National Board Certification

The Top 5 Reasons to Become a National Board Certified Teacher

  I vividly remember the first time I was surrounded by National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) because the difference in this group was palpable. Complaining was low, celebrating was high. Negativity was low, positivity was high. For the first time I could remember, I was in a group of teachers who talked—seemingly endlessly—about innovation in […]

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Tips for Component 1 (C1) of National Board Certification

When I got the little firework banner message proclaiming I passed–-I was finally Erin Austin, NBCT–-I cried. (I wanted to be tougher than that, but apparently I’m not.) The National Board certification process is long, difficult, and expensive. I completed the four components plus the language tests over the course of two years, and during

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