HM 11 — "NM NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS DAY"

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 11DECLARING 54THFEBRUARY LEGISLATURE8, -2019 STATE"NEW OF NEW MEXICO -NATIONAL FIRSTBOARD SESSION,CERTIFIED 2019TEACHERS INTRODUCEDDAY" BYIN MatthewTHE McQueenHOUSE andOF DebraREPRESENTATIVES. M.

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14and WHEREAS, the New Mexico national board certified teacher network wasadvocates establishedfor eighteenleadership yearsopportunities agofor to promote national board professionalcertified teaching standards certification for New e t 17 Mexico teachers and toeducates promoteteachers accomplishedabout teachingthe throughoutnational wboard's lbody nof dknowledge; 18 New Mexico;

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and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, the New Mexico national board certified teacher e a n b 24 network also supports candidates through the national board u [ certification process, celebrates achievement, offers .212529.1 opportunities to all constituent groups and supports and recognizes all national board certified teachers in all school districts in the state and in the legislature;

and WHEREAS, national board certification is a rigorous HM 11 process that can take up to three years to achieve;

Page 1 applicants must demonstrate competency across three performance-based domains and pass a written test of content and pedagogical knowledge;

and e e 17 WHEREAS, New Mexico has one thousand two hundred nineteen e e n d 18 national board certified teachers across forty-six public = = l ] 19 school districts, bureau of Indian education schools and a l r i 20 charter schools, with fifty-nine percent of all national board t e a t certified teachers and sixty-one percent of all national board m m 21 e d r e 22 candidates serving in Title I schools;

and c e r c 23 WHEREAS, New Mexico ranks twenty-first in the nation for e a n b 24 national board certification and twelfth in the nation for u [ percentage of board certification, with five and three-tenths .212529.1 - 2 - percent of all New Mexico teachers having achieved board certification;

and WHEREAS, the Albuquerque public school district, Santa Fe public school district, Las Cruces public school district, Rio Rancho public school district, Los Alamos public school district and Gallup-McKinley county public school district are the New Mexico school districts with the highest numbers of national board certified teachers, with the Albuquerque public school district being ranked sixteenth in the nation HM 11 Page 2 for the number of national board certified teachers;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 8, 2019 be declared "New Mexico National Board Certified Teachers Day" in the house of representatives to acknowledge the achievements of all national board certified teachers and their contributions to the learning and growth of New Mexico e e 17 students;

and e e n d 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be = = l ] 19 transmitted to the governor and the secretary of public a l r i 20 education.

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