Workshops

Upcoming Workshops

Getting Started Sessions - 5 Core Propositions, Architecture of Accomplished Teaching, and Component Overviews 

National Board Certification - Getting Started Workshops

June 16-18, 2025, Meridian, MS

8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Meridian Location: MSU Meridian

  • Process Overview
  • Timeline for Completion
  • Core Proposition and Standard Study

Pre-Session Reading Assignment(s) - These will be emailed to you.

  • Certificate-Area Standards Study
  • 5 Core Propositions Analysis
Component Overviews (Standards, Rubrics, & Scoring)
  • Components 2, 3, and 4
  • Overview of Components
  • Component Scoring
  • Tips for Success
Contact Stephanie McGee at seh45@msstate.edu.

Please bring Certificate Area Standards, a copy of What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do and your Component Instructions. 

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Getting Started with National Board Certification Crash Course

5 Core Propositions, Architecture of Accomplished Teaching, and Component Overviews 

October 4, 2025, Starkville, MS

9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Location: Partnership Middle School, MSU Campus

  • Process Overview
  • Timeline for Completion
  • Core Proposition and Standard Study

Pre-Session Reading Assignment(s) - These will be emailed to you.

  • Certificate-Area Standards Study
  • 5 Core Propositions Analysis
Component Overviews (Standards, Rubrics, & Scoring)
  • Components 2, 3, and 4
  • Overview of Components
  • Component Scoring
  • Tips for Success
Contact Stephanie McGee at seh45@msstate.edu.

Please bring Certificate Area Standards, a copy of What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do and your Component Instructions. 

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Maintenance of Certification Workshop

October 18, 2025, Starkville, MS

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Location: Partnership Middle School, MSU Campus

  • Process Overview

Pre-Session Reading Assignment(s) - These will be emailed to you.

  • Certificate-Area Standards Study
  • MOC Instructions
Component Overview
  • Components 1 and 2
  • Professional Growth Experiences
  • Samples of Product
  • Tips for Success
Contact Stephanie McGee at seh45@msstate.edu.

Please bring Certificate Area Standards and your Component Instructions. 

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Writing for National Boards

December 6, 2025, Starkville, MS

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Location: Partnership Middle School, MSU Campus

  • Analytical Writing - How to Answer the How & Why
  • Clear, Concise, and Convincing Writing
  • Sample Writing and Feedback

  • Location: Partnership Middle School at MSU

Contact Stephanie McGee at seh45@msstate.edu.

MSU WCTP Component Sessions and Candidate Support for National Board Candidates

PURPOSE:

Sessions:

  • To support you in your path to professional growth.
  • To explore the standards, requirements and scoring for each component.
  • To explore and collaborate with colleagues on effective methods that will impact student learning.
  • To provide you with the opportunity to examine the importance of establishing a reflective practice.
  • To provide you with a candidate support system in a cohort led by a NBCT in your certificate area.

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Components 2 Sessions

Components 2 Workshop Face-to-Face or Virtual Option

Contact Stephanie McGee, seh45@msstate.edu, to schedule a session.

Please Bring Certificate Area Standards, Component 2 instructions, unit plans, and student artifacts.

  • Component 2  - Specific Standards Breakdown
  • Formative Activity Use and Constructive Feedback
  • Differentiation and Assessment
  • Component 2 and Component 4 - Rubric Analysis
  • Instructional Strategies Brainstorming
  • Component 2 - Rubric, Prompts, and Standards Alignment
  • Planning, Collaboration, and Feedback

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Component 3 Sessions

Component 3 Workshop Face-to-Face or Virtual Option

 Contact Stephanie McGee, seh45@msstate.edu, to schedule a session

Please bring Certificate Area Standards, Component 3 instructions, and unit plans.

  • Component 3- Specific Standards Breakdown
  • Component 3 - Instructional Practices based on Knowledge of Students
  • Component 3 Rubric Analysis
  • Instructional Format Brainstorming
  • Component 3 Rubric, Prompts, and Standards Alignment
  • Planning, Collaboration, and Feedback

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Component 4 Sessions

Component 4 Workshop Face-to-Face or Virtual Option

Contact Stephanie McGee, seh45@msstate.edu, to schedule a session

Please bring standards, component 4 instructions, and unit plans.

  • Component 4- Specific Standards Breakdown
  • Developing Assessments
  • Using Assessments
  • Collaborating to Impact Student Learning

 

  • Component 4 - Rubric Analysis
  • Identifying Professional Learning Needs and Students Needs
  • Planning, Collaboration, and Feedback

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Candidate Support Mentor

Candidate Support Mentor

Register for a Candidate Support Mentor for Components 2, 3, and/or 4

  • Cohort Meetings
  • Feedback to Questions and Written Commentaries

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Writing for National Boards

Writing for National Boards - Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, 9:00 - 12:00

  • Analytical Writing - How to Answer the How & Why
  • Clear, Concise, and Convincing Writing
  • Sample Writing and Feedback

Location: Partnership Middle School at MSU

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