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Sharing your pronouns: Becoming a Gender Affirming Educator
By: Chris Murray, NBCT On Thursday, January 7 more than 50 educators from Montgomery County Public Schools (MD) continued their journey to a deeper understanding of how gender impacts our students. This PD provided educators an opportunity to learn from experts in the field about ways to make our schools and school systems do everything…
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This page lists all our upcoming webinars. For initial candidates, we have a library of previously recorded webinars on topics ranging from an Overview of National Board Certification to Component Deep Dives to support you. If you are an NBCT working on Maintenance of Certification, you can find previously recorded webinars to support you here.…
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Networks National Board Networks The National Board Networks™ work in tandem with the National Board to build accomplished teaching across the nation. The networks work to identify opportunities to broaden the influence of National Board Certified Teachers and expand their influence to reform education. The Networks offers a range of programs and activities developed to suit…
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Funding We know that many educators have questions about sources of funding for National Board certification. This page includes a partial list of third-party resources. We will continually update this page. State Incentives Donors Choose For more candidate resources, visit the candidate center.
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COVID-19 The guidance on this page is for candidates pursuing National Board certification during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been put in place to provide flexibility for successfully completing and submitting components during the pandemic. The guidance on this page is for candidates pursuing National Board certification during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been put…
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Updated June 2024 The Candidate Center is your library of information related to the certification process. Here you can find instructions and policy documents and other information that is specific to first time, returning and Maintenance of Certification candidates. Please read carefully as you review the documents. We encourage you to check back often as…
