National Board Candidate Support Provider (Professional Learning Facilitator)
Resource Website
NBPTS Candidate Resources
The Support for Candidates page has been reorganized and updated with three new candidate resources. Please feel free to share these new resources with your candidates.
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National Board Certification: Overview and Quick Start Guide – This guide is for educators interested in learning more about National Board Certification.
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National Board Certification: Candidate Resource – This guide for candidates includes the key certification documents, planning guides and graphic organizers for each component, resources for Component 1, webinar recordings and information on the free Canvas course.
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Understanding Scores and Feedback Statements – This document offers supplemental resources for candidates who need support working with their scores and feedback statements.
NBPTS Professional Learning / Mentor Resources - Fall 2025
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Candidate Support Programs and Facilitation, which includes the following:
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​Advocacy for Board Certification
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Building Awareness for Board Certification
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Serve the Work: Become a Professional Learning Facilitator
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Access ATLAS and ATLAS4Candidates
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Policy Guidelines for Ethical Candidate Support
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Core Connections Webinars
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Maintenance of Certification
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National Board Professional Learning Canvas Courses
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Third-party Payer Guide
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Third-party Payer FAQ
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Other PLF Presentations and Tools
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PLF Training (Melissa Shields, 2017) - PowerPoint
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NBPTS Guidelines for Ethical Candidate Support - Please make copies for all prospective CSPs.
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PLF Turnaround Training - "You Can Do It!" Candidate Overview Session (2019 PPT) - Feel free to download it and make it your own!
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​Building Your Own NBCT Candidate Cohorts (Boot Camp 2020 Presentation by Brad and Stephanie Lett)
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ATLAS : https://atlas.nbpts.org Request ATLAS Instructor Access (Granted by each region's Inservice Center Director)
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