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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.
National Board provides grant to Permian Strategic Partnership
Over the next three years, the multi-million dollar grant will help eight school districts in West Texas and New Mexico. Author: NewsWest 9 Updated: 7:41 PM CST December 16, 2020
ODESSA, Texas The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has partnered with the Permian Strategic Partnership to help give teachers the opportunity for better support and to help them develop their skills set and get board certified.
This is an opportunity that will also benefit are students. Today is a day we celebrate the winning of our children because of the investment being made in our teachers, ECISD Superintendent Scott Muri said.
Teacher certification aims to attract, retain teachers - Odessa American: Education
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An initiative to enhance teacher quality in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico will give teachers a chance to achieve certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Announced in a teleconference Wednesday, it is a partnership among the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Permian Strategic Partnership and the New Mexico National Board Certified Teacher Network.
The call included Peggy Brookins, NBCT president, and CEO of the National Board, Ector County ISD Superintendent Scott Muri, Tracee Bentley, president and CEO of the Permian Strategic Partnership and superintendents from Eastern New Mexico. PSP is the funder.
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