COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 151
August 11, 2006
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K. Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Additional Funding
for National Board Certification |
Teachers who
are interested in applying for a subsidy grant for National Board Certification
are invited to submit the attached August 2006 Subsidy Grant Application to the
Division of Teacher Education, Licensure, and Professional Practice. Applications must be received at the
Department of Education by Monday, September 18, 2006, to be eligible.
The National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), which was created in 1987,
will offer 24 certificates for 2006. It is a voluntary certification process
for teachers that is designed to complement, not replace, initial state
licensure. Individuals interested in seeking a National Board Certification
subsidy grant must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
accredited institution, have completed three years of teaching experience by
the end of the 2005-06 school year, and be employed as a public school teacher
in Virginia for the 2006-07 school year. More information about the National
Board Certification process is available under Candidate Resource Center
on the NBPTS Web site: http://www.nbpts.org/.
Additional
funding has been provided by the NBPTS and will be used to provide as many
$1,000 federal subsidy grants as possible.
Applicants, if selected for a grant, will be responsible for the
remaining fees. The grants will be distributed among the eight superintendents’
regions. Grant notification will be mailed by Friday, September 29, 2006.
If you have
any questions regarding this application process, please do not hesitate to
contact Dr. Thomas A. Elliott, assistant superintendent for teacher education, licensure,
and professional practice at (804) 371-2522 or by e-mail at Thomas.Elliott@doe.virginia.gov
or Mr. Gregory J. Pels, national board certification coordinator, at (804)
225-2769 or by e-mail at Gregory.Pels@doe.virginia.gov.
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