NBPTS Take One!

Test-drive National Board Certification

In these uncertain times, National Board Certification matters more than ever! Thanks to a collaboration with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, PLT offers you a fee discount and mentor support for the National Board's Take One!

What is Take One!?

Take One! allows you to commit yourself to just one of the ten assessment components of National Board Certification. After the PLT discount, the $355 fee is only a fraction of the cost of full certification. Your Take One! score can count toward full certification. With only a small commitment of time and money, you can move forward with confidence born of your own success.

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Why Should You Become a National Board Certified Teacher?

National Board Certification is more than just adding a set of initials after your name. It is the highest symbol of professional teaching excellence. The rewards are many and becoming a National Board Certified Teacher attests to the fact that you have been judged by your peers as one who is accomplished in your field. See what the Washington Post says about National Board Certified Teachers.

National Board Certification:

• Meets most states’ definitions of “highly qualified teacher” under NCLB
• Strengthens teaching practice
• Improves students’ learning according to a vast majority of research
• Advances teaching careers
• Increases financial opportunities in many states and districts
• Provides a portable teaching license in most states
• Contributes to CEU/re-certification requirements in some states

We believe that National Board Certification should be every member's goal.

We urge you to seek that goal, and we take pride in facilitating your progress.

Go to the National Board's Take One! web page for complete information on Take One!.