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While each state determines its own teacher licensure and re-licensure requirements, for over thirty years the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards has worked to advance teaching through a voluntary National Board Certification process. North Carolina is the top state in the entire nation when it comes to the number of National Board Certified Teachers employed in our schools. This week we will hear from the head of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards and a district and teacher leader to learn more about why National Board Certification is so important for NC.
Updated December 21, 2020 6:34 a.m. EST
EDITOR S NOTE: The following is Mary Ann Wolf s Final Word from the Dec. 19, 2020 broadcast of Education Matters: National Board Certification. Wolf is president and executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina.
Over the past many months, we have been sharing the complexity of the roles that our schools and in particular our teachers grapple with as they strive to support each of their students academically, socially and emotionally to reach their potential.
The complexity of teaching students with diverse needs, backgrounds and interests is part of what attracts individuals to teaching and also what makes each year, each class and each student a unique challenge for educators. As you talk with teachers across our state you also quickly realize that teachers are learners first.