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The Broward County Recognition Program is a local program designed to recognize the accomplishments of instructional personnel who are ineligible for National Board Certification but can achieve the same standard of excellence as depicted in that program. This program, framed around the National Board Certification concept, has been established to allow these instructional staff members to attain the 5% base salary supplement. 

The Broward County Recognition Program has established eleven generic standards across all job-related roles and forms the basis for which applicants are expected to demonstrate accomplished practice. Applicants prepare and submit a portfolio, which includes a video recording of their practice, client progress artifacts, and a detailed analysis of their professional practice and accomplishments. The portfolio is designed to capture job performance in real-time, real-life settings, thus allowing scorers to examine how applicants translate their knowledge and theory into practice. Trained scorers who have achieved the Broward County Recognition Award conduct portfolio scorings annually. Program status is issued for a period of three (3) years as long as they maintain effective performance evaluations and the School Board of Broward County, Florida continues to fund the program.

The Broward County Recognition Program is available to any instructional personnel ineligible to apply for National Board Certification because there is no National Board Certification Content Area and/or would not qualify for the Florida Excellent Teaching Program. See www.fldoe.org website for specifics on the Florida Excellent Teaching Program and www.nbpts.org website for a current listing of National Board Certification Content Areas. Applicants must have effective performance evaluations in Broward County for the previous three years.

Applicants seeking BCRP status are required to develop a portfolio documenting evidence of mastery of the BCRP standards. The portfolio offers applicants the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to meet the BCRP standards through work samples, reflections, and video recordings of their actual practice during a specified period of time. Each specific portfolio entry is designed to reflect activities that applicants engage in during their workday and develop in collaboration with other practitioners. Below are instructions and required forms for portfolio submission.

Mentors, who are Broward County Recognition Program recipients, are available to provide support. Orientation, video recording, proofreading, and packing sessions allow candidates to meet and discuss issues related to the portfolio process.

For more information regarding BCRP, please contact: bcrp@browardschools.com