In just one year, South Carolina increased the number of its National Board-certified teachers by 800 percent, from 39 to 370. SC teachers earning National Board Certification South Carolina's list of teachers who successfully completed National-Board Certification is available on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards web site under South Carolina . SC teacher quality and National Board initiatives For additional information about South Carolina's National Board initiative and other teacher quality improvement efforts, visit the South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment 's web site. There is also a sortable list of South Carolina teachers who earned National Board Certification. To participate in the National Board certification process reflects so much determination.
Teachers say it's all about professional growth, about becoming better at what they do every day.
But our students also reap the benefits because they gain teachers who are more competent and more confident. Governor Jim Hodges and Tenenbaum set a goal last year of having 500 National Board-certified teachers in South Carolina classrooms by 2002. At this rate, we'll pass our initial goal of 500 two years early. I congratulate those teachers who have reached this professional milestone, and I'm proud of all our applicants who have become better teachers as a result of their participation in this process. Several incentives offered in South Carolina are contributing to the huge number of teachers seeking National-Board certification.