What Is National Board Certification?

2011 Overview of NATIONAL BOARD Candidate Subsidy Program (CSP) CERTIFICATION A federally funded candidate fee subsidy ($1,250) is available through the California Department of Education. Applications are What is National Board Certification? available from February through November at www.cde.ca.gov/44317. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards offers advanced The National Board also offers scholarships certification in twenty-five certificate areas to candidates. For information about the based on student age range and subject National Board Scholarship Program call 1- matter taught. 888-908-FEES or visit www.nbpts.org/scholarships. In response to specific prompts, teachers must create a portfolio of their teaching Additionally, some school districts offer practice. The portfolio includes written local fee subsidies, local incentives, analyses of student work and classroom increased salary, release time, and logistical videos as well as documentation of the support. teacher’s involvement in a professional community and community outreach. The Take One! four-part portfolio is assembled over the This option allows a teacher to complete one course of several months of a school year. pre-selected portfolio entry, and submit it to the NBPTS for scoring before making the Candidates must also attend a one-day commitment to full candidacy. Take One! is Assessment Center where they are asked available to all educators, regardless of to respond to six, 30-minute prompts on experience, and costs $395. content knowledge for their certificate area. Almost 5,000 California teachers have More Information earned National Board Certification. Many The National Board for Professional of them report that this is the most rewarding Teaching Standards maintains a Web site professional development experience of with detailed information about the process their careers. as well as online candidate resources. Please visit www.nbpts.org or call 1-800- How Long Will It Take? 22TEACH for additional information. The process is designed to be completed during one school year, but candidates are The California Department of Education allowed to “bank” scores and do over maintains a Web site with specific portions of the portfolio and retake information for California teachers seeking assessment center exercises for two national certification. This includes additional years. This means that candidates information about the federal fee subsidy, have a total of three years to achieve candidate support, district support and National Board Certification. university-based support, including the potential linking of a master’s degree with How Much Does It Cost? the process of national certification. Please The assessment fee is $2,500 plus a $65 visit www.cde.ca.gov/10373 application fee. Retake fees are $350 per entry. CERTIFICATES For 2011

National Board Certification is available in 16 discipline areas. Many disciplines are further focused according to student age spans. The last column lists the number of California teachers who have earned each certification as of 12/15/10.

Discipline Developmental Level Ages CA NBCTs Art Early & Middle Childhood 3 – 12 9 Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood 11 – 18+ 95 Career & Technical Education Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood 11 – 18+ 34 English Language Arts Early Adolescence 11 - 15 291 Adolescence & Young Adulthood 14 – 18+ 372 English as a New Language Early & Middle Childhood 3 – 12 188 Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood 11 – 18+ 50 Exceptional Needs Specialist Early Childhood through Young Adulthood Birth - 21+ 271 Early Childhood 3 - 8 1151 Generalist Middle Childhood 7 - 12 968 Early Adolescence (only available for renewal) 11 - 15 32 Health Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood 11-18+ 7 Library Media Specialist Early Childhood through Young Adulthood 3 – 18+ 32 Literacy: Reading-Language Arts Early & Middle Childhood 3 – 12 276 Mathematics Early Adolescence 11 – 15 164 Adolescence & Young Adulthood 14 – 18+ 192 Music Early & Middle Childhood 3 – 12 28 Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood 11 – 18+ 10 Physical Education Early & Middle Childhood 3 – 12 19 Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood 11 – 18+ 58 School Counseling Early Childhood through Young Adulthood 3 – 18+ 3 Science Early Adolescence 11 – 15 119 Adolescence & Young Adulthood 14 – 18+ 215 Social Studies-History Early Adolescence 11 – 15 86 Adolescence & Young Adulthood 14 – 18+ 150 World Languages other than English Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood 11 – 18+ 93 Total: 4,913 Candidate Support Programs: CSU, Fullerton - [email protected] http://ed.fullerton.edu/PTDC/ CSU, Northridge - [email protected] National University - [email protected] http://nuptdc.org/ San Joaquin COE - [email protected] UCLA Center X - [email protected] http://www.centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/ LAUSD/UTLA – [email protected] http://www.thesupportnetwork.net/ Stanford University – [email protected] http://nbrc.stanford.edu/

NBPTS CALIFORNIA OFFICES North: Kay Garcia, NBCT South: Linda Manuel (916) 428-2068 (703) 350-7669 [email protected] [email protected] Updated 1/11