NB+Standards

=**National Board for Professional Teaching Standards **= = = **Five Core Propositions: **

1. Teachers are committed to students and their learning. They genuinely care about their students and are committed to their growth.  2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to their students. Having in-depth content knowledge, they are subject matter experts who have a passion for teaching those subjects effectively as well as creatively.

3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning. They maintain full “tool bags” of the multiple skills, strategies and resources necessary to deal with the demands of delivering instruction, encouragement, and assessment consistently in classrooms filled with diverse learners. 

4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience. They have developed the habit of reflection, and use today’s successes and glitches to build better lessons for tomorrow.  5. Teachers are members of learning communities. They approach teaching as a true profession, building communities to increase student learning, to share and improve teaching practice, and to contribute to the professional knowledge base.

