North Carolina

Professional Teaching Standards

Commission

"For every student in North Carolina,

a knowledgeable, skilled compassionate teacher...

a star in every classroom"

Article 20 of the General Statutes, Chapter 115C, 295.2 as amended, reads in part:

The purpose of the Commission is to establish high standards for North Carolina teachers and the teaching profession. (295.1)

The North Carolina Teaching Standards Commission shall: (295.2)

• Develop and recommend to the State Board of Education professional standards or revisions of professional standards for North Carolina teachers.
• Review the areas of teacher certification and recommend to the State Board of Education those areas that should be consolidated, redesigned, eliminated or enhanced.
• Consider current methods to assess teachers and teaching candidates, including the National Teacher Exam, the assessments of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and alternative methods of assessment and recommend to the State Board of Education the implementation of rigorous and appropriate assessments for initial and continuing certification that are valid and reliable measures of professional practice.
• Evaluate, develop and recommend to the State Board a procedure for the assessment and recommendation of candidates for initial and continuing teacher certification.

For the purposes of this subsection, the areas of teacher certification include initial certification, continuing certification, and certification renewal ...