Maintenance of Certification candidates who deferred in 2019-2020 and/or 2020-2021
Maintenance of Certification candidates who deferred in 2019-2020 and/or 2020-2021 Requirements for Exceptions and Portfolio Submission during COVID-19 NBCTs who Deferred in 2020-2021and are submitting MOC in 2022 The National Board is committed to ensuring you have the flexibility for successfully completing and submitting portfolio components during a time when COVID-19 has far-reaching impacts on…
Standards
Standards What's New? August 27, 2024 The National Board has refreshed standards documents for certificate areas that discuss literacy instruction. Newly posted documents include the following: Updated Early Childhood Generalist Standards and a separate addendum highlighting changes between the 3rd and 4th editions Updated Literacy: Reading-Language Arts Standards and a separate addendum highlighting changes between the…
Dr. Travis J. Bristol Elected New Chair of NBPTS Board of Directors
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced today that Travis J. Bristol, PhD, has been elected Chairman of the NBPTS Board of Directors, succeeding Dr. Terry Holliday who served in the role since 2015. Dr. Bristol, whose term will begin in November 2021, comes to the Board with 17 years of experience in classroom…
Tales from the Pandemic: Lessons learned as an administrator during COVID-19
Starting the School Year. As a school-based administrator entering my 3rd year in a building, I have experienced very little “normal.” I thought this year would be different. Er, rather, I hoped. Here we are on the Friday before teachers return. COVID-19 numbers are surging. Mask wars are on full-scale. Staff members are stressed already.…
Why administrators should consider National Board Certification
Is NBCT for me? Of course! In the year 2000 when I achieved National Board certification, nobody in my district had attempted nor had achieved certification. So I decided to take that plunge! I initially sought National Board certification because I wanted to continue to build my mastery of teaching and I thought going through…
Seeing Dyslexia through three sets of lenses
By: Chris Murray, NBCT From as early as I can remember in elementary school, I had difficulties with words, spelling, and sounds. That difficulty was diagnosed when I was in fourth grade (currently the majority of cases of dyslexia are not identified until at least third grade), but I truly did not begin to understand…
National Board Conversations
Listen to our podcast The series takes us coast to coast in discussion with National Board Certified Teachers and educators as they share their amazing journeys and offer advice and insight into the certification process. Apple Podcast Spotify Google Podcasts
Component 1: Content Knowledge
As a candidate, you take this computer based assessment in the spring of the year you purchase Component 1. If you have questions about scheduling an appointment to take Component 1: Content Knowledge, please go to the Pearson VUE customer support page at: https://home.pearsonvue.com/nbpts/contact or call 888-288-3028. You may also find answers to COVID-19 FAQs: https://home.pearsonvue.com/Test-takers/Resources.aspx?ot=collapse156
What is National Board Certification?
The National Board’s certification process is designed to collect standards-based evidence of accomplished practice. In all 25 certificate areas, candidates are required to complete four components. The specific instructions will vary by certificate area, as will the standards assessed by each component. Component 1: Content Knowledge A computer-based assessment asks you to demonstrate your understanding of content…
