Interested in becoming a National Board Certified Teacher in NYC?
What is National Board Certification?
National Board Certification is a rigorous, standards-based, peer-reviewed process that ensures that Board-certified teachers have proven skills to advance student learning. As part of this process, teachers must analyze their teaching context and students’ needs, submit videos of their teaching practice and provide student work samples that demonstrate growth and achievement. The reflective analyses that they submit must demonstrate:
- A strong command of content;
- The ability to design appropriate learning experiences that advance student learning;
- The use of assessments to inform instructional decision making; and
- Partnerships with colleagues, parents and the community.
The Five Core Propositions
The Five Core Propositions form the foundation and frame the rich amalgam of knowledge, skills, dispositions and beliefs that characterize National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs). All National Board Certificates are based on the Five Core Propositions. All NBCTs in all grade levels and subject areas share their commitment and understanding to these Propositions. Therefore, the Five Core Propositions represent what all accomplished teachers share in their expertise and dedication to advance student achievement.
- Proposition 1: Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
- Proposition 2: Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students.
- Proposition 3: Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.
- Proposition 4: Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.
- Proposition 5: Teachers are members of learning communities.