National Board Certification

The Proven Impact of Board Certified Teachers on Student Achievement

National Board Certification is a voluntary advanced professional certification for PreK-12 educators. Through National Board Certification, teachers demonstrate that their teaching meets the profession’s standards for accomplished practice through a rigorous, peer-reviewed and performance-based process, similar to professional certification in fields such as medicine. In achieving Board certification, teachers prove their ability to advance student learning and achievement.

Washington state recognizes National Board Certification as fulfilling the requirements for advancing state teaching certification and certificate renewal for five years. Washington regularly ranks among the top five states in the nation with the most new NBCTs.

The founding mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by: maintaining 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 related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of NBCTs. Recognized as the “gold standard” in teacher certification, the National Board believes higher standards for teachers means better learning for students.

District Provided Supports

The district offers a release day for each component, district trained facilitators, support with video taping, and employees may access their professional fund allocation to support their efforts at national board certification.

District Trained Facilitators

Deanna Real

Deanna currently serves as the Green Park Elementary Learning Specialist. This is her 23rd year in education. She is a NBCT in Literacy: Reading-Language Arts, EMC.
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Michelle Paine

Michelle currently serves as the Special Education TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment). This is her 17th year in education. She is a NBCT in Exceptional Needs.
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