MTEA National Board Cohort

2025-2026 National Board Candidate Support

National Board certification is the highest level of certification a teacher can attain, with personal, professional, and monetary rewards.  This cohort will meet monthly to explore various components of the certification process and provide support for MTEA and area WEAC candidates.  Each session will generally begin with a presentation sharing tips and strategies for tackling the required components for certification (~1hr), followed by time for candidate Q&A and opportunities to work with other members of the cohort as well as with trained mentors.

All sessions except the WEAC Writing Retreat are held at the MTEA Building from 5-7pm.  Please register below for as many sessions as you want to attend.

September 25, 2025 – What is National Board Certification?

Learn about what is involved in this rigorous process and what resources and financial incentives are available to assist candidates.

October 22, 2025 – Getting Started with National Board Certification

Dive into the National Board standards, the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching, and the 5 Core propositions of National Board certification. A brief overview of the components will be given to allow candidates to be able to decide which component(s) to work on this year.

November 13, 2025 – Component 2: Differentiation in Instruction

Learn strategies for selecting and analyzing student work samples to plan and implement appropriate differentiated instruction for those students.

December 11, 2025 – Component 4: Effective Educator

Receive guidance for selecting appropriate assessments, identifying professional learning needs, and analyzing impact on student learning.

January 15, 2026 – Component 3: Teaching Practice & Learning Environment

Get tips for recording instruction and strategies for effective in-depth analysis and reflection of the instruction.

February 12, 2026 – Writing for National Boards

Learn about descriptive, analytical, and reflective writing, and strategies for making sure you are addressing the prompts that are being asked.

March 6-8, 2026 – WEAC Writing Retreat: Wisconsin Dells https://weac.org/national-board-writing-retreat/

March 25, 2026 – Component 1: Content Knowledge

Learn study tips and strategies for preparing for and responding to the prompts on the content knowledge exam and understand how it is scored.

April 9, 2026 – Cutting the Fluff

Learn strategies for getting your written components down to the required page limit for submission

May 7, 2026 – Preparing for Submission

Get tips on compressing videos, merging files, and submitting components through the National Board website, as well as finishing final edits.

For more information about this monthly support program, you may contact Lauren Jagemann at ljagiel@gmail.com