The Distribution of National Board Certified Teachers in Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorKassner, Laura Danielleen
dc.contributor.committeechairCash, Carol S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEarthman, Glen I.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTwiford, Travis W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTripp, Norman Wayneen
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T15:45:09Zen
dc.date.adate2012-05-03en
dc.date.available2017-04-06T15:45:09Zen
dc.date.issued2012-03-26en
dc.date.rdate2016-10-03en
dc.date.sdate2012-04-06en
dc.description.abstractThis study provides a descriptive analysis of the distribution of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) in Virginia, which offers financial compensation to these educators regardless of teaching assignment. Most localities provide additional incentives to recruit and retain NBCTs, again, not targeted or structured in any way. Given the impact of high quality teachers on student learning and the well-documented disparities in access for subsets of the student population, it is important to obtain a baseline measure of NBCT distribution in Virginia upon which leaders might build a plan for reform. Three research questions were addressed: How are NBCTs distributed across Virginia with regards to divisions' ability to pay? In school divisions with a high concentration of NBCTs, what incentive structures do these divisions offer to either support teachers while they apply to NBPTS or to recruit and retain previously successful NBCTs? What are the characteristics of the schools in which NBCTs serve with regards to the race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status of their student populations? The researcher determined NBCTs were distributed unequally across Virginia's divisions and schools based on divisions' ability to pay and student demographics. Formal support structures were found in most high concentration divisions.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-04062012-143338en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04062012-143338/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/77348en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNational Board Certified Teachersen
dc.subjectincentivesen
dc.subjectrace/ethnicityen
dc.subjectability to payen
dc.subjectsocioeconomic statusen
dc.subjectNational Board for Professional Teaching Standardsen
dc.subjectequityen
dc.subjecthuman resource distributionen
dc.subjectteacher qualityen
dc.titleThe Distribution of National Board Certified Teachers in Virginiaen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameEd. D.en

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