National Board Certification
Education
Teachers, at Board's Forum, Uncertain About Certification
St. louis--Four years after the founding of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, teachers still want to know why they should seek to be certified by the group and what exactly they will have to do to attain that distinction.
Education
National Board To Continue Debating Eligibility Rules for Teacher Certification
Members of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards have agreed to continue to discuss the question of who will be eligible to sit for national teacher certification--an issue that has proved to be the most controversial of the board's decisions to date.
Education
Concern Voiced Over National Teacher Certification
Educators at a forum here last week praised the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, but expressed deep-seated concerns about how a national system for certifying accomplished teachers would work.
Education
A No Vote For The National Board
When it decided in July that teachers should not be denied national certification solely because they did not graduate from an education school, the newly formed National Board for Professional Teaching Standards knew it was inviting opposition from some quarters.
Education
Fields of Certification
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards plans to develop certificates in the 29 fields listed below. Each certificate will reflect the knowledge and skills that all teachers should possess.