NBCT Renewal

1. Please sit with
common certification area.

2. Professional
That Impacts Learners...
in Preparation for Renewal
Pedagogy
Technology
Professional Organizations
Tammy Gillmore, NBCT 2025 – Early Adolescence/Young Adulthood English Language Arts

4. Before After

5. • Previous renewal
candidates report the
PPG process takes
30-40 hours.
Since candidates for
renewal have already
demonstrated they are
highly accomplished
teachers, approximately
9 out of 10 candidates
successfully renew their
certification.

7. Pedagogy
• Content:
– From topical to integrated thematic units
• eng12cafe.wikispaces.com
• Methods:
– From seats in a row to continual lit circles
– TPT = Total Participation Techniques
• Assessment:
– From quizzes/tests to
formative/summative assessments

8. Technology
• From TV/VCR and Internet to 1-to-1
• From lesson plan book to wiki
– Lesson Plan Wiki
– Class Think Tank
• From paper to blog
– Class Blog
– Student Blogs
• From tool to method
– Google
– Poll Everywhere
– SlideShare

9. Professional Organizations
• Online
• On-Site
– PLC’s
• English Department
• Common Prep
– Book Clubs:
• BHS Reads –
bhsreads.wikispaces.com
• Local
– White River Reading
Council
• State
– ARA
– ATNBC
• National
– ASCD
– NCTE

10. How are YOUdifferent?

11. Share Time

12. One Thing
READ
• Blogs
• Twitter
• Magazines
• Books
– three PD reads going on right now!
• Teamwork... for ARA Book Club
• Mechanically Inclined for our English Department
• ASCD: Five books a year

14. Benefits: YOU – Your Students
Good luck!