REGISTER HERE – for the Kickoff Event

Improve your teaching. Support your students. Earn more money.

National Board Certification is the most respected professional credential available in education. Any educator with a bachelor’s degree, active teaching certificate, and 3 years teaching/school counseling experience is eligible for certification.

Benefits of certification include

  • Increased student achievement
  • Improved teaching practice
  • A network of support
  • A yearly salary stipend of $3,000-$5,000

As part of your membership, MEA offers FREE, virtual workshops to guide you through the NBCT process.

These workshops are for:

  • Potential NBCT candidates seeking more information
  • NBCT candidates working toward certification
  • NBCT renewal candidates

2022-2023 Dates

All sessions will be held virtually and will run from 9 AM-2PM.

Kickoff event: hear from NBCTs about their experiences and ask questions about the process on October 8th

Support Workshops: Each workshop will have a different focus based on the needs of the candidates attending.

  • October 29th
  • Dec. 10th
  • Jan. 14th
  • Feb. 11th
  • March 18th
  • April 29th
  • May 6th

Participants are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible to get the full benefit of working with this group of dedicated Maine teachers. Participants who attend all sessions will receive 15 CEUs.

All workshops are sponsored by the Maine Education Association and facilitated by trained Candidate Support Providers who are NBCTs. For more information, the National Board Certification page.