Milton Alan Turner is a National Board Certified teacher in Cleveland, Ohio. A veteran educator at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland. In the episode, we talk about his path to certification, his love of science fiction, and ways to try and rebuild the Black teacher pipeline.

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Kimberly Jones, NBCT, is the 2023 North Carolina Teacher of the Year! She recently joined National Board Conversations to discuss her journey, and what keeps her in the classroom. She has a passion for culturally responsive teaching and does a full quarter teaching the holocaust in her classroom! 

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Candidate Conversations by the National Board is a chance to speak with educators who are currently on their National Board journey. On the first episode Danielle Brown, NBCT, talks with Keke Powell! She is a second-grade teacher in Texas and is super fun and engaging! They get into how she became an educator, why she is pursuing National Board Certification, and even her favorite pizza topping!

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Magdalena Mata, NBCT, joins National Board conversations to discuss her unique path to becoming an educator, and the importance of highlighting the diversity of Hispanic culture this Hispanic Heritage Month. She also delves into the importance of never giving up on yourself even when you don't get the results you wanted! Subscribe and share the podcast with all your educator friends and enjoy the episode! 

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Season Three kicks off with the Director of Candidate Experience here at the National Board. Jaci Fabian is a National Board Certified teacher in Chicago, Illinois, and left the classroom to join the candidate experience team at the National Board. She has since moved up to director and is leading the way for the National Board to create a more effective and equitable candidate experience process for educators on their National Board journey.

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On this episode of National Board Conversations, you get to hear from Dr. Melissa Collins, NBCT. She was named the 2023 Tennessee Teacher of the Year and has been a National Board champion forever! Be sure to give her a follow on social media: Twitter and Instagram.

Craig King, NBCT, is the Director of Teacher Leadership at Palmetto State Teachers Association and is among the few Black male educators to achieve National Board Certification. He continues to recruit men of color into the teaching profession across the country with the Call Me Mister program and is passionate about his home state of South Carolina! Listen to his National Board Journey

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Dr. Michael Ida has had an exciting journey! He joins National Board Conversations to discuss his journey into the classroom, what keeps him returning every year, and much more! 

Doretha Allen, the President of the Texas National Board Coalition for Teaching joins the podcast to discuss her career to this point, including starting her career as a Civil Rights investigator. She also discusses her National Board journey and how not achieving the first time helped her on her journey