Goals

1. Providing awareness and establishing support structures for teachers and school districts to pursue the National Board Certification process.
   
2. Creating models for collaboration in which all stakeholders can support each other from awareness through celebration.
   
3. Facilitating the utilization of NBCTs as teacher leaders within organizations for improved student learning.
   
   Actions:

• To establish the National Board Council of New York State as an affiliated network of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.
  
• To increase the number of teachers that pursue National Board Certification.
  
• To train and network Candidate Support Providers across New York State.
  
• To create NBC support programs within each of the NYSTC regions.
  
• To provide a forum for teacher leadership training, discussion, and opportunity.
  
• To contribute to the knowledge base of teaching and provide
  service to the teaching profession.
  
  

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Steering Committee Members

• One representative from each of the NYS Teacher Center Regions
  
• One NBCT from each of the seven NYS Teacher Center Regions
  
• Two representatives from NYSUT
  
• Two representatives from Higher Education Schools of Education
  
• Two chairpersons
• Two Administrators
  
• One representative from the New York State Education Department
  
• One representative from the business community
  
  

Impact of NBCNY Network and Its NBCTs

Relevance: Connections to Race to the Top
   Great Teachers, Great Leaders
• Teacher and Principal Standards
• Effective Instruction and Leadership
• Career Ladder
• Continuous Improvement Model
• Data Driven Instruction
• APPR

Goals:
AWARENESS: To increase the number of teachers that pursue Take One! and/or NBC by increasing awareness across New York State by 15%.

CANDIDATE SUPPORT: To support Take One participants and NB candidates and develop effective NBC support programs across New York State.

STATE-WIDE INITIATIVES: to replicate effective models across the state.

TEACHER LEADERSHIP/INST. OF HIGHER EDUCATION: To provide a forum for teacher leadership training, discussion and opportunity by partnering with institutions of higher education.

NATIONAL BOARD COUNCIL OF NEW YORK (NBCNY) NETWORK: To coordinate the National Board Council of New York State an affiliated network of NBPTS in order to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers.

Funding Partners
New York State United Teachers, State Farm Insurance, Greater Capital Region Teacher Center, New York State Teacher Centers, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Districts and Teachers

Impact:
-48 NBC Cohorts Across the state within Teacher Centers and Institutions of Higher Education
-132 trained Candidate Support Providers
-Awareness Sessions occurred in all 7 regions forabout 250 of teachers participating each year.
-14% increase in NBCTs in 2011 year (even with no NYS Teacher Center funding in 2010-11) Largest class of NBCT 165
-1,302 NBCT is NYS
-Support in High needs school districts: Albany, Amsterdam, Buffalo, Cortland, Kingston, Lansingburgh, New York City, Newburgh, PoughkeepsieSchenectady, Syracuse, Troy, Westbury, Watervliet, and Yonkers,
-NBCNY Website
-Over $400,000 in grant funding supported teachers across NYS over the past 5 years.

Join the Network at a Regional Event:

Spring 2012: Mitchell 20 Film Premiere: “Improving Teacher Effectiveness Through National Board Certification” 

The purpose of this event is to serve as a catalyst, to inspire and provide awareness about the National Board process, to provide practitioners an opportunity to learn more about National Board and what supports/resources are available. Targeted audience: Practitioners. The Mitchell 20 is a film about a group of teachers pursuing NBC in a high needs school in Arizona.  A panel discussion following the film will focus on meeting the needs of teachers from high needs schools and as trailblazers in districts.

Rochester Area
Date: April 18, 2012
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: NYSUT Rochester Regional Office
Conference Center
30 N. Union St.
Rochester, NY 14607
RSVP by phone, fax, or e-mail by April 6, 2012 to the NYSUT Rochester Regional Office
at: 585-454-5550, 585-454-7711 (fax), or mschneid@nysutmail.org  
 
Buffalo Area
Date: April 19, 2012
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Location: NYSUT Western New York Regional Office
Conference Center
270 Essjay Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
To attend, please RSVP by April 12, 2012, by phone or e-mail to: Linda McNamara, NYSUT WNY RO lmcnamar@nysutmail.org   or by phone (716) 634-7132  

Syracuse Area
Date: May 10, 2012
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: NYSUT Syracuse Regional Office
Conference Center
4983 Brittonfield Parkway
East Syracuse, NY 13057
To attend, please RSVP by May 3, 2012, by phone (315)431-4040 or fax (315)431-4411
or email to aosborne@nysutmail.org  

Mid-Hudson Area
Date: May 16, 2012
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: NYSUT Mid-Hudson Regional Office
Conference Center
201 Stockade Drive
Kingston, NY 12401
To attend, please RSVP by May 9, 2012 to the Mid-Hudson RO, by phone to: 845-339-4450, or fax to: 845-339-1840, or e-mail to pcooney@nysutmail.org or tgreene@nysutmail.org  

Utica Area
Date: May 21, 2012
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Location:
NYSUT Utica Regional Office
7 Ellinwood Court
New Hartford, NY 13413
To attend, please RSVP by May 14, 2012 by phone (315)768-0131 or fax (315)768-1360 or email to: krobinso@nysutmail.org  
Please note Seating is limited at all of these events, so please be sure to RSVP as soon as possible!  
Refreshments will be served at each of the NYSUT Regional Office National Board Events.

Network Steering Council Meeting Minutes
February 2008
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