It's National Board Certification Day

31 Laura Reasoner Jones 2004 It's National Board Certification Day Each year around Thanksgiving, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards releases the results of thousands of teachers' attempts to gain the coveted "NBCT" title. In this diary entry, TLN diarist Laura Reasoner Jones reflects on her own journey to NB certification and the profound effects it has had on her personal and professional life. "I am truly a different person than I was before I went through the process, and I am definitely a better teacher. I work both harder and smarter and everything is done for the kids. Sure, we have fun, but there is an underlying purpose to everything we do and I can articulate it clearly. That is what I learned as a result of going through the certification process and I would have learned it even if I hadn't achieved.   Citation: Jones, L.R. (2004). It's national board certification day. Teacher Leaders Network diaries. Retrieved from the Teacher Leaders Network 7 Apr 2008. Link: http://www.teacherleaders.org/old_site/diaries04_05/LJ15_04_05.html