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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did NBPTS in 2000 when there were 6 entries to the Portfolio plus the assessment center part, and you had to do it all in one year.

I still have my original portfolio. The entries were

1) Assessment of Progress
2) Planning
3) Scaffolding Learning (video)
4) Facilitating Interactions- Small Groups (video)
5) Documented Accomplishments/Collaboration in the Professional Community
6) Documents Accomplishments/Outreach to Families

I'm wondering if the fact that there are only three components instead of six means more is expected of each component? Or if it means the workload is now reduced.
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I just did this last year. There are 4 components now - 3 prepared by date/writing, and one assessment center which included content knowledge and writing (Component 1). From your list #3 and #4 are combined as Component 3 (with 2 videos but not specified the way you described). Component 2 is still planning. Component 4 is a combination of 1, 5, and 6 and was just terrible because the instructions are both vague and confusing in wording. It is clear that they combined things together, but didn't really streamline it all. Far too many questions for the allowed space to answer. Told it was best if somehow all three parts related to each other, but also okay to be independent. Ugh.[/quote]

Yes!  For my certification area, what is now called Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction seems to a merging of the earlier entries 1 and 2 (Assessment and Planning).  But it put together in a way that just doesn't make as much sense.  The component is supposed to be about instruction and planning but the only evidence you submit is the assessment.

Component 4 is just a hot mess. Anything that needs pages and pages of explanation to be understood needs to be scrapped and rewritten.

I went to the basement to haul out my old portfolio to see what I submitted 20 years ago. It was a lot of writing, but it made much more sense.  [/quote]

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