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Growing the Ranks of NBCTs and Candidates Nationwide

December 12-16, 2016 marks #TeamNBCT week, the time to celebrate more than 112,000 NBCTs and more than 20,000 candidates across the country.

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Our Vision For the Profession

NBCTs and education leaders in variety of roles share their experience with Board certification across the career continuum.

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National Board blog on education from curriculum to policy

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Board-certified teachers share views and insights from the classroom and beyond on The Standard.

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Turning Schools Around

Check out the findings from SCOPE’s latest research on using the Board certification process as a school improvement strategy.

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ATLAS®

The National Board aims to support teacher preparation by offering ATLAS® (Accomplished Teaching, Learning and Schools). ATLAS is a unique, searchable online library of authentic videos showing National Board Certified Teachers at work in the classroom.
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Created by teachers, for teachers, National Board Certification is the profession's mark of accomplished teaching. Start your journey today at boardcertifiedteachers.org.

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Teacher Leadership

Teach to Lead is working to expand opportunities for teacher leadership to improve outcomes for students. Our Teacher Leadership Initiative is developing a new generation of teacher leaders to advance the profession in the 21st century.

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Teacher-Led Movement to Strengthen Teaching Continuum and Elevate the Profession Taking Root

533 Teachers Become Board-Certified; 3,384 Renew; More Than 20,000 in Process

ARLINGTON, Va. — December 12, 2016...

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