State Ranks 2nd in Nation for New NBCTs in 2009

Congratulations to the 1,248 new National Board Certified Teachers in Washington for 2009!  The state ranks second in the nation for the number of teachers achieving board certification this year and ranks fifth in the total number of NBCTs over time (3,964). This is a 36 percent increase in the number of teachers who achieved National Board Certification in 2009 over last year. 

According to a press release from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), here are some other stats on Washington's NBCTs:

The top five school districts with the highest numbers of total NBCTs are ---

• Bellevue: 304 total; 63 new in 2009
• Seattle: 174 total; 57 new in 2009
• Spokane: 142 total; 63 new in 2009
• Lake Washington: 141 total; 40 new in 2009
• Evergreen (Clark Co.): 107 total; 22 new in 2009

Three Washington school districts are among the nation's top 20 in terms of the number of teachers who achieved National Board Certification in 2009 -- Bellevue-10th (64), Spokane-12th (63) and Seattle-15th (57).

Washington NBCTs joined the ranks of nearly 8,900 accomplished teachers nationwide who achieved certification in 2009. This achievement brings the total number of teachers certified by the NBPTS to more than 82,000. Click here for more on Washington's NBCT profile.

 
These numbers provide further evidence that the teaching quality movement is growing.

• The number of NBCTs has more than doubled in the past five years (from more than 40,000 in 2004 to more than 82,000 in 2009).
• States with the highest number of teachers achieving National Board Certification in 2009 were: North Carolina (1,509), Washington (1,248), South Carolina (798), Illinois (732) and Florida (651).
• School districts with the highest number of teachers achieving National Board Certification in 2009 were: Chicago Public Schools, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Wake County Schools, the Los Angeles Unified School District and Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
• Fifteen states had at least a 20 percent increase in the number of 2009 NBCTs over the number of teachers who achieved certification in 2008.
• Nearly 1,700 NBCTs successfully met the standards for the "Profile of Professional Growth" to renew National Board Certification.
• More than half of all NBCTs teach in Title I eligible schools as reported by National Center for Education Statistics.