Professional Organizations

Many national and state professional organizations have supported NBCTs, candidates, and principals to build awareness, support candidates, and serve on NBPTS design committees for the standards and assessments.

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• National Education Association (NEA)
• AFT and NEA collaborated to develop "A Guide to Understanding National Board Certification 2009-10" (pdf).
• Illinois Education Association (IEA)
• Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT)
• Illinois Principals Association (IPA)
• IPA published the Illinois Principals Association Bulletin: Improving Schools with Access to IL NBCTs (pdf) to support school leaders to build awareness of NBPTS and to build school-based support systems.