EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD
1024 Capital Center
Drive, Suite 225
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 573-4606 * Toll Free (888) 598-7667 FAX: (502) 573-1038
Date:
November 26, 2002
Contact: Mary Ellen W. Horner
Frankfort, Kentucky
(502) 573-4606, ext. 243
mwiederw@kde.state.ky.us
http://www/kyepsb.net
(Frankfort, Ky.) – Two hundred and four Kentucky teachers
successfully completed the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
certification process during the 2001-02 school year.
NBPTS certification is a year-long, voluntary, performance-based
assessment that signifies a teacher has met challenging professional teaching
standards. With the addition of
these 204 teachers, Kentucky now has a total of 349 NBPTS-certified teachers.
According to NBPTS, Kentucky was one of the top 10 performing states in
percentage pass rate across the nation.
The NBPTS certification process involves the production of
a portfolio, videotaped classroom lessons, and a day-long written assessment.
Content proficiency as well as instructional competency must both be
demonstrated.
Via legislation passed by the 2000 General Assembly, the
NBPTS-certified teachers are eligible for a $2,000 annual salary supplement and
a 75 percent reimbursement of their application fee. They also may be awarded Rank I certification by the
Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB).
A complete listing of Kentucky’s new nationally certified
teachers is attached. Please direct
all inquiries regarding this report to Mary Ellen W. Horner, Director, Division
of Legislative and Public Relations, at the EPSB.
For additional information, please see the NBPTS web site at www.nbpts.org.
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For a list of teachers, click here.