First-Time and Returning Candidate Resources
First-Time and Returning Candidate Resources Standards and Instructions for First-time and Returning Candidates As you prepare to start your National Board Certification process here are important documents for you to download: the General Portfolio Instructions and your selected certificate-specific instructions. The General Portfolio Instructions will provide you with key requirements, policies, and guidelines. This is an important…
Eligibility and Timing
Eligibility and Timing As a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT), you must successfully meet the MOC requirements in one of the two years prior to the expiration of your certificate to maintain certification in your original certificate area. If you are unsure of your eligibility to pursue MOC, please login to your National Board account or contact customer support…
MOC Candidate Resources
MOC Candidate Resources The Five Core Propositions, the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching, and the National Board Standards in your certificate area are the basis on which MOC has been designed and against which MOC evidence will be evaluated. Teams of NBCTs built and piloted MOC. MOC GUIDE, INSTRUCTIONS & FORMS MOC COMPONENTS MOC EVALUATION PREPARING FOR MOC
Why Maintain Certification
Why Maintain Certification Designed to support ongoing professional learning and signal demonstration of performance over time, Maintenance of Certification requires you, as a National Board Certified Teacher, to document your professional accomplishments every five years in order to keep your Board certification current and valid. This five-year timeline is aligned with the five-year renewal period…
Get Started
Get Started Get Certified and Take Your Teaching Career to the Next Level National Board Certification is available in 25 certificate areas representing 16 different disciplines and four developmental levels and is applicable to most teachers in U.S. public schools. Recognizing the many demands on teachers’ time, the certification process is designed to be flexible, efficient…
Juliana Urtubey, National Board Certified Teacher, Named National Teacher of the Year
On May 6th, 2021, The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) announced that Juliana Urtubey, NBCT from Clark County, Nevada, has been named the National Teacher of the Year. Urtubey, a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Childhood/Young Adulthood Exceptional Needs Specialist earned certification in 2018. “Juliana is an exception educator, a remarkable leader,…
Deadline changes to provide flexibility
Headlines: We apologize for the impact of the system change on you We have extended deadlines to provide you flexibility More resources are coming soon Over the past several weeks, we have worked through a transition to our new registration and candidate system. That system change generated unanticipated challenges, many questions from educators, and long…
National Board Applauds Conviction in Derek Chauvin Trial, Providing Justice for George Floyd
Following the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards released the following statement commending the guilty verdict. On behalf of the National Board, President and CEO Peggy Brookins, NBCT, said, “Today, justice prevailed over racism, bias, and brutality. By rightfully holding Derek Chauvin accountable for…
Dr. Barnett Berry to Receive Prestigious James A. Kelly Award
Arlington, VA – Dr. Barnett Berry, research professor at the University of South Carolina and Founding Director of All4SC, will receive the National Board’s James A. Kelly Award for Advancing Accomplished Teaching on April 9, 2021. The Kelly Award, named after James A. Kelly, Founding President and CEO of the National Board, recognizes and honors…
