Common use of NATIONAL TEACHER BOARD CERTIFICATION Clause in Contracts

NATIONAL TEACHER BOARD CERTIFICATION. 1. The Board of Education will establish a fund equal to the cost of securing National Teacher Board Certification for a maximum of 10 teachers annually – 2 per school or 10 per district in any given school year (1999 = $20,000. or $2000. each). Volunteer participation will be subject to the recommendation of the principal and superintendent. Reimbursement will be contingent upon the attainment of certification in the approved area. 2. During the school year in which a teacher develops his/her portfolio and completes the assessment, the Board of Education will use the “waiver and equivalency” process to exempt the teacher from the state-mandated evaluation process and all that it entails at the local level – planbook review, formal classroom observations, professional growth plan, indicators of pupil progress and annual evaluation. It must be understood that the New Jersey Department of Education is under no obligation to grant the Board a waiver. 3. Teachers who accept reimbursement for National Teacher Board Certification agree to remain in the district for 2 full school years (September – June) following the attainment of certification. These two years need not be consecutive. A teacher who leaves the district prior to or during the first school year must repay the district the complete $2000.00 fee. Leaving the district prior to or during the second year of obligation requires repayment of $1000.00. 4. Teachers who earn National Teacher Board Certification will be entitled to an annual salary adjustment of $1,000 beginning the school year following attainment of certification. 5. For negotiations purposes salary adjustments resulting from participation in National Teacher Board certification, will not be included in the development of future scattergrams. 6. Effective July 1, 2007, the foregoing benefits will be extended to nurses who acquire National Nursing Board certification.

NATIONAL TEACHER BOARD CERTIFICATION. 1. The Board of Education will establish a fund equal to the cost of securing National Teacher Board Certification for a maximum of 10 teachers annually – 2 per school or 10 per district in any given school year (1999 = $20,000. or $2000. each). Volunteer participation will be subject to the recommendation of the principal and superintendent. Reimbursement will be contingent upon the attainment of certification in the approved area. 2. During the school year in which a teacher develops his/her portfolio and completes the assessment, the Board of Education will use the “waiver and equivalency” process to exempt the teacher from the state-mandated evaluation process and all that it entails at the local level – planbook review, formal classroom observations, professional growth plan, indicators of pupil progress and annual evaluation. It must be understood that the New Jersey Department of Education is under no obligation to grant the Board a waiver. 3. Teachers who accept reimbursement for National Teacher Board Certification agree to remain in the district for 2 full school years (September – June) following the attainment of certification. These two years need not be consecutive. A teacher who leaves the district prior to or during the first school year must repay the district the complete $2000.00 fee. Leaving the district prior to or during the second year of obligation requires repayment of $1000.00. 4. Teachers who earn National Teacher Board Certification will be entitled to an annual salary adjustment of $1,000 1000.00. beginning the school year following attainment of certification. 5. For negotiations purposes salary adjustments resulting from participation in National Teacher Board certification, will not be included in the development of future scattergrams. 6. Effective July 1, 2007, the foregoing benefits will be extended to nurses who acquire National Nursing Board certification.