WCPSS Teachers Rank #2 in Nation in Earning National Board Certification
December 7, 2011 – More than 150 Wake County Public School System educators earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards this year, keeping WCPSS first in the nation in total number of certified teachers. The NBPTS reports a total of 2,194 teachers earned certification while working with WCPSS.WCPSS Remains a Leader
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WCPSS Teachers Earning Certification
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WCPSS had 156 teachers earn certification this year, the second largest class of new certified teachers in the nation. WCPSS had 319 teachers earn certification last year, and 197 in 2009.
The NC Department of Public Instruction reports that 1,244 North Carolina teachers earned certification this year. North Carolina had the largest class of teachers earning certification of any state this year. DPI reports that 19,193 North Carolina teachers have earned certification from the National Board.
Top WCPSS Schools
Athens Drive and Leesville Road high schools each had six teachers earn National Board certification, the most of any WCPSS schools this year. Sanderson High, Southeast Raleigh Magnet High and Mills Park Middle each had four teachers earn certification.
WCPSS had 73 elementary, 33 middle, 49 high school teachers and one senior administrator earn certification this year.
Schools Support Teachers Seeking Certification
At Athens Drive and Leesville Road high schools, six teachers earned certification this year.
Athens Drive High principal William Crockett said the school recognizes teachers who earned certification at the beginning of school and teacher appreciation week.
“The school has a professional learning community that places a premium on professionalism and promotes teacher leadership,” said Crockett. “I am proud of these teachers for modeling the same kind of high expectations that we hold for our students." ”
The six teachers earning certification this year bring the school’s total to 27 National Board Certified Teachers.
Leesville Road High principal Scott Lyons says many teachers at the school value National Board Certification and that adds even more to the faculty’s collaborative spirit.
“I feel very fortunate to work at a school where teachers take the time to go through the National Board process in order to reflect on their practice,” said Lyons. “The teachers going through the National Board process work together to support each other.”
Leesville Road High has 38 certified teachers, the most National Board Certified teachers at any school in the school system.
Certification is a Symbol of Excellence
National Board Certification is a voluntary assessment program designed to recognize and reward great teachers—and make them better. While state licensing systems set basic requirements to teach in each state, National Board certified teachers have successfully demonstrated advanced teaching knowledge, skills and practices. Certification is achieved through a rigorous, performance-based assessment that typically takes one to three years to complete.
Created by educators and policymakers in 1987, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards advances the quality of teaching and learning by developing professional standards for accomplished teaching; creating and administering National Board Certification, a voluntary system to certify teachers who meet those standards.
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