Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: What Is National Board Certification? Chapter 2: Building Your Foundation Chapter 3: Getting Started and Getting Support Chapter 4: The Reflective Teacher, Metacognition, and the National Board Process Chapter 5: Writing for the National Board Chapter 6: Probing the Prompts Chapter 7: Component 2, Differentiation and Writing About Student Work Chapter 8: Writing for Component 3: The Video Component Chapter 9: Writing for Component 4: Effective and Reflective Practitioner Chapter 10:Component 1 Writing at the Assessment Center Chapter 11: Candidate Care Chapter 12: Confusing Topics and FAQs Appendices Appendix A: Ten Commandments for Survival as a National Board Candidate Appendix B: 10 Editing Tips to Trim Space without Trimming Content Appendix C: Sentence Stems for Analytic & Reflective Writing Appendix D: Component 3: Analysis of a Video Appendix E: Video Tips for Component 3 Appendix F: SSTARS Lesson Plan TemplateBased on the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching Appendix G: 20 Tips from Component 4 Assessors Appendix H: Component 4 Section Connections About the Author.