Congratulations to our own Susan Carter, NBCT and member of ecgen.org for publishing Elegant and Accomplished Teaching: A Guide to National Board Certification for the Early Childhood Generalist. This book will walk you right through your portfolio work and then your prep for the Assessment Center. While other books speak in general terms, this one is your own personal guide to your own personal journey! Susan (who wrote a lot of our website's Library – be sure to check THAT out, too – it's such a valuable resource!), filled this book with charts to help you complete your own work, and she explains the directions and what you have to do – exactly! No more guessing. No more wishing you had examples. They're here for you. In order. Clear. Concise. Convincing. Just like the Level 4 Rubric. Hurry! This one talks exclusively about the Early Childhood/Generalist certificate area! You want this RIGHT NOW.
Available at Amazon (http://tinyurl.com/Susan-Carter-s-book-on-Amazon) or from the "Recommended Books" section in our website's Library, you'll want to get this one today!
Other certificate areas aren't left out. We have another author on our website! Bobbie Faulkner, author of "What Works! Successful Strategies in Pursuing National Board Certification", is also a member of ecgen.org! You can find her book on Amazon (http://tinyurl.com/BobbieFaulkner-sBookOnAmazon) and in our website's "Recommended Books" section of the Library. Bobbie's book came out last September, and was featured in a blog right here at that time (see September 2011 blog for more about her book).
The best National Board Certification candidate support if available right here on ecgen.org – no doubt about it! We're proud of our two authors and the books they have made available to candidates nationwide. Now you can have support right at your fingertips – at home – while you're working! Their books will guide you with the best support you could find anywhere – except right here on ecgen.org, of course! Come on in and join us here – our Forums are bursting with messages, we have live chats each weekend, and our Library is full of pertinent information every candidate should read!
Kelly Mueller