Nash County Public Schools

National Board Certification

National Board Certification, offered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), is a way to recognize the exceptional teaching practices taking place in North Carolina's classrooms. The certification process is based on high and rigorous standards that evaluate teaching practice through performance-based assessments.

The mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by:

• upholding high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do;

• providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards; and

• advocating for education reforms that integrate NBPTS standards into the American public education system and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers.

At the core of the National Board certification process are standards that describe the highest level of teaching in different disciplines and with students at different developmental levels. These standards represent a consensus among accomplished teachers and other education experts about what effective teaching should entail. NBPTS Standards can be found at www.nbpts.org.

Teachers who have participated in National Board Certification consistently describe it as the most transformative professional development experience of their careers. They report that the experience changes them as professionals and that through the process they deepen their content knowledge and develop, master, and reflect on new approaches to instructional practices.

 Information from https://www.dpi.nc.gov/educators/national-board-certification