My Why
Jane Butler, NBCTFebruary 2, 2018
A decade ago I was three years into my dream job. A middle school Language Arts teacher at my second school in so many years. I had dreamed of doing this since I was a young child and I was finally in it; up to my neck in papers to grade, lessons to plan, e-mails to respond to, parents to call back, students to manage and books to read. I was also 3000 miles from home and beginning a great adventure as a military wife. I heard about National Board Certification from a colleague and looked into the process. The…