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GRADUATE CREDIT FOR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS
There is a possibility for a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) to receive up to 6 semester hours of graduate credit to apply to a program of study at Georgia Southern University. The graduate student must be admitted into one of the College of Education's graduate programs and must have completed the NBPTS process and awarded National Board Certification. To pursue this possibility, the graduate student must do the following:
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Confer with his/her graduate advisor to determine if NBPTS credit (3-6 semester credit hours) can be applied to his/her specific program of study. The credits would be used as elective credits. If the graduate advisor is agreeable to this, both advisor and advisee should document this decision for future reference. **
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The NBCT must contact ACE and request a transcript. To do this, he/she can go to the NBPTS website and click on "Click Here To Apply For Graduate Credit" in the top right corner. That link takes them to the ACE web site. ACE verifies that they are a NBCT and issues them a transcript showing up to 6 academic credits. There is a $100 application fee that the student will pay to ACE for this service. The transcript that is issued means that NBPTS recommends the NBCT for graduate credit for consideration by the NBCT's university. As stated, it is up to the university to decide if it will recognize those credits. NBCT's or candidates can read more about this by going to http://www.nbpts.org/highered/ace.cfm.
- The NBCT must make sure that an official copy of the ACE transcript is sent to Georgia Southern's Graduate Admission's office, as with any other type of transcript.
The College of Education at Georgia Southern recognizes those credits as electives in a program of study. However, as with any transfer credit, it is up to the graduate advisor to make the final determination as to whether or not those credits are applicable to the individual student's program.
** The Ed.D. in Curriculum Studies program does not allow the NBPTC course credit.