All National Board for Professional Teaching Standards are based on five core propositions that define the skills, knowledge, dispositions and commitments that distinguish accomplished teaching. Teachers are committed to students and their learning. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.
Teachers are members of learning communities.
If you decide to pursue National Board Certification, your first step is to know the standards in your chosen certificate area so that you will understand how they might be reflected in your classroom teaching. Advancement to Candidacy Following the pre-candidacy phase, candidate applications will be forwarded to the district s Oversight Committee for National Board Certification. This committee will make the final decision about advancement to candidacy of all participants. There will no cost to participants in the Pre-Candidacy program. Upon advancement to candidacy, all participants will submit applications to the State of California s Candidate Subsidy Program.