Standards Committees

Who should join a standards committee?

Evaluating the Standards

As part of the NBPTS ongoing mission to provide leading standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do, NBPTS Standards Committees are periodically formed to review the standards.

Serve on an NBPTS Standards Committee

We are not currently soliciting applications for standards committees.

 

Standards Committee Membership Duties

• Committees are charged with the responsibility to evaluate the existing standards to determine whether the standards document offers an up-to-date representation of accomplished teaching in the field and what, if any, revision is warranted.
• The majority of the 8-12 member committees must be classroom teachers who spend at least half of their time working with students in the appropriate discipline and developmental level.
• Remaining members may be other educators with expertise in the teaching field, such as district and state staff developers and curriculum specialists, and college and university professors of education. 
• Committees will reflect the nation’s regional and ethnic diversity as well as the range of teaching contexts and professional views that exist about what constitutes accomplished teaching. 
• Committees will meet for several weekend days in the fall in Washington, D.C. (travel, lodging, meals and an honorarium provided).
• Members will take part in online discussion boards  to continue the work of updating the standards (stipend provided). 
• Subsequent face to face meetings may be necessary depending on the complexity of changes to the document.
• The committee will respond to public comments on the committee’s draft which will be released for that purpose prior to final approval by the NBPTS Board of Directors.

Committee Member Qualifications

• Outstanding educator
• Comprehensive knowledge of subject matter
• Extensive knowledge and practical expertise of good teaching
• Current knowledge of research and of national, state, and local standards in the field
• Able to articulate the view of peers
• Positively impacts professional community