More teachers getting national certifications

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More teachers getting national certifications

More than 400 Oklahoma teachers became National Board Certified this year, a national standards board announced Tuesday.

National Board Certification sets apart teachers with higher credentials and rewards them for their efforts. To become certified, teachers spend one to three years going through a rigorous assessment, including video recordings of their classroom instruction.

Oklahoma now ranks ninth in teachers who have become certified, with 1,995 teachers, or nearly 5 percent of the educating force statewide.

More than half teach in Title I schools, which serve large numbers of disadvantaged students.

"We're proud that we're in the top nine,” state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said. "This is good news not only for (the teachers) but for the students served by their schools.”

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[knitter4democracy]

1. Why not? It's often a boost in pay.

That, and it can lead to administration-level faster or help get a book published or whatever. It's a good program, actually, and really makes you think about how you teach and how you can teach better.

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2. Sounds like a win-win for teachers.

Its more sensible that this:

Recruiting of foreign teachers questioned

For the past two years, school district officials here have traveled to the Philippines to recruit teachers to fill teaching vacancies. That may be at an end after school board members this week refused to approve a third trip, saying they wanted more information and will revisit the issue next month.Several school districts in Kansas, including Wichita, have relied on overseas educators as it becomes increasingly difficult to find certified Kansas teachers. But the school board members, many of them new to the board, said they weren't yet comfortable with the policy.

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3. Oh my, yes. Much better.

I've known a few who've done the national certification program, and they were really glad they did it.