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Board Certification the Norm

At the National Board, we work with states, districts and teachers associations to make Board certification the norm—building a path from teacher preparation to networks of peer support to help teachers achieve certification.

Collaborative Professional Learning

National Board Certified Teachers across the country have advocated for ways to bring accomplished teaching—and by extension, improved student learning—to scale using National Board Certification as a foundation for job-embedded, relevant and engaging professional learning. These initiatives are impacting all aspects of the teaching continuum and growing the numbers of accomplished teachers.

Two models in particular have seen great success positively impacting student learning and school culture:

School-based professional learning that strengthens practice for all teachers
Putting beginning teachers on a path towards accomplished teaching

We’ve created a toolkit to help principals and superintendents learn from the work of Board-certified teachers across the country.

VIEW THE TOOLKIT

I recommend that all states and districts gather their key education stakeholders together and collaborate. We built bridges and are in close alliance with bipartisan politicians. That is how we are achieving our goal of dramatic improvement so rapidly and effectively

To learn more about the Network to Transform Teaching or to contact the NT3 Director in your state, visit http://nt3.nbhq.org.

Access an overview of NT3 here.

Building Accomplished Teaching for Native American Students

Since 2015, the National Board has been working with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to achieve the goal of having 1,000 Board-certified teachers across the 183 BIE and tribally-operated schools in the United States. Since its inception, this project has engaged more than 450 affiliated teachers and seen a 25% increase in the number of National Board Certified Teachers.

Through this project, the National Board aims to:

Conduct orientation and recruitment activities to BIE affiliated teachers to provide information about the Board certification process
Provide candidates for Board certification with mentoring and support from NBCT Network partners in the field
Utilize resources available through the Accomplished Teaching, Learning and Schools (ATLAS) library and What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do for administrators and teachers to support strategic discussions on National Board Standards, the Five Core Propositions and best teaching practices.

BIE affiliated teachers are saying…

My students have benefited the most. Through this process I have become better at using formative assessment to drive instruction in order to help my students achieve learning targets.

I feel that all professional teachers should challenge themselves to develop their craft when given the opportunity. The BIE afforded this opportunity and I am grateful.