National Board Teacher Certification
“An intense and reflective
journey toward becoming a
more effective teacher.”
---Donna Canan
Fall/Winter 2010 Consider if NBCT is right for you
Winter 2011 -‐Discuss NBCT with colleagues and Mike Gavin if process is right for you-‐Complete NBCT Application
Spring 2011 -‐Meet NBCT Cohorts, understand process, get organized, attend an NBCT overview training with Sherri Kulpa and begin collection of evidence
Summer 2011 -‐Continue working on portfolio entries including “Your Contributions to Teaching Profession”
Fall 2011-‐Winter 2012 -‐Collect evidence, craft reflections and tighten portfolio entries-‐Prepare and begin taking content knowledge assessments (Tests can be taken starting 1/2/2012)
Spring 2012 3/31/2012-‐Portfolios Due-‐Take content knowledge assessments
Summer 2012 -‐Take any remaining content knowledge assessments
Fall 2012/Winter 2013 -‐Receive Certification & Notify HR for tuition reimbursement/stipend award OR Begin revision process if Certification not obtained
The NBCT Timeline:
Jessica Maltzman“The process has been both rewarding and challenging. It
forces you outside of your comfort zone.”
Kerry Arens“Set deadlines for yourself so that you don’t end up doing all of your work in the final hours.”
Serving Sizes
Katie Meyers---”...the process has already changed my teaching. I am rethinking many of my lessons based on the wonderful ideas I have discovered in the National Board materials...”
National Board Certification is a rigorous and advanced teaching credential. It is achieved upon successful completion of a voluntary assessment program designed to recognize effective and accomplished teachers who meet high standards based on what teachers should know and be able to do. The process takes approximately four hundred hours of outside class work completed over an eighteen month period of time.
As part of the certification process, candidates complete 10 assessments that are reviewed by NBC teachers in your content area. The assessments include four portfolio entries that feature teaching practice and six constructed response exercises that assess content knowledge.
Certification is valid for 10 years, and renewal candidates must begin the renewal process during their eighth or ninth years as NBCTs.
Where can I learn more?• http://www.nbpts.org• Mike Gavin, NBCT admin liaison• 10 KHS Teachers currently
working toward NBCT Certification
• Olivia Rea, Karen Sabourin and Sherri Kulpa are NBCT Certified
What does NBCT Cost?• NBCT Costs $2500.00• State/Federal Grants can offset 1/2
the cost• NBCT Costs are eligible for KSD
tuition reimbursement
How Does KSD support the NBCT Process?• KSD provides 1 substitute day per
year for participation in NBCT.• NBCT Costs are eligible for KSD
tuition reimbursement• $3000.00 annual stipend upon
receipt of NBCT Certificate to HR.
What is National Board Certification?
NBPTS Standards and National Board Certification give teachers and schools the tools to define and measure teaching excellence. NBPTS Standards are based on the Five Core Propositions that form the foundation for what all accomplished teachers should know and be able to do and provide a reference that helps educators link teaching standards to teaching practice.
Five Core Propositions
• Teachers are committed to students and their learning.• Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those
subjects to students.• Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student
learning.• Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn
from experience.• Teachers are members of learning communities.
Amy Barker......”NBC pushes you to do all those things you have wanted to do as a teacher but somehow have not found the time for...”