Participants will learn: Participants will learn

Participants will learn:

• Participants will learn:

• How the National Board helps school systems succeed
• About the latest news and research about the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
• How to integrate National Board Certification programs into Pennsylvania’s educational framework
• About the Pennsylvania Initiative

NBPTS - is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created in 1987 in response to “A Nation At Risk” and “A Nation Prepared”

• NBPTS - is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created in 1987 in response to “A Nation At Risk” and “A Nation Prepared”

• Its mission is to:
• Maintain and update professional standards for accomplished teaching
• Integrate National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) into education reform efforts
• Advance school improvement

WHAT WE ARE DOING … increasing teacher effectiveness

• WHAT WE ARE DOING … increasing teacher effectiveness

• WHERE WE ARE GOING … whole school reform 

• OUR VISION … strengthen U.S. Education

Cohorts of NBCTs are collaborating with administrators to change the culture of entire schools

• Cohorts of NBCTs are collaborating with administrators to change the culture of entire schools

• More than 74,000 NBCTs are changing the learning culture of classrooms

• NBPTS standards extend beyond the core curriculum

• NBPTS standards support the continuum of the profession 

• NBPTS supports schools by incubating innovation

National Board Certification

• National Board Certification

• Is evolving into a systemic movement
• Is leveraging NBCTs to meet educational challenges

• Targeted High Need Initiative & Take One!

• Using Take One! to build school-based learning communities
• Evaluations are reporting a strong learning culture, best practice sharing, and improved student learning

• National Board Certification for Educational Leaders

• Expanding National Board Certification into whole school reform
• Advancing student engagement and achievement, retaining the best teachers, and improving teacher and school performance

The NBPTS standards: fully integrated with common student standards

• The NBPTS standards: fully integrated with common student standards

• National Board Certification: an effective model of pay for performance

• National Board programs:

• meeting the needs of underserved students
• whole-school transformations

• NBPTS programs: successful public-private partnerships

Providing support for effective teaching

• Providing support for effective teaching

• Enhancing school- and district-level instructional expertise

• Leveraging effective instructional practice

• Building an infrastructure for school success

Three new certifications:

• Three new certifications:

• National Board Certification for Principals
• National Board Certification for Assistant Principals
• National Board Certification for Teacher Leaders

Indicated that students of The National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs)

• Indicated that students of The National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs)

• Outperform students of non-NBCTs on achievement tests—and the positive effect is even greater among minority students
• Make learning gains equivalent to an extra month in school
• Exhibit stronger writing abilities, better comprehension and integration of complex classroom material, and better understanding of concepts and more abstract thinking

Structuring best practice as everyday practice

• Structuring best practice as everyday practice

• Increasing the presence of teachers in instructional leadership positions, high-need schools, and policy debates

• Sustaining effective educational reform

• Advancing a culture of learning that improves

• Teacher preparation
• Teaching
• Understanding of highly accomplished teaching

Four geographically distributed centers:

• Four geographically distributed centers:

• Gannon University
• East Stroudsburg University
• Duquesne University
• Temple University

• Established in fall 2006 by the Pennsylvania Department of Education

• Support pre-candidates, candidates, and advanced candidates for National Board Certification

►Awareness

• ►Awareness

• ►Recruitment

• ► Preparation

• ► Support

The initiative …

• The initiative …

• Aligns proven research-based NBPTS programs to identify and build human and social capital
• Provides an integrated approach to building teacher effectiveness and leadership capacity
• The initiative fosters a standards-based professional learning community
• Incorporates a rigorous evaluation process

Northeast Center for Teaching Excellence at East Stroudsburg University of PA IU's 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22

• Northeast Center for Teaching Excellence at East Stroudsburg University of PA IU's 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22

• Doug Lare [e-mail] http://www4.esu.edu/academics/university_schools/education/certs/nationalbrd_cert.cfm