Ten More Richland One Teachers Earn National Board Certification; 12 Teachers Receive Five-Year Certification Extension
Ten more Richland One teachers have earned the gold standard of the profession – National Board Certification.
These teachers join 168 others in the district as National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT).
Created for teachers by teachers, the certification is the public assurance of the most impactful teaching outcomes. Those who receive the distinction complete and pass a computer-based assessment and complete three portfolio components: Differentiation in Instruction; Teaching Practice and Learning Environment; and Effective and Reflective Practitioner.
The certification is designed to incentivize the educational enhancement efforts of teachers in hopes of developing and retaining them.
In addition to the ten newest NBCTs, 12 Richland One teachers earned the National Board’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC), which is a five-year extension from their current certificate’s expiration date. MOC ensures teachers are current on the knowledge and best practices in their certificate areas.
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NEW NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS |
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Teacher |
Certification Area |
School |
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Neelima Bonakurthi |
Exceptional Needs Specialist-Early Childhood through Young Adulthood/Mild and Moderate Disabilities (MMD) |
Bradley Elementary School |
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Susmitha Bonakurthy |
Exceptional Needs Specialist-Early Childhood through Young Adulthood/Mild and Moderate Disabilities (MMD) |
W.A. Perry Middle School |
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Victoria Brown |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts-Early and Middle Childhood
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Brockman Elementary School |
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Clara Cristancho Cespedes |
English as a New Language-Early and Middle Childhood/Specialist Path 2 English Development Specialist |
Arden Elementary School |
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Eleni Davis |
English Language Arts-Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
A.C. Flora High School |
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Sybil Ely |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts-Early and Middle Childhood |
Rosewood Elementary School |
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Tonya Gamble |
Generalist-Middle Childhood |
Pine Grove Elementary School |
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Kaitlyn Jacobs |
English Language Arts-Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
A.C. Flora High School |
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Nicole Mesimer |
World Languages-Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Spanish |
Dreher High School |
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Laura Wentzky |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts-Early and Middle Childhood |
Brockman Elementary School |
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TEACHERS WHO EARNED MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION |
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English Language Arts-Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
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Dionne Boyd |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts-Early and Middle Childhood
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Burnside Elementary School |
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Jill Dowdy |
English Language Arts-Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Lower Richland High School |
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Catherine Griggs |
Generalist-Early Childhood |
Rosewood Elementary School |
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Barbara Isenhower |
Career and Technical Education-Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood-Business, Marketing and Financial Services |
A.C. Flora High School |
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Jennifer Martin |
Generalist-Early Childhood |
Brockman Elementary School |
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Parneeta Myadala |
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Columbia High School |
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Kathleen Pennyway |
Career and Technical Education-Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood-Information Systems and Technology, Communications and the Arts |
Dreher High School |
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Tysheonna Porcher |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts-Early and Middle Childhood |
Burnside Elementary School |
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Shannon Rister |
Generalist-Middle Childhood |
W. A. Perry Middle School |
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Marjorie Sawyer |
Generalist-Early Childhood |
Brockman Elementary School |
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Venecia Washington |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts-Early and Middle Childhood |
Hopkins Elementary School |
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