NBCT Renewal: Worth the Price?

By Mary Tedrow

The letter from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards arrived in early fall, announcing this as my first year of eligibility to renew my 10-year advanced teaching certificate in Adolescent and Young Adult English Language Arts.

Since the day I received the NBCT title in 2001, renewal was a foregone conclusion.

But then...

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