Using Federal Funds to Support NBPTS Programs

National Board Certification, Take One! and other NBPTS programs are ideally positioned for federal funding support from: 

1. Ongoing Federal Funding—e.g., the U.S. Elementary and Secondary Act (Title I, Improving the Achievement of the Disadvantaged; Title II, Preparing, Training and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals; and Title VII, Indian, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native Education), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and other federal programs.
2. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)—e.g., “Race to the Top” 
3. The Education Jobs bill

Click here for a PDF file of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Federal Funding Guide, “Using Federal Funds to Support NBPTS Programs.”  The guide is designed as a resource for states, districts and schools to help them link NBPTS programs with Title funding support.  NBPTS has created an addendum to the Federal Funding Guide which includes information about the 2010 Education Jobs bill and updates information on other sources of federal funds.

NBPTS has also provided guidelines to using National Board Certified Teachers in "Race to the Top" proposals. View the guidelines here, or download the pdf version here.

Additional Resources

• See how how one urban district is using NBCTs in a education reform initiatve in the new Chicago Public Schools Case Study. 
• Read how schools have used Take One! for school reform.
• Download or request the new Outreach Toolkit for support materials.
• View a sample of fees associated with establishing an NBPTS program.
• Sign up for updates on NBPTS and federal funding.

For more information about NBPTS programs and federal funding, contact the National Board at customer_support@nbpts.org.