June 3, 2008

  • Boards Are Done!

    I realize that it's June and the months starting from September have been a blur to me!  It's almost the end of the school year!  Wow!

    The months after Christmas have been really busy for me as I prepared my portfolio to submit to National Board Certification.  I signed up last June 2007, but I didn't really get my butt into gear until January.  I'm such a procrastinator!   It was a terrible but good experience for me.  As one teacher said, "[Challenging the National Board Certification] Hurts so good!"  Unlike college courses that pretty much give summative examinations, this was more of an evaluative process.  I turned in my portfolio in March, but I took the computerized assessment last Tuesday (day after Memorial Day).  Whew!

    In March, this is the portfolio that I pretty much stuffed into the "blue box" addressed to San Antonio, Texas.
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    This was me trying to write my entries very late at night then wake up early for work.  Sometimes I had restless sleep, and I would type a couple paragraphs and pages here and there.  As you can see boxes behind me.  I had to collect samples of student work behind me. 
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    I took the assessment test last Tuesday.  I typed and typed for 4 straight hours (with a 15 minute break) in between.  I am glad this project is pretty much over and I just have to wait for the results to come in November.