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LRB094 11909 CSA 44471 r |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Linda Bottom of Germantown is an Illinois Master |
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| Teacher by achieving National Board Certification as a Middle |
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| Childhood Generalist; and
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| WHEREAS, National Board Certification is the teaching |
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| profession's highest credential and the only route to the |
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| Illinois Master Certificate; teachers who achieve it have spent |
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| one year and hundreds of hours videotaping their teaching, |
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| analyzing student work, and documenting their ability to help |
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| all learners achieve to high standards; and
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| WHEREAS, A growing body of research provides evidence that |
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| students of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) |
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| outperform their peers on standardized tests and other measures |
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| of learning; these achievement effects are even greater for |
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| low-income and special needs students; one study found that |
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| having a National Board Certified Teacher was like experiencing |
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| an additional 25 days of instruction; and
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| WHEREAS, Currently, Illinois has 1,239 NBCTs and ranks |
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| eighth in the nation in the total number of NBCTs; to lead the |
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| nation, the National Board Resource Center at Illinois State |
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| University will need to grow another 9,000 NBCTs and utilize |
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| their expertise to improve Illinois schools; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we congratulate Linda Bottom on her National Board |
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| Certification and we continue to support the activities of the |
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| National Board Resource Center at Illinois State University |
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| which have resulted in the benefits of National Board Certified |
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| Teachers for Illinois students; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |