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Fourteen Wenatchee Teachers Earn National Board Certification

WENATCHEE, WA, January 9, 2018 --  Wenatchee School District has 14 new National Board Certified teachers, bringing the total in the district to 93. See photos below. Also, three teachers renewed their certification.

 “We have exceptional teachers in our school district and we congratulate our newly certified staff for achieving this distinction,” says Wenatchee School Superintendent Brian Flones. “The process is rigorous and time intensive, and these teachers have stepped up to the challenge to meet nationally recognized standards for instruction. National Board Certification benefits our students as it helps our teachers have a deeper knowledge of learning and provides them with the tools they need to ensure success for all students.”

Mark Woolsey is a Wenatchee School District teacher and instructional technology facilitator. He is also a facilitator for teachers in the National Board certification process. “National Board certified teachers have proven themselves,” says Woolsey. “It's like an accountant being a CPA or an attorney passing the bar exam. There's a set of standards to meet for National Boards that are very rigorous. And, if you've met those standards, you've proven yourself to be an extremely competent and extremely qualified teacher.”

Woolsey says that research studies show that board certified teachers have a positive impact on student learning. 

The process includes can take anywhere from one to four years and includes four segments: teacher knowledge assessment; analyzing student work and setting goals based on that analysis; classroom management with filmed scenarios; and collaboration with teachers, parents, community members. The entire process takes about 300 to 400 hours to complete.

“After doing the National Board process you get very good at determining what is an exceptional learning activity versus a satisfactory learning activity,” says Woolsey.

Created in 1987, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit organization devoted to advancing the quality of teaching and learning. Washington State continues to be a leader in increasing its number of National Board Certified teachers. Numbers released on January 8, 2018 by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) show that Washington has the most new National Board Certified teachers of any state with 1,434. The total number of 10,135 NBCTs in Washington is third in the country overall.

Three Wenatchee Wenatchee teachers renewed their certification this year: Amber Birks, Instructional Coach, Allison Hurt, First Grade, Lincoln Elementary, and Amee Peters Sixth Grade Core, Pioneer Middle School. 

Congratulations to the National Board Certified Class of 2017. Our teachers, and the areas in which they earned their certification, are:

National Board Certified Class of 2017
Elizabeth Detamore Alicen Gaytley

Elizabeth Detamore, Counseling, Columbia Elementary, School Counseling/Early Childhood Through Young Adulthood

Alicen Gaytley, Instructional Coach K-5, English As A New Language/Early And Middle Childhood

Abbie Estep Brandon Harle

Abbie Estep, Math, Pioneer Middle School, Mathematics/Early Adolescence

Brandon Harle, Social Studies, Wenatchee High School, Social Studies-History/Adolescence And Young Adulthood

Karissa Harle Adam MacDonald

Karissa Harle, 7th Grade Core Reading, Pioneer Middle School, English Language Arts/Early Adolescence

Adam MacDonald, Social Studies, AVID, Wenatchee High School, Social Studies-History/Adolescence And Young Adulthood

Brandy Martinez

Mallory Neher

Brandy Martinez, 2nd Grade, Mission View Elementary, Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early And Middle Childhood

Mallory Neher, Math, Orchard Middle School, Mathematics/Early Adolescence

Jennifer Netz Katharine Patnode

Jennifer Netz, English/AVID Wenatchee High School, English Language Arts/Adolescence And Young Adulthood

Katharine Patnode, Special Education, Orchard Middle School, Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood Through Young Adulthood

Jill Reinfeld Rachael Simmons

Jill Reinfeld, 3rd Grade, Washington Elementary, Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early And Middle Childhood

Rachael Simmons, French/AVID, Wenatchee High School, World Languages/Early Adolescence Through Young Adulthood

Kathryn Spurrell Scott Tiedeman

Kathryn Spurrell, Special Education, Orchard Middle School, Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood Through Young Adulthood

Scott Tiedeman, Social Studies, Wenatchee High School, Social Studies-History/Adolescence And Young Adulthood

 

National Board Recertified Teachers
Amber Birks Allison Hurt
Amber Birks, Instructional Coach

Allison Hurt, First Grade, Lincoln Elementary

Amee Peters  

Amee Peters, Sixth Grade Core, Pioneer Middle School

 

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