Nurturing Teacher Leadership

Registration for SY 2021-23 NTL 24 cohort is closed.

Nurturing Teacher Leadership (NTL), established in 1997, is the Chicago Teachers Union/Chicago Public Schools 2-year program of professional development and candidate support that prepares Chicago Public School teachers for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification, the highest credential a teacher can earn, providing them a $2,295 annual pensionable stipend.

Recruitment for the SY 2022-24 NTL 25 cohort will be open in Fall 2021.

Requirements for NTL Enrollment

• 3 years of teaching in your NBPTS certificate content area/developmental level with a valid ISBE professional educators license at an accredited school
• 3 years commitment to teaching in CPS beginning 2021/2022 school year
• 51 percent of your time teaching in the area in which you are seeking certification

Open to PAT or tenured teachers/counselors/librarians

For more information, contact Lynn Cherkasky-Davis, Director of Teacher Leadership at lynncherkasky-davis@ctuf.org or (312) 329-6274.