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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Board Certification"”.
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National Board Certification and School Leadership in Louisiana
… model of professional development, National Board Certification (NBC), can create sustained change aimed at improved school leadership. The research question which guided this study was: Does the National Board Certification professional development model contribute to school leadership in …
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The Effects of National Board Certification On Student Achievement
… was to examine the relationship between National Board Certification and student achievement in mathematics and reading as measured by an achievement test used in South Carolina. Using the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), the study examined the RIT (Rasch …
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National Board Certification: The Impact on Teaching Practices of Three Elementary Teachers
… of the teacher (Busatto, 2004). The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) was created in 1987 in response to the increasing focus placed on having quality teachers (Berg, 2003; Humphrey, Koppich, & Hough, 2005; NBPTS, 2011). The NBPTS is an organization governed by …
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A Qualitative Study of the Professional Development Impact of National Board Certification
… examined what perceived impact, if any, National Board Certification has had on the classroom practices of seven Nationally Board Certified Teachers. A qualitative design methodology was utilized through a naturalistic inquiry discovery approach. Two separate semi-structured interview instruments …
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An Historical Analysis of the Development of National Board Certification Stipends in Virginia
… legislative valuation of the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This fund offers stipends to teachers who earn National Board Certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. This research project included …
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The Relationship Between National Board Certification and Teachers' Perceived Use of Developmentally Appropriate Practices
… between the independent variable, National Board certification, and the dependent variable, perceived use of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP). A self-developed survey, the Early-childhood Teacher Inventory of Practices (E-TIP), was emailed to participants to collect data comparing …
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National Board Certification: The Perceived Value and Renewal Rates of California National Board Certified Teachers
<p>National Board Certification (NBC) offers the highest certification possible to teachers who can meet the rigorous standards of this process. This certification develops reflective practitioners through a series of components designed to be used in authentic settings with students. Previous …
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The Effective Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Master's Degree Program and Preparation of Teachers for National Board Certification
… for professionalizing teaching through National Board Certification (NBG); (b) to examine the connections between the Effective Teaching, Learning, and Leadership (ETLL) Program at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, and NB core propositions. The ETLL survey portion of this study was conducted in …
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Why Pharmacists Choose to Seek or Not Seek Board Certification in Pharmacy Practice: A Comparison of Motivation and Motivating Factors
<p>The stated mission of the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) with regard to specialization is, via board certification, to recognize specialty areas, define skill standards for those specialty areas, and evaluate the knowledge and skills of individual Pharmacy specialists. The perceived …
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Perceived Barriers to the National Board For Professional Teaching Standards Certification.
… have been expended establishing the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Although 16,038 educators in 45 states and the District of Columbia have obtained National Board Certification, there are over 1,200 teachers in the East Tennessee counties of Cocke and Sevier who are …
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The Meaning of Reflective Teaching to National Board Certified Teachers
This qualitative study examined how National Board certified teachers (NBCTs) perceive the meaning of reflective teaching and how their perceptions compare to the literature on reflective thinking and teaching. The study included five participants who had completed the National Board certification …
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Perceived Indicators of Support Leading to the Successful Attainment of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification.
… while they were completing the national board certification process. Identifying support factors that assisted national board certified teachers to the successful completion of the process was the primary focus of this study.</p> <p>A qualitative research method was used to interview …
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Do the Goal Orientations of National Board Certified Teachers Differ from Their Non-Certified Counterparts?
Given the increasing number of those achieving certification through National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and the amount of federal money NBPTS has been awarded to design the assessment of identifying teachers, the majority of research has focused on whether National Board …
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ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF HIRING TEACHERS : AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
… East Carolina University's Institutional Review Board. Results of the data indicated that the teacher characteristics, National Board Certification, college attended, and teaching experience had a significant effect on student achievement on the 2011 North Carolina End-of-Course English I exam. …
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Study Analyzing the Perspectives of National Board Certified Media Specialists
… public high schools whom have earned National Board Certification in Library Media were selected for this study. Qualitative research methodology, including questionnaires and interviews, analysis of state and federal reports, an examination of collected artifacts, and an analysis of an online …
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"Such contented workers": Mine-mill organizers in the Ely, Nevada copper district, 1920--1943
… affiliates won National Labor Relations Board certification elections. Through their educational function of mobilizing working-class support for the union and of filtering the international union's progressive program to its locals, the Mine-Mill organizers fulfilled Antonio Gramsci's …
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A Clinical Leader’s Influence in Physical Therapy Education: A Case Study
… leadership series, and a residency program for board-certification for clinical educators. Keywords: optimal learning environment, clinical leader, learning culture, PT education
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The impact of web-based educational modules to fulfill Part IV of maintenance of certification: an effort to improve the performance of individual physicians
Background: The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) developed a requirement that uses the process of board certification to have physicians complete improvement cycles to help them increase their compliance with basic standards of practice. To meet this requirement, called Part IV Practice …
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The impact of the national board for professional teaching standards on special educators
… Hence, the development of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to provide a national system of recognition for teachers that will transform and unify the teaching profession (Hamsa, 1998). The NBPTS' mission in education is to "maintain high and rigorous …
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A Survey of Pennsylvania School Principals' Perceptions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Process and the Leadership Roles of National Board Certified Teachers
… how to define quality teaching. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards was developed to meet this need providing a voluntary national certification to identify accomplished teachers. Since its inception, researchers have explored NBPTS. Yet, few studies sought the perspective …
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