Nurturing Teacher Leadership
National Board Certification
Nurturing Teacher Leadership (NTL), established in 1997, is the Chicago Teachers Union/Chicago Public Schools 2 year program of FREE professional development and candidate support that prepares Chicago Public School teachers, counselors, and librarians for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification, the highest credential a teacher or counselor can earn.
Nurturing Teacher Leadership has a success rate of more than 90%, significantly higher than the
Illinois state and national average of 70%.
Congratulations
Honoring the 2023 Class of National Board Certified Teachers
We were so proud to host the award ceremony for this year’s cohort of new and renewing National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT). NBCTs have achieved the highest certification possible within our profession. The celebration honored 119 CPS educators who have earned (45) or renewed (73) their credential in the past year. Joining us for the celebration were officials from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, CPS, and Mayor Brandon Johnson. Music was provided by Tilden High School’s latest sensation, No Requests. Read reflections on the NBCT journey by some of our distinguished members.
New National Board Certified Teachers Class of 2023
Renewed National Board Certified Teachers 2023
Click here to see who earned their National Board credentials with NTL Class of 2023.
Click here to download the presentation pdf.
NTL Resources
Did you know that:
- Our contract provides more than $2200 annual pensionable STIPEND for all National Board Certified Teachers, librarians, and counselors (going up to $2295 by the end of the contract).
- Our 2-year National Board Certification support program (Nurturing Teacher Leadership) is FREE to CTU members.
- You can earn a Master’s Degree and/or graduate credit while going through the NBC process.
- You can move to Lane 5 on the CPS pay scale during the program.
- You earn an ISBE National Board Certification Endorsement on your Professional Educator License – and all the PD Hours you need for your entire re-licensure cycle. And every cycle thereafter National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) only have to complete half the required ISBE PD hours.
- CNA research indicates that students of NBCTs gain 1 to 2 months of additional learning compared to their peers in other classrooms. The positive impact of having an NBCT is even greater for students of color and low-income students.
- Paid teacher leadership roles increase after attaining National Board Certification.
- Research from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research shows that CPS NBCTs score higher on their REACH ratings than non NBCTs.
- CTU manages all National Board Certification programming for CPS.
- More than 2,400 CPS teachers, counselors, and librarians have achieved National Board Certification – earning us the status of being the district with the 3rd largest number of NBCTs in the nation.
- YOUR STUDENTS ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING!
