2
PGE C
PGE D
Highlight and
submit evidence for PGE A, B, C, or D
Reflect on PGEs as a whole, identify trends and patterns
Component 3
Reflection

12. Component 1 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 B
PGE A
PGE D
PGE C

13. Component 1- Professional experiences beyond the classroom-
PGEs should show:
New learning
Influence within or beyond the classroom
Direct or indirect impact on student learning
PGE 2
PGE 1 B A
PGE 4
PGE 3
PGEs should be:
Ongoing and evolving
Multifaceted
Varied C D

14. Component 1 - Written Commentary
For each PGE:
Describe the context
Describe the PGE
Identify the need and how the PGE addresses the need
(do this 4 times)
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

15. Component 2 Highlight one of the PGEs from Component 1.
Four page written commentary
Ten minute video

16. Component 2 - Video
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

17. Component 2 -Written Commentary
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

18. Component 3 Highlight a different PGE from Component 1
Four page written commentary
Six minute video OR eight pages of learner work

19. Component 3 – Written Commentary
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

20. OR Component 3 - Evidence Video Learner’s Work Hard copy
May be segmented
6 minutes maximum
No editing
You teaching preK-12 students
You teaching or interacting with your colleagues
Learner’s Work
Hard copy
Teacher plans, responses
Printouts of computer work of students or professional colleagues
Scripting of classroom observations/post-conference notes
Learner-produced video OR

21. Reflection 3 pages maximum How PGEs directly impact student learning
Changes, additions, next steps that would enhance professional growth
Patterns or themes that have emerged that define you as an educator

22. Evaluation 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

23. Renewal Glossary PPG – PGE – AAT – SOP –
Profile of Professional Growth
PGE –
Professional Growth Experiences
AAT –
Architecture of Accomplished Teaching
SOP –
Samples of Products

24. Summarizer 3-2-1
3 things that are different between 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

25. Worksheet to complete the summarizer