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Working Wisdom: A Guide to Accomplished Teaching

Listed below are portions of a larger resource Working Wisdom: A Guide to Accomplished Teaching first produced by our center in 2009 and subsequently updated.

Here we have divided it by certificate area so it will appear less daunting to you and easier for us to update when certificate changes are made by National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Following the advice presented here has the potential to increase candidates’ respective understandings of what they should be most concerned with, why they should be concerned with it, and how they should act on that understanding. This vision of the “big picture” is essential to help candidates use their time efficiently and effectively.

Title / Certificate Area - Last Updated

  • Introduction / How to use these documents (2021) - DOC | PDF

Subject Area

  • Art: Early and Middle Childhood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Art: Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Career and Technical Education: Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • English as a New Language: Early and Middle Childhood (2021) - DOC | PDF

  • English as a New Language: Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (2021) - DOC | PDF

  • English Language Arts: Adolescence and Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • English Language Arts: Early Adolescence (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Exceptional Needs Specialist: Early Childhood through Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Generalist: Early Childhood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Generalist: Middle Childhood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Health: Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Library Media: Early Childhood through Young Adulthood (2021) - DOC | PDF

  • Literacy: Early and Middle Childhood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Mathematics: Adolescence and Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Mathematics: Early Adolescence (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Music: Early and Middle Childhood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Music: Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Physical Education: Early and Middle Childhood (2021) - DOC | PDF

  • Physical Education: Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (2021) - DOC | PDF

  • School Counseling: Early Childhood through Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Science: Early Adolescence (2021) - DOC | PDF

  • Science: Adolescence and Young Adulthood (2021) - DOC | PDF

  • Social Studies - Adolescence and Young Adulthood (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • Social Studies - Early Adolescence (2020) - DOC | PDF

  • World Languages Other than English: Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (2021) - DOC | PDF

Other Resources

Below are some videos containing additional information.

Writing Tips - MP4

Component 3 Tips - MP4

Goals, Formats, and Strategies - MP4

Goals - MP4

Video Traits - MP4