However, the biggest change in my life is a new adventure I am embarking on with a fellow third grade teammate. We are going for our National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood/Literacy: Reading-Language Arts. For the past few weeks, I have been studying my backside off for the assessment component and my brain is literally to the point of being fried! It's hard though; the pearson and national board website gives information about what to study and what will be on the assessment, but it's such a wide range of information. I need to know all aspects of literacy from Pre-K to eight grade. I need to know about reading, writing, visual literacy, phonics, strategies, miscues, errors, etc., etc. I will be asked multiple choice questions and be given scenarios to answer in writing - all of it timed!
Needless to say, this lady is overwhelmed. However, I am also ready to do it! I sincerely hope I'm prepared and that I pass with flying colors. If not, I suppose it helps having more of an idea of what the test looks like because it can always be taken again?
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| Studying for my national boards with my sweet dog, Lucy, snuggled up close by! |
