About
APPLICATION PROCESS FOR CALIFORNIA TEACHERS
Steps to take if you are interested in
becoming Nationally Board Certified:
- Request
an NBPTS application or call 1-800-22-TEACH. Applications
for the 2000-2001 administration of National Board Certification
are available starting May 1, 2000 at no charge. The assessment
fee for the 2000-2001 school year is $2,300.
- Complete the application
and send it with a nonrefundable check for $300 payable to:
NBPTS
c/o Bank of America, Illinois
P.O. Box 99406
Chicago, IL 60693
NBPTS will mail you the portfolio
materials once they have received both your application and the
$300 nonrefundable payment. Payment may be made by institutional
check, personal check, or money order. The application and initial
payment must be received by December 1, 2000. Applications received
December 2, 2000 through December 31, 2000 must include a late
fee payment of an additional $200. After the December 31, 2000
deadline, no applications for 2000-2001 will be accepted.
Sending in your application and check early will ensure that you
receive your portfolio materials soon enough to get a head start
on the portfolio. We highly recommend that 2000-2001 candidates
order standards and portfolio materials during the summer of 2000.
- Contact your district office
to tell them of your intentions and to determine whether the district
plans to support National Board candidates.
- Decide if you are going
to apply for the Candidate Subsidy Program. To apply for
this subsidy, candidates must already have sent in their NBPTS
application and $300 nonrefundable application fee. The Candidate
Subsidy Program provides $1,000 of the $2,300 application fee
for candidates who are selected. Applications are due September
29, 2000. To get a copy of the Candidate Subsidy Program
Application, please click here.
Candidates wil be notified
if they have been selected to receive a subsidy by October
31, 2000.
- Investigate other local
options for funding support. For example, to offset the costs
of the original $300 application fee, candidates may apply for
a teacher scholarship offered through a local Target Store. Contact
the Human Relations Department or the Target
website to find more information. Teacher Scholarship Applications
will be available at the Target
website in summer of 2000.
- If your district provides
support to candidates, participate in these support activities.
Explore options for developing or joining a candidate support
network that will help you to maximize what you take from the
process. Working with Nationally Board Certified Teachers may
be very helpful. Go to the listing of California
districts that provide incentive and support programs at the
NBPTS website.
- Contact your regional Professional
Development Consortium Director at your county office of education
to get assistance for an orientation meeting and/or support for
candidates.
- Investigate other university-based
and statewide Candidate Support opportunities.
- As soon as your portfolio
materials arrive, begin reviewing the standards and portfolio
entries and planning for the year. Many teachers have found that
they had to limit other "extra" commitments in order to be successful
with the process.
- Send the remaining application
fees to the National Board by January 31, 2001: $1,000
if you have been selected to receive a subsidy or $2,000 for all
other candidates.
- Complete and mail your
portfolio to NBPTS so that it is received by April 16, 2001.
Portfolios for the Early and Middle Childhood/Art, Early and Middle
Childhood/Physical Education, and Early Adolescence through Young
Adulthood/Physical Education should be received by June 5,
2001. After receiving your portfolio, NBPTS will mail you
information about the one-day Assessment Center.
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