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Perceived Barriers To The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards Certification., Jan Woodard Moore
Perceived Barriers To The National Board For Professional Teaching Standards Certification., Jan Woodard Moore
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Since its conception in 1987, much money and effort have been expended establishing the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Although 16,038 educators in 45 states and the District of Columbia have obtained National Board Certification, there are over 1,200 teachers in the East Tennessee counties of Cocke and Sevier who are eligible for National Board Certification, but have not obtained this certification. This study sought to identify the barriers that discouraged this population from attempting to gain National Board Certification.
The research design was inferential and utilized data from a survey instrument constructed by the researcher. A pilot test …