Aimee Park and Aaron Sitzee, both National Board Certified Teachers, were named 2021 Regional Teachers of the Year. They are among the ten finalists for the Illinois State Teacher of the Year Award.
Colleen McKenna and Gina Romer are National Board Certified Teachers who were awarded the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching this past May.
Golden Apple recently announced the finalists for the 2020 prestigious Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has announced Oak Park Elementary School District 97 as one of eleven school districts nationwide to have been named National Board Accomplished Districts for their investment of resources to support advancing quality teaching through National Board Certification.
The National Board Resource Center (NBRC) celebrates 176 new, Illinois National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) who achieved certification in 2019.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has announced that 4,786 teachers have successfully met these standards to renew their National Board Certification in 2019.
Jen Leban has been teaching for Elmhurst CUSD 205 since graduating from Elmhurst College in December of 2001.
The National Board Resource Center (NBRC) at Illinois State University and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) have announced that the Fall 2019–2020 window for the Illinois National Board (NB) First Time Candidate Fee Subsidy will open Thursday, September 5, 2019, at 10 a.m. and will close Sunday, October 6, 2019, at midnight.
On August 9, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation that provides support for and encourages Illinois educators who are employed in Evidence-Based Funding (EBF) Tier 1 rural and remote districts to pursue National Board Certification.
The NBCTs Aspiring to School Leadership conference will take place Wednesday, June 19, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the IPA offices in Springfield.
