National Board Certification: New Possibilities for Improving Teaching and Learning

Thursday January 31, 2019
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Grand Ballroom 2501 B

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (National Board) is the nation’s voluntary advanced certification system. Since its founding in 1987, the National Board has certified over 118,000 teachers, 48% of whom are in Title I schools. The National Board was founded by teachers, for teachers as a deliberate strategy to elevate the teaching profession to one of equally high regard as medicine, law, engineering and architecture. Following a recent redesign of the National Board Certification process, this session will provide participants with an overview of the new certification system, key findings from the substantial research base on the impact of Board Certification, and options for Title I schools and districts to incorporate Board Certification and related resources and approaches to ensure that each and every student has access to effective, accomplished teachers.

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Michelle Accardi

Michelle Accardi is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Childhood through Young Adulthood/Exceptional Needs Specialist and the Director of Policy and Partnerships for the National Board. Prior to joining the staff of the National Board in 2011, she was an elementary school teacher in Albuquerque Public Schools. She achieved National Board certification in 2005 in Exceptional Needs. Accardi worked in team taught and self contained classrooms with a focus on students with behavioral differences.  In addition, she was active with the New Mexico NBCT Network. She enjoyed interacting with fellow teachers as a Candidate Support Provider and as a Dossier Assessor. Her work included consulting for several BIE Schools.  Prior to work in education, she was a private sector attorney.
Natalya Gnedko Berry

Natalya Gnedko-Berry, PhD., is a Senior Researcher at American Institutes for Research. She leads a collective of studies that examine the effectiveness of National Board Certification on teacher and student outcomes. Gnedko-Berry holds a master’s in Social Psychology and a doctorate in Research Methodology from Loyola University, Chicago.
Kelly Reese

Reese is a Senior Researcher at AIR with extensive experience leading research studies focused on student and teacher outcomes of the National Board Certification. Currently, she leads the implementation study of National Board’s initiative to increase the number of certified teachers in nine states and two large districts.
type:
Lecture
theme:
policy
audience:
classroom leaders
topics:
evidence based practices, Title I-A, Title II-A, Title V-B