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National Board Certified Teachers
Going the Extra Mile…
Twenty-five teachers in Durham Public Schools have received certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, bringing the total number of DPS teachers certified while in DPS to 273.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to establish high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. The certification process is an extremely rigorous one in which teachers are asked to thoroughly assess their classroom performance.
Achieving NBPTS certification can pay off literally as well as figuratively. North Carolina teachers receive a 12 percent salary bonus from the state along with their certification. But most teachers say that the real rewards come in the classroom.
Check out why these three Holt Elementary School teachers went the extra mile for their certification.
