Bobbie Faulkner spent thirty-eight years teaching grades K-6 in public schools in Ohio, Kentucky, and Arizona. She is a certified as a Middle Childhood Generalist and has renewed her certification. She has supported candidates in all certifications areas for almost two decades, has mentored candidates in her home district and state as well as in university and regional cohorts. She offers webinars to districts and cohorts on National Board topics.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: What Is National Board Certification?Chapter 2: Building Your FoundationChapter 3: Getting Started and Getting SupportChapter 4: The Reflective Teacher, Metacognition, and the National Board ProcessChapter 5: Writing for the National BoardChapter 6: Probing the PromptsChapter 7: Component 2, Differentiation and Writing About Student WorkChapter 8: Writing for Component 3: The Video Component Chapter 9: Writing for Component 4: Effective and Reflective PractitionerChapter 10:Component 1 Writing at the Assessment Center Chapter 11: Candidate CareChapter 12: Confusing Topics and FAQsAppendicesAppendix A: Ten Commandments for Survival as a National Board CandidateAppendix B: 10 Editing Tips to Trim Space without Trimming ContentAppendix C: Sentence Stems for Analytic & Reflective WritingAppendix D: Component 3: Analysis of a VideoAppendix E: Video Tips for Component 3Appendix F: SSTARS Lesson Plan TemplateBased on the Architecture of Accomplished TeachingAppendix G: 20 Tips from Component 4 AssessorsAppendix H: Component 4 Section ConnectionsAbout the Author