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About Us
South-Eastern Virginia National Board Certified Teachers Regional Network
Our organization serves Virginia's Region 2, or Tidewater Region, as defined by the Virginia Department of Education. Our membership includes educators within the region as well as affiliate members who live beyond our region but support our mission.
In 2011, SEVA NBCT Regional Network became a registered entity in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and we are currently a 501c3 not-for-profit educational organization.
History
SEVA NBCT Regional Network began in the early 2000's when a group of National Board Certified teachers in Chesapeake were driven by the shared belief that the National Board Certification process was an important professional growth experience that positively impacted student learning. These teachers sought to build a network that would support candidates for certification and provide professional development and leadership opportunities to current NBCTs.
NBPTS News
The National Board has refreshed standards documents for certificate areas that discuss literacy instruction.
Newly posted documents include the following:
Updated Early Childhood Generalist Standards and a separate addendum highlighting changes between the 3rd and 4th editions
Updated Literacy: Reading-Language Arts Standards and a separate addendum highlighting changes between the 2nd and 3rd editions
Updated Middle Childhood Generalist Standards and a separate addendum highlighting changes between the 3rd and 4th editions
Changes to the standards remove descriptions of teaching practices and terminology no longer in general professional use or supported by pedagogical research, as determined by National Board Certified Teachers.
No new standards of practice were added. The updated documents do not change certification requirements and will not impact evidence submissions.
Candidates should always use the latest version of certificate-area standards posted on this website when preparing for the certification assessment.
We know that the cost of certification remains a barrier to some educators. In order to increase access to Board certification for every teacher across the country, today we are making available a payment plan to break up the cost of Board certification.
New Payment Plan
The payment plan is intended to help ease the financial burden for those interested in pursuing Board certification and has the following benefits:
Quick and easy set up
Pay in equal monthly installments
No interest or fees
Available only through the registration deadline of April 30
The payment plan will not increase the cost at all--it simply breaks up the component fees and allows you to pay them in six monthly installments. Under this plan, each component will cost about $80 per month!
A National Board account is needed to engage in the payment plan. Create a new account today.
Warm regards,
Beth Spriggs
Vice President, Candidate Experience & Systems
From National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Events
Access free professional development webinars covering such topics as remote learning, technology, building community and more.
Virginia Wesleyan University has 5 online courses for candidates: a Precandidacy course which helps a candidate prepare for pursuing candidacy and a course for each of the four components which could be taken prior to or while working on the component. Each course is online and 7 weeks long. The Precandidacy course starts May 18th.
Click here to learn how to enroll.
SEVA Partners with VWU to Support Candidates
Virginia Wesleyan University, in partnership with SEVA, is developing online courses to support candidates in their pursuit of National Board Certification. These courses are entirely online and run for only 7 weeks. Each is one credit and tuition reimbursement may apply since the courses provide strong professional development even if you are not currently a National Board candidate. Each course costs $399. The courses are being written by SEVA members and two classes are currently up and running.