More than 50 WCPSS Teachers Earn National Board Re-Certification
January 11, 2010 – More than 50 Wake County Public School System educators earned re-certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards this year.
“Teachers who seek re-certification from the National Board are seasoned veterans of the classroom who have already gone through the demanding process of self-examination and testing, and seen its benefits,” said Superintendent Del Burns. “These teachers are leaders in their schools and are making a difference every day in student learning.”
WCPSS had 52 educators earn re-certification this year. After 10 years, National Board certified teachers must submit a portfolio of their accomplishments as teacher leaders to maintain the distinction. Teachers typically begin the renewal process in the eighth year of certification. As in the initial certification, impact on student achievement remains the focus. Renewal candidates complete the National Board’s Profile of Professional Growth submitting videos demonstrating their teaching and providing evidence of how they have positively impacted student achievement since their initial certification.
Top WCPSS Schools
Three WCPSS schools had three or more teachers earn re-certification this year. Enloe High had four teachers earn re-certification, the most of any Wake County school. Broughton High and Davis Drive Elementary each had three teachers renew their National Board Certification.
WCPSS had 21 elementary, 12 middle, 18 high school and one Title I teacher renew this year.
Nearly 200 WCPSS Teachers Earn National Board Certification
Nearly 200 Wake County Public School System educators earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards this year, continuing WCPSS leadership in supporting teachers who pursue and achieve National Board Certification.
WCPSS is second in the nation and number one in the state in the total number of teachers who have earned certification.
For the second year in a row, WCPSS had 197 educators earn certification. With this latest round of certification, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards reports that they have certified a total of 1,702 WCPSS teachers.
The NC Department of Public Instruction reports that 1,509 teachers earned certification across the state this year. DPI reports that 15,695 North Carolina teachers have earned certification from the National Board.
WCPSS Teachers Earning Re certification
from National Board Professional Teaching Standards
Cynthia Baker |
Apex Middle |
Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence |
Evelyn Baldwin |
Athens Drive High |
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Deborah Wagner |
Athens Drive High |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Katherine Eatmon |
Brassfield Elementary |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
Nancy Alexander |
Broughton High |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Wilda Rhodes |
Broughton High |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Erica Spain |
Broughton High |
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Ruby Anne Mitchell |
Cary High |
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Ann Hayes |
Centennial Middle |
Generalist/Early Adolescence |
Nancy Hanley |
Conn Elementary |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
Amy Fenton |
Davis Drive Elementary |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
Rhonda Potts |
Davis Drive Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Pam Smithson |
Davis Drive Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Kathy Vandeventer |
Dillard Drive Elementary |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
Karen Whiteman |
Dillard Drive Middle |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
Barbara Devaney |
Durant Road Elementary |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
Wynne Kemmeries |
Durant Road Elementary |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
Carla Hoffman |
East Garner Middle |
Generalist/Early Adolescence |
Glenda Poythress |
East Wake Middle |
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence |
Suzanne Cottrell |
Enloe High |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
Sharon Lineberry |
Enloe High |
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Deborah Massengill |
Enloe High |
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Brian Wood |
Enloe High |
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Marian Wheless |
Fuller Elementary |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
Sara Phillips |
Fuquay-Varina High |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Vicki Rose |
Fuquay-Varina High |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Serena Jean Buckner |
Green Hope Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Sharon Fornaro |
Green Hope Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Carrie Mcdowell |
Green Hope High |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Mary Ryan Smith |
Heritage Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Lynn Young |
Lacy Elementary |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
Amy Wedge |
Leesville Road High |
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Carol Brown |
Leesville Road Middle |
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence |
Julia Rucci |
Lynn Road Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Robert Hale, Jr. |
Martin Middle |
Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence |
Judith Darling |
Middle Creek High |
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Christine Vereckey |
Olive Chapel Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Catherine Mary Rindge |
Partnership Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Robert Escamilla |
Phillips High |
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Allison Kuhns |
Reedy Creek Elementary |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
Treva Simmons |
Salem Middle |
Mathematics/Early Adolescence |
Sharon Smith |
Salem Middle |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Judy Smith |
Southeast Raleigh High |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Misha Gregory |
Sycamore Creek Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Kimberly Bowen |
Title I |
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Jean Hockenyos |
Wakefield Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Barbara Wiggins |
Wakefield High |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Linda Staple |
Wendell Middle |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
Geraldine Scofield |
West Cary Middle |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
Brinda Parker-Johnson |
West Lake Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
Marcella Cox |
West Lake Middle |
Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence |
Janet Privette |
Zebulon Elementary |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
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