Helping students learn starts with learning about students
Recently re-released, What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do articulates the National Board’s Five Core Propositions for teaching. Similar to medicine’s Hippocratic Oath, the Five Core Propositions are held in common by teachers of all grade levels and disciplines and underscore the accomplished teacher’s commitment to advancing student learning and achievement. This blog…
How I Got Over (Becoming NBCT)
It started from a chance meeting in North Carolina. The Center for Teaching Quality had invited me to be part of a large coalition of educators writing about the future of the teaching profession. It was aptly titled Teaching 2030: What We Must Do For Our Students and Our Public Schools – Now and In…
Teacher-Led Movement to Strengthen Teaching Continuum and Elevate the Profession Taking Root
533 Teachers Become Board-Certified; 3,384 Renew; More Than 20,000 in Process ARLINGTON, Va. — December 12, 2016 — The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards celebrates 533 new and 3,384 renewed National Board Certified Teachers along with the tens of thousands of teachers currently pursuing Board certification – seen as the profession’s mark of accomplished…
Counting My Blessings
To say that this year has been the most rewarding in my career is an understatement. When I found out that my colleagues had voted for me for our school’s Teacher of the Year, I was over the moon. I never could have imagined the path that would unfold before me. Next came district Teacher…
Teachers Across America are Invited to Join Me For a #Workfreelunch
American teachers are gifted multi-taskers. We, who conduct stealthy paper-grading sessions in the middle of staff meetings and keep at least two internal conversations going at all times. Many of us have found that this is absolutely the only way to survive. As a bona fide multi-tasker-in-recovery myself, I can testify to the exhilarating feeling…
Three Prominent Education Leaders Join NBPTS Board of Directors
New Directors Include Education Advocate Montserrat Garibay; Nevada’s State Board of Education Member Tonia Holmes-Sutton; and Presidential Award Winner Dat Le. All Are National Board Certified Teachers ARLINGTON, Va. – December 6, 2016 – The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, a nonprofit organization created by the teaching profession to set and maintain standards of…
Guiding Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families through the IEP Process
The Special Education evaluation process can be a labyrinthian course fraught with confusion and misinformation. However, it also has the potential to be a rich source of information and a time for deep planning around the needs of a particular student. For teachers of students who come from culturally and linguistically diverse families, it is…
ACTE, NBPTS Partner to Promote High-Quality Career and Technical Education
Media Contacts: Richard Klein, rklein@nbpts.org Steve DeWitt, sdewitt@acteonline.org Las Vegas, NV — The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (National Board) are pleased to announce their partnership to further serve career and technical education (CTE) professionals and advance student outcomes. Together, the two organizations will work…
Caring. Reflection. Accomplished Practice in Life.
This past June, I retired. As a 32-year educator, a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) achieved and renewed; I knew this was going to be an interesting adventure. And what have I discovered? My identity hasn’t changed. I still strive to be “accomplished” in what I do, by being analytic and reflective. Collaborative. By…
