The FCPS Education Foundation has supported the program since 1984, enabling more than 900 teachers to develop and share their ideas. The NBCTs coach their colleagues on matters relating to instruction and board certification. In collaboration with Virginia Tech, an endorsement program was started to help alleviate the shortage of certified elementary and middle school reading specialists. Twenty-five FCPS teachers began two years of coursework that, when completed in summer 2002, will qualify them for the reading specialist endorsement and a master's degree in literacy studies. Other programs in past years include ESL endorsements, mathematics endorsements.
Teachers also participate in administrative endorsements.