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èßäapp¹ÙÍø Association of Teachers (PAT) National Board Stipend Process & Eligibility

Updated: January 3, 2024

Overview
Educators who receive a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards have completed extensive additional rigorous work, including passing exams,  indicating their status as accomplished and expert teachers. Similarly, there are some National Boards for other PAT positions, such as counseling, that require additional rigorous work and passing of exams indicating an advanced level of expertise in their field. èßäapp¹ÙÍø provides a $1,500 per school year stipend for educators who have completed the additional work (beyond the requirements for their license) and passed the required exams to earn an educational National Board which is relevant to their assignment.

There are some National Boards in which educators are required to complete in order to be licensed for their position -- these National Boards do not qualify for the National Board stipend as they are required in order to hold the position. Examples include the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Certificate of Clinical Competence which is required for Speech Language Pathologist (SLPs) Licensure and the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) which is required for Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs).

State Boards are not eligible for the National Board stipend.

Impacted Employee Group(s)
Employees in the èßäapp¹ÙÍø Association of Teachers (PAT) union are eligible for the national board stipend, if they meet all other eligibility requirements.

District or Department Collective Bargaining Agreement, Policy, Procedure, Guideline, and Guideline Reference(s)
èßäapp¹ÙÍø Association of Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
Article 12 Compensation, 12.1.4 “Professional educators who have received and retain a National Board Certification for Professional Teaching Standards shall receive an additional $1,500 per school year. Professional educators who earn/receive other certifications from National Boards shall also receive the additional $1,500 per school year.”

Stipend Details
Employees are responsible for submitting a copy of their earned National Board Certificate to HR License Renewal (hrlicenserenewal@pps.net). The copy must include the following information:

1. Employee’s first and last name
2. The name of the issuing agency
3. A certificate number
4. An issuance date
5. An expiration date

Approved National Board stipends will be entered effective the 16th of the month in which they are received by HR. Stipends are not backdated to the issuance of the National Board. The stipend is prorated for the entire school year.
Note: stipends for the 2023-2024 school year will be back dated for National Boards that are newly approved to the start of the school year or the issuance of the National Board, whichever is most recent. This backdating will only occur for this school year for newly approved National Boards.

It is the employee’s responsibility to provide renewed national boards prior to the expiration date to ensure the stipend does not lapse. If a renewal is received after the expiration date, it will be effective the 16th of the month received by HR and will not be backdated. 

Eligibility Requirements