2020 kicked my butt. Hard core. But I don’t feel alone in that, and I know that many had it harder than me for a variety of reasons. My mantra for 2020: Get back to the basics. Professionally, I told myself that (student) growth is (student) growth, and it’s okay if this year doesn’t show…
Tag: World Language
National Board Certification: Tips for Component 1 for World Language Teachers
When I got the little firework banner message proclaiming I passed–I was finally Erin Austin, NBCT–I cried. (I wanted to be tougher than that, but apparently I’m not.) The NBPTS process is long, difficult, and expensive. I completed the four components plus the language tests over the course of two years, and during the second…