Candidate Support Provider Online Course

Have you always wanted to participate in the NBPTS Candidate Support Provider Training, but couldn’t attend one in your location?  Now you can take the course from anywhere in the country, with the new CSP Online Course!  All you need is internet access!

The new Candidate Support Provider (CSP) Online Course is designed to provide new and experienced candidate support providers with the practical knowledge, skills, and tools needed to successfully support teacher candidates during their National Board Certification® process. By completing this CSP Online Course, you will earn the same certificate of completion as the 2-day CSP classroom training. The course goals, learning objectives, target audience, and course content is the same as the face-to-face training, so now you have the option to take the course either face-to-face or online. 

The CSP Online Course spans a six week period with a total estimated completion time of 30 hours. After completing this course, you will be able to: 

• Explain the fundamentals of candidate support including the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching, the roles and responsibilities of CSPs, and the different types of candidate support.
• Interpret and apply NBPTS guidelines that ensure ethical candidate support.
• Explain the processes used for scoring portfolio entries and assessment center exercises and apply these scoring policies when supporting retake candidates.
• Apply adult learning principles, use effective communication skills, and set biases aside when working with candidates.
• Prepare yourself to review portfolio entries by collecting and reviewing background resources such as the NBPTS Standards, portfolio instructions, and scoring guide.
• Review portfolio entries, locate elements of evidence, and provide meaningful feedback to candidates to help them deepen their level of thinking about their teaching practices.

CSP Online Course Participants

The content in this course has been designed specifically for public and private school personnel and those in higher education, professional associations, and other education organizations who wish to support candidates in the process of certification by NBPTS. The primary target audience is comprised of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs). However,  this course has been designed to also benefit non-NBCTs who are unfamiliar with the certification process and other educators, such as professional development staff.

This course is available on an individual basis to anyone with Internet access. Additionally, groups, such as a school district or university, can coordinate a private offering of this course for their specific audience. Each offering of the CSP Online Course can accommodate a minimum of 12 participants and a maximum of 25 participants.

The CSP Online Course is especially beneficial to individuals or groups who:

• Live in remote or rural areas and would need to travel to the classroom course;
• Prefer learning in the comfort of their own homes;
• Find online learning more accessible because the content is always available (during the course); and
• Feel more comfortable with the “anonymity” of online learning and are less intimidated about participating in discussion boards.

The next offering of the CSP Online Course will begin on October 27, 2010. The cost of the course is $295 per participant.

For a detailed description of course sessions and required assignments, see the full Syllabus.

There are a limited number of slots, so register today to ensure your virtual seat! On the registration page, you will need to enter NBPTS into the Promo Code box before you will see a registration link at the bottom of the page.

Once you have entered the NBPTS Promo Code, scroll down to the bottom of the page, enter your zip code and click “View” to go to the “Enroll” link. There are a limited number of seats, and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis, so register now to ensure your spot in the course.

Please note: Individuals who are currently in the process of completing National Board Certification, including those who have completed the Certification process but are waiting for results, cannot attend this course.

Confidentiality Agreement & Refund Policy

All participants in the NBPTS CSP Online Course will be required to sign an electronic Confidentiality Agreement within the first week of the course.  The agreement will be available in the course 4 days prior to the course start date, and will remain available the first week of the course.  Full agreement with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement is required in order to take the course. 

If a participant fails to submit this agreement by the end of Session 1, PBS will have the participant removed from the course.  Participants will receive a full refund if they drop the course before the start date and an 80% refund if they drop within the first seven days of the course. There are no refunds granted after day seven of the course.