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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any MD teachers considering doing National Boards now that the extra pay will be added to salary and pensionable?[/quote]
I had it before it was cool, but I started mentoring current candidates in my building last year. [/quote]
PP I don't want to derail the thread but what do you think of the program?  How does it compare with graduate studies and other PD programs?  Does it help teachers become better at what they do?[/quote]

I think the three biggest differences are that 1) you are planning, recording, and reflecting on your actual teaching not hypothetical teaching or theory, 2) you are forced to analyze how your own teaching moves (and broader teaching things like learning/collaborating/working with families) impact student achievement and success --which helps you tap into and refine what you can control instead of feeling overwhelmed by what you can't control, and 3) it really encourages peer conversations about the details and intended impact of your teaching which gets teachers into a norm of going beyond what needs to be "covered" or the other obstacles that are often faced.

A lot of good teaching happens, not because of a curriculum or a district mandate, but because skilled educators know their students and content and make a million "micro-teaching moves" to help their students access what they need to be successful.  Normalizing identifying, analyzing, and discussing the efficacy of there choices is fantastic growth for teachers. However, it is also not something that a district could ever mandate because of the nature of the work. So NBC and cohorts of NBCTs normalizes some of these practices in a more grassroots way.

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