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[Digby Willard <physics@MAIL.CENTRAL.STPAUL.K12.MN.US>]

To: arlynd@HUTCH.K12.MN.US, PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Re: National Certification for Physics Teachers
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Responding to the message of Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:00:56 -0500
from Arlyn DeBruyckere <arlynd@HUTCH.K12.MN.US>:
> I'll send the web link again.  I know very little about the process.  I
> looked into it a few years ago before they even had adolescent science as
> a possible certification.  At that time the cost was $2000 and you had to
> jump through a bunch of hoops in keeping a portfolio of your teaching,
> getting video tapes of your lessons, providing curriculum etc.  The hoops
> made getting my masters degree seem easy.  A few people here in Minnesota
> have done it because some districts offer a financial incentive for
> getting certified.  A $5000/year bonus might get me interested again but
> the best offer I've seen in Minnesota is a one time payment of $3000.


In St. Paul, National Board Certified teachers get a $2000 annual stipend.
The district also pays some fraction of the certification costs.
Consequently, we are getting to have quite a few people who have jumped
through the hoops.

Digby Willard
IB/AP Physics Teacher
Central High School
St. Paul, MN