All FAQs

Who are Group Leaders?
Group leaders include instructors within a College of Education or professional developers within a school district. Group leaders can: Create groups. ...
Thu, 27 Dec, 2018 at 9:40 AM
What is a framework tag?
 A framework tag is a label that corresponds to a section of a standards or framework document (e.g., a rubric or domain). Tags are applied to ATLAS case vi...
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 4:56 PM
Who are Teacher Students?
Teachers and teacher students are members of groups and can: Conduct searches for cases. Save cases to personal folders. Annotate and apply framework ta...
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 4:57 PM
Who are Organization Admins?
The Organization Admin is the administrator for your organization in ATLAS.  The Organization Administrator is responsible for the following: Adding f...
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 4:57 PM
What is ATLAS?
ATLAS (Accomplished Teaching, Learning and Schools) is an online (password protected) library of case studies showing National Board Certified Teachers (NBC...
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 4:58 PM
Why did the National Board develop ATLAS?
ATLAS supports the National Board’s goal to support teachers across their career continuum by embedding the principles of accomplished practice into pre-ser...
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 4:58 PM
Do NBCTs know their portfolio entries are in ATLAS?
NBCTs whose cases are used in ATLAS were notified of this possibility in the release forms that are part of their candidacy. All NBCTs whose entries were se...
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 4:59 PM
Who is ATLAS for?
ATLAS is intended for those focused on preparing and supporting teachers and other educational leaders including institutions of higher education, school di...
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 5:00 PM
How is ATLAS different?
There are many ways that ATLAS is different from other online video providers: All cases are validly scored, by educators, as accomplished practices. Cas...
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 5:00 PM
How many cases are in ATLAS?
There are currently over 1,300 cases in ATLAS with more cases added regularly.
Wed, 26 Dec, 2018 at 5:00 PM