2014 -- S 2766

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE DEDICATED RHODE ISLAND TEACHERS WHO SUCCEEDED

IN ATTAINING NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION FROM THE NATIONAL BOARD

FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS

     Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Lombardi, Metts, Felag, and Satchell

     Date Introduced: March 12, 2014

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, National Board Certification is an advanced teaching credential

administered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. It is a rigorous, peer-

reviewed process that ensures that board-certified teachers (NBCTs) have proven skills to

advance student achievement; and

     WHEREAS, National Board Certification is an advanced teaching credential, requiring

that teachers analyze their teaching context and students’ needs, submit videos of their teaching,

and provide student work samples that reflect growth and achievement, having demonstrated: (1)

A strong command of content; (2) The ability to design appropriate learning experiences that

advance student learning; (3) The use of assessments to inform instructional decision making; and

(4) Partnerships with colleagues, parents and the community; and

     WHEREAS, Research has shown that students of National Board Certified Teachers

outperform their peers in other classrooms on achievement tests, and that schools and districts

with higher concentrations of NBCTs see marked improvements in their school culture,

collaboration and teacher retention; and

     WHEREAS, Pursuit of Board Certification is a voluntary, intensive, structured program

that helps teachers find gaps in their teaching and improve their craft with the result that they are

better prepared to meet the needs of students, highlighting their role as learners, leaders and

collaborators; and

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island teachers who have achieved the advanced teaching

credential of their own volition, and committed themselves to the higher teaching standards that

Board certification requires are eminently worthy of our acclamation and recognition; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby recognizes the significance of this important professional credential, and the high standard

of professional achievement it represents; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Senate hereby honors and congratulates the teachers from Rhode

Island schools who took it upon themselves to undertake the arduous task of pursuing National

Board Certification and succeeded. These Board-certified teachers have the thanks of this

Chamber and the State of Rhode Island for their efforts in furthering the profession of teaching,

and setting a standard worthy of all to pursue; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Commissioner of Education.

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