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New Alliance Aims to Increase the Number of World Languages Students Taught by National Board Certified Teachers
November 20, 2015
ARLINGTON, VA — November 20, 2015 — The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) are pleased to announce an alliance that will, in the future, enable the National Board to expand National Board Certification to teachers of world languages other than French and Spanish. Nationwide, more than 110,000 teachers have achieved National Board Certification, with 1,936 in the World Language certificate area, demonstrating that they have met the profession’s standards for accomplished practice through a rigorous, performance-based, peer-review process. Working together, the National Board and ACTFL aim to further…
Read MorePeggy Brookins, NBCT, Named President and CEO of the National Board
November 9, 2015
ARLINGTON, VA — November 9, 2015 — The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has named Peggy Brookins, a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT), as its new CEO and President. Brookins has served as executive vice president of the National Board since December 2014 and as interim president and CEO since June 2015. A pioneering STEM educator, Brookins assumes the role following the passing of Ronald Thorpe. This is a historic moment for the National Board and for the profession and the fulfillment of Thorpe’s vision that—for the first time—a Board-certified teacher is at the helm of the profession’s organization…
Read MoreU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Announces ASCD as New Partner in Teach to Lead
October 21, 2015
ARLINGTON Va. — October 21, 2015 — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today that ASCD will join the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the U.S. Department of Education as the third partner in Teach to Lead, which focuses on expanding opportunities for teacher leadership in ways that enhance student learning and make it possible for teachers to stay in the classroom while leading in the profession. “We are happy to welcome ASCD as a partner in Teach to Lead and look forward to working with them and the National Board to advance teacher leadership,” said Duncan. “During…
Read MoreNational Board Deepens Partnership with States, Districts and the Profession to Transform Teaching and Learning
October 6, 2015
$19.4M Federal SEED Grant Will Grow Ranks of Accomplished, Board-Certified Teachers Teaching and Leading in High-Need Schools ARLINGTON, Va. — October 6, 2015 —The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has been awarded a $19.4-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the 2015 Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant competition. The work supported by this grant will build on the burgeoning success of Network to Transform Teaching (NT3), launched with funding from a 2013 SEED grant. NT3 is designed to advance student learning by strengthening the structures, policies and programs that support teacher growth and development. The partners…
Read MoreNational Board Remembers Visionary President and CEO Ronald Thorpe
July 1, 2015
ARLINGTON, VA—July 1, 2015 — An education leader who called for elevating teaching to the ranks of esteemed professions such as medicine and engineering, Dr. Ronald Thorpe, president and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, lost his battle with cancer today. “Visionary is an overused word, but in Ron’s case, it’s the right one,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who presented Thorpe with a lifetime achievement award in March. “He’s deepened the understanding of the teaching profession for the nation and the world.” Joining the National Board shortly after its 25th anniversary in 2011, Thorpe…
Read MoreNational Board Partners with MS Dept. of Education to Boost Early Literacy Instruction
May 5, 2015
National Board Partners with Mississippi Department of Education to Boost Early Literacy Instruction for Mississippi’s K-3 Students ARLINGTON, VA — The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, with the support of a $2.4-million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), will work to strengthen literacy instruction and outcomes for students across Mississippi in the critical early elementary years. In partnership with the Mississippi Department of Education, National Board Certified Teachers will work directly with students in their classrooms, as well as with other teachers in their schools and districts, to transform literacy teaching for K-3 students across the state. Over the course…
Read MoreBoard-Certified Teachers More Effective, New Studies Affirm
April 1, 2015
The evidence continues to mount that teachers who earn national-board certification are more effective than other teachers, both at the high school and elementary levels. Two recently released studies show higher test scores by students who are taught by board-certified teachers. The findings are in line with previous research. Read More (subscription may be required) – Stephen Sawchuk, April 1, 2015.
Read MoreNational Board’s ATLAS Boosts Teacher Prep in Louisiana through Video Analysis and Reflection
March 31, 2015
ARLINGTON, Va. — Through a new partnership with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, teacher preparation programs in Louisiana will receive a major boost in preparing the next generation of teachers for success in the profession. The new partnership between the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the Louisiana Board of Regents will provide aspiring teachers throughout the state with access to ATLAS—a unique, searchable online library of authentic videos showing National Board Certified Teachers at work in the classroom. ATLAS (Accomplished Teaching, Learning, and Schools™) allows users to get inside the heads of accomplished teachers by observing…
Read MoreTwo New Studies Add to the Evidence Base on Board-Certified Teachers’ Impact on Student Achievement
March 19, 2015
ARLINGTON, Va. — Two independent studies recently released provide new evidence that, on average, the students of National Board Certified Teachers learn more than students in other classrooms. Such evidence held from elementary through high school grades; across reading, math and science subject areas; and in varied districts and states across the country. The studies, the first conducted in Washington state by researchers Dr. Dan Goldhaber and James Cowan, and the second in Kentucky and in Chicago Public Schools by the nonprofit CNA Corporation under the leadership of Dr. Linda Cavalluzzo, build upon more than a decade of research that…
Read MoreNational Board Publishes New Standards for CTE
March 3, 2015
The new CTE Standards are here! The National Board has published revised standards for accomplished teaching in the rapidly evolving field of Career and Technical Education (CTE). Created by educators—Board-certified teachers and researchers with distinguished expertise in CTE—the standards were written to reflect recent advances in research and practice and address the increasing focus on preparing all students for postsecondary success. National Board Certification in CTE will be organized around eight pathways or specialty areas established by the standards, from Decorative Arts and Design to Natural Resources. They also boost the content knowledge requirements for CTE certification and the expectation that teachers…
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