Existing NBCTs (currently hold an unexpired certificate from NBPTS)

Teachers who held a valid certificate from NBPTS during the 2010-11 school year received the full annual bonus of $5,090 paid in a lump sum amount.

Teachers who hold a valid certificate from NBPTS during the 2011-12 school year received the full annual bonus of $5,090 paid in a lump sum amount.(see distribution section)

New 2011-12 NBCTs (current candidates awaiting scores)

Teachers who attained a valid certificate from the National Board during the 2010-11 school year received the full annual bonus of $5,090 paid in a lump sum amount.

Teachers who attain a valid certificate from the National Board during the 2011–12 school year will receive sixty percent of the annual bonus of $5,090 for a total of $3,054 to be paid in a lump sum amount (for the first year only, you will be considered an ‘existing NBCT’ for subsequent years).

Challenging Schools Bonus

Challenging schools are defined below using the October 1st free and reduced price lunch (FRPL) percentages, reported through the Comprehensive Education Data and Research System (CEDARS):

• Elementary schools with at least 70 percent FRPL.
• Middle schools with at least 60 percent FRPL.
• High schools with at least 50 percent FRPL.

NBCTs that taught within a challenging school during the 2010-11 school year were eligible for up to an additional $5000 challenging school bonusbased on their FTE.

Challenging schools are defined below using the October 1st free and reduced price lunch (FRPL) percentages, reported through the Comprehensive Education Data and Research System (CEDARS):

• Elementary schools with at least 70 percent FRPL.
• Middle schools with at least 60 percent FRPL.
• High schools with at least 50 percent FRPL.

NBCTs teaching within a challenging school during the 2011-12 school year are eligible for up to an additional $5,000 challenging school bonus based on their FTE. Teachers who attain a valid certificate from the National Board during the 2011–12 school year will receive up to sixty percent of the challenging school bonus for a total of up to $3,000 (for the first year only, you will be considered an ‘existing NBCT’ for subsequent years).

Challenging Schools Appeals

Districts wishing to appeal a school’s eligibility designation for the challenging schools bonus must be able to provide evidence that the FRPL percentage in CEDARS is inaccurate and must correct the CEDARS October 1st data, used to identify challenging schools, by November, 2011 and February 2011.

Districts wishing to appeal a school’s eligibility designation for the challenging schools bonus must be able to provide evidence that the FRPL percentage in CEDARS is inaccurate and must correct the CEDARS October 1st data, used to identify challenging schools, by April 6, 2012. (Please note the change to only one deadline for appeal submissions)

NBCT Bonus Distribution

Districts submitted iGrant (the OSPI database system used to collect your NBCT information from districts) information as often as necessary during the year between September 2010-June 15th, 2011. Districts then determined payment period for bonus distribution. The payment must be allocated to NBCTS in a timely manner and in a lump sum.

Districts can submit iGrant information as often as necessary during the year between January and June 2012 however iGrant information must be submitted no later than June 15, 2012. OSPI shall pay bonuses to school districts in the July 2012 apportionment.

Districts are required to make all payments to eligible NBCTs no later than August 31, 2012.

Payments must be paid in a lump sum.