The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is launching a new feature on NBCTLink called Teaching Resources where National Board Certified Teachers across the country can share lessons plans, videos and pictures with one another. The site is open for all 82, 000 NBCTs to post their classroom tips and teaching strategies. NBCTs can access the site by logging into NBCT, and then clicking on Teaching Resources in the blue bar at the top of the Home page.
NBCT Jonathan Gillentine (pictured above) has already posted two lesson plans on the Teaching Resources site. Gillentine is a preschool inclusion teacher from Kaneohe, Hawaii and has been teaching for over 30 years. His lesson plans highlight hands-on ways to teach children about water systems and irrigation.
These same lessons plans helped Jonathan become one of the recipients of the 2010 Zula International-NSTA Early Science Educator Award from the National Science Teachers Association. The award recognizes pre-Kindergarten through second grade teachers who have innovative science inquiry programs in early education.
Gillentine says he submitted his science inquiry lessons for the award because he wanted to help other teachers learn ways to make their classroom more engaging for their students.
“I think that many teachers are hesitant to seek the limelight when it comes to their teaching, Gillentine said. “That is unfortunate in a way, as many teachers have so much to offer their colleagues. I strongly believe that the more we share, the more we grow. That is why I chose to submit my science inquiry lessons for this award, and it has, indeed, been a growing experience.”
Join Gillentine and share your favorite lesson or classroom tip on Teaching Resources.
Questions about the “Teaching Resources” can be sent to nbctlink@nbpts.org.
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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Kristin Hamilton is an NBCT from Prince William County, Virginia. She is taking a one-year leave of absence from her position as a high school English teacher at Battlefield High School to serve as this year’s National Education Association Teaching Fellow.
Kristin sees National Board Certification as one of the few school-based opportunities that empowers us to have respect for our professional judgment and encourages us to apply it to situations within and beyond our own classrooms. The process of achieving National Board Certification, experience as a team leader, and mentoring new teachers led her to an interest in supporting and advocating for teacher leadership opportunities at various policy levels. Her work at the NEA Teacher Quality Department involves supporting state and local National Board and teacher-leadership training programs. She is also serving on the Common Core State Standards Initiative Validation Committee.
Driving her goals is her belief that, to improve teaching and learning, teachers should be at every table—school, district, state, and national—around which policy decisions are made. At the conclusion of her Fellowship, she hopes to begin a Ph.D. program and ultimately advocate for teacher leadership via research and “ground-level” initiatives.
NBCTLink Launching Teaching Resource Feature
