The NBPTS certification process is a long and arduous process. Nearly 40% of candidates fail. The key is usually the candidate's organizational skills. So, You Want to Become a National Board Certified Teacher: Workbook & Evidence Manual is an attempt to solve this problem. Organization in writing, contexting, selecting students, and documenting are among the most difficult aspects of NBPTS portfolio development.
This workbook is not designed for prospective candidates, but rather, for candidates already in the process of developing his/her portfolio
It is designed for candidates to use along side of (not as a substitute for) So, You Want to Become a National Board Certified Teacher? and, to a much lesser degree, Mentoring the NBPTS Candidate: A FacilitatorÕs Guide. It is also designed for workshop use. Although it is generally arranged to correspond to each portfolio entry, this workbook contains more charts and workspace than instructive textual information.