“Mitchell 20″ Model Would Make a Difference for Students
Today’s guest post comes to us from Patrick Guggino, a National Board Certified Teacher in Charter Oak Unified School District. Patrick also serves as a support provider for National Board candidates, and has a Ph.D. in Education from U.C. Riverside, where he focused on Curriculum and Instruction.
A couple of Saturdays ago, Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Maximizing Teacher Impact hosted a screening of“Mitchell 20″ as well as a panel discussion featuring several National Board Certified Teachers and administrators supportive of them. I’d been wanting to see the film for some time, having read about it and having heard it referred to as “the anti-Waiting for Superman.” In addition, this semester I have been granted the opportunity to serve as a master teacher and thought that both the film and discussion following would be a good introduction to the National Board process for my student teacher, who attended as well.
Teachers working on their National Board Certification at Stanford's National Board Resource Center (photo: David B. Cohen)
Although I knew the film was about teachers pursuing National Board Certification, I was surprised at how seeing