17 EUSD teachers pursue National Board Certification

Encinitas teachers pursue prestigious National Board Certification - National Board Certification is a symbol of professional teaching excellence. It represents the pursuit and completion of a rigorous program of professional growth and development unlike any other available to teachers. Through the National Board Certification program, teachers, like professionals in other fields, can achieve distinction by demonstrating through a demanding performance assessment that they meet the highest standards set for their profession. National Board Certified Teachers are able to gauge their skills and knowledge against objective, peer-developed standards of advanced practice. As these teachers hone their professional skills, their students reap the greatest rewards.

The Encinitas Union School District is proud of seventeen teachers who are pursuing their National Board Certification. They include:

The National Board Certification process is an extensive year-long assessment of actual teaching practice. The performance-based assessments require teaching portfolios which include student work samples, videotapes and thoughtful, written analyses of the candidates’ classroom teaching and of student learning. Candidates also complete a number of timed exercises designed to probe the depth of their subject-matter knowledge, as well as their understanding of how to teach those subjects to their students. What is unique about National Board Certification is that it assesses not only the knowledge teachers possess, but the actual use of their skills and professional judgment in the classroom as they work to improve student learning.

There are more than 47,500 National Board Certified Teachers in all 50 states; 3,379 of these teachers are in California; 593 of them are in San Diego, Orange and Imperial Counties; 18 more will be in the Encinitas Union School District. Congratulations to our soon-to-be National Board Certified Teachers!