Professional Development for Educators
Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification
National Board Certification is a way for the teaching profession to recognize highly accomplished teaching practice.
Achieving National Board Certification shows the teacher has been judged by his or her peers as one who meets high and rigorous professional standards.
He or she has demonstrated the ability, in a variety of settings, to make sound professional judgments about students' best interests and to act effectively on those judgments.
The Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification in the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence at Emporia State University offers a program of professional development at no cost for teachers in Kansas going through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) assessment process.
National Board Certification is a way for the teaching profession to recognize highly accomplished teaching practice. A certificate awarded by the NBPTS attests that a teacher has been judged by his or her peers as one who meets high and rigorous professional standards. He or she has demonstrated the ability, in a variety of settings, to make sound professional judgments about students' best interests and to act effectively on those judgments.
The Great Plains Center's program, which first began during National Board field testing in 1992-95, continues to grow each year, and to provide improved and expanded assistance, resources, and leadership to recruit and support Kansas teachers through National Board Certification professional development. The program is offered at no cost to Kansas teachers because it is supported by both Board of Regents program enhancement funds and supplemental private funding.
NBPTS Assessment Process + Due Dates
There are four components to the NBPTS Assessment Process. Each one has a deadline.
Statewide Candidate Support
Before, during, and after your journey through the NBPTS process, there are levels of support available to you and that you can become upon achieving your national board certification.
About the GPCNTC
Our program has the support and approval of both the president of NBPTS and the Kansas Board of Regents. It is the only institute in Kansas that has approval from both.
Core NBPTS Propositions
There are five propositions that make up the scope and depth of what it means to become a National Board Certified Teacher.
Location
If you have an appointment, the Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification is located within the offices of the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence in the lower level of The Earl Center at Emporia State University, 1601 State St.
Physical Address:
Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification
Jones Institute for Educational Excellence (not on the main campus)
1601 State Street Emporia, KS
The Earl Center, the office building that hosts the Jones Institute for Educational Excellence, is located off of State Street across from Hammond Park. The two story, brick building houses the Department of Counselor Education on the top level and JIEE on the bottom level.
Mailing Address:
Great Plains Center for
National Teacher Certification
Emporia State University
1 Kellogg Circle
Campus Box 4036
Emporia, KS 66801
Contact Information:
Alvin Peters
Main Office
Phone: 620-341-5372
Fax: 620-341-6674
Hours of Operation:
Monday thru Friday
8 am - 5 pm