Wyoming National Board Certification Initiative

To Provide Foundation Support for Statewide Actions Designed to Strengthen the Quality of Classroom Teaching in Wyoming’s Public Schools by Increasing the Number of National Board Certified Teachers to a Level of National Leadership.

General Focus Areas of the Initiative

• Recruiting applicants to participate in the National Board Certification process
• Providing support to teachers in the process
  • Financial assistance with assessment fees
  • Professional development specific to the National Board process
  • Local cohort and one-on-one guidance by trained Candidate Support Providers and Initiative staff
• Recognizing the success of National Board Certified Teachers through the granting of awards and public events

Support Details To Note:

Our Running Start Workshop will be a virtual event. Please visit the workshops link for more information and registration.

The Wyoming National Board Certification Initiative will support first time candidates for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 candidate cohorts.   Fee support and workshop support will be available through the 2023-2024 school year.  Candidates have four years to complete the process if they begin in 2020-2021, or three years if they begin in 2021-2022.

For further information regarding fee support, click here.

We are in the process of planning workshops, so please check back here for more information.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

**The following deadlines are for receiving Initiative support, and do not necessarily correspond with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Deadlines. 

First-Time Candidate Application and Candidate Portion of Fees Paid by January 21, 2021

Retake Candidate Application and Candidate Portion of Fees Paid by January 21, 2021