National Boards Component 4 Bundle

Struggling to figure out Component 4 for National Boards? Pulling out your hair because there are SO. MANY. INSTRUCTIONS!! This will help you out figure it all out and help get you organized.

Included Resources:

1. Wrapping your Head Around it All (C4) - Walking you through each important section of the instructions, this guide asks pointed questions to help you navigate all the intricacies of this component. Throughout the guide, examples are given to show how to utilize the graphic organizers to ensure you are fully prepared to complete each specific element of this complicated component.

2. National Boards Component 4 Sentence Frames - This resource comes with 69 sentence frames that break down the 5 categories Component 4 requires you to show in your commentary. The frames are based on/built around the question and rubric language found in the component.

The five included sentence frame categories are:

• In-Depth Knowledge of Students (16 sentence frames included)

ex. In order to build on my students' knowledge of ___________ from a previous unit, I designed this unit to include __________.

• Assessment as a Recursive Process (7 frames included)
• Select/Create Assessment to track progress (19 frames included)

ex. Based on ____________, I plan to modify this unit in the future by _____________, which will better support students because _______________.

• Support Students through Feedback and Ownership of Learning (11 frames included)
• Expand Professional Knowledge through Development and Advocacy (16 frames included)

3. Component 4 Knowledge of Students Guide

This is a Google File that includes:

1. High School - Getting to Know You Survey (printable)

2. Middle School - Getting to Know You Survey (printable)

3. Knowledge of Students Source Table (to track the different sources you used to collect data)

4. Student Knowledge Observation Tracker (fillable table to track your observations of the students through the year K-12)

5. Parent Survey - (printable)

6. Student Interest Survey

7. High School - Getting to Know You Survey (Google Form - students take the survey online and then you can export the data)

8. Middle School - Getting to Know You Survey (Google Form)

9. Tracking Knowledge of Students Spreadsheet - This Google Spreadsheet is set up for you to track all the data you collect on your students.

A couple of these documents lean towards ELA related questions, but they could easily be adjusted to any other subject (example: "What sort of grades have you gotten in English class in this past? You would just sub out English for whichever subject you are teaching). The Tracking spreadsheets and Parents survey work for any subject without any adjustments needed.

My business partner and I are both National Boards Certificated Teachers (Certified under the new system and completed the MOC) who used these resources when we went through the process. We also have experience running National Boards cohorts. These WORK and will help you frame your analysis in a clear way, but it is not a magic wand that will do the work for you. The lesson planning, substance of your analysis, and resources must still be your own based on your teaching and your students.

4. Component 4 Tips and Tricks

This double sided one-pager includes the best tips and tricks for Component 4 that we have collected across years of working with this process. It includes common pitfalls that we see many candidates falling into. It also includes suggestions on specific elements to include as you plan lessons and assignments that will help you on the back-end of the component when writing the commentary. Finally there's advice around how to best revise your component, cut it down inside the page limit, and submission reminders.

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