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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Sixty FCPS Teachers Earn Certification From National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Sixty Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) teachers earned national board certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in 2008.
The FCPS teachers, with their schools in parentheses, are: Kathleen Fay and Suzanne Whaley (Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences); Heather Martins (Beech Tree Elementary School); Lori Gingrich (Belle View Elementary School); Natalie Valenzuela (Bonnie Brae Elementary School); Antoinette Kidwell (Bryant Alternative High School); Frances Besalel (Bull Run Elementary School); Kristin Wiley (Bush Hill Elementary School); Manjula Ganesh (Clearview Elementary School); Sarah Wood (Cunningham Park Elementary School); Claire Giardino, Amy Morton, and Kathleen Munive (Eagle View Elementary School); Angela Hunter and Andrew Neal (Edison High School); Margaret Orazen and Julia Varanavage (Fairfax High School); Nicole Fahey and Kevin Trainor (Flint Hill Elementary School); Carlette Bethea and Lynette Blacksten (Glasgow Middle School); Megan McArdle (Groveton Elementary School); Erica Shannon (Haycock Elementary School); Janice Jewell and Elizabeth Otani (Herndon High School); Kathleen Nadherny (Holmes Middle School); Melissa Gallagher (formerly of Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences); Natalie Fullerton (Irving Middle School); Lana Lammer (Jackson Middle School); Hallie Neibauer (Kings Park Elementary School); Lynda Samek-Smith and Dirk Schulze (Lake Braddock Secondary School); Claudette Allen and Sarah Buell (Lee High School); Frances Peterson (Liberty Middle School); Mary Alice Soller (London Towne Elementary School); Dena Maurer and Debra Wines (McNair Elementary School); Michelle Alspaugh, Kristen Bosch, Danielle De Arment-Donohue, Terence Donohue, Julia McCracken, Charles Sabatier, and Stacia Zeimet (Mount Vernon High School); Nikki Wright (Oak Hill Elementary School); Mary Gresick (Oak View Elementary School); Jennifer Brown (Poplar Tree Elementary School); Stacy Schraa (Providence Elementary School); Rachel Sachetti (Ravensworth Elementary School); Anna Slevin (Rocky Run Middle School); Larissa Sheehan (Shrevewood Elementary School); Merideth Fisher (Spring Hill Elementary School); Dana Cable and Douglas Martin (Stuart High School); Andrea Cobb (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology) and Michael Rosenfeld (formerly of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology); Deirdre Crescioli and Tara Willenbrock (Westfield High School); and Kirsten Maloney (elementary gifted and talented program specialist).
The teachers—from FCPS elementary, middle, high, and secondary schools and centers—have worked toward certification during a single academic year. The teachers practice continued and intense professional development and learn how to deepen their subject-matter knowledge and become more skillful in daily classroom instruction and student assessment in order to improve student learning. NBPTS certification complements and does not replace state licensing requirements.
Certification is based on five core propositions: being committed to students and the learning process; knowing the subjects taught and how to teach those subjects; being responsible for managing and monitoring student learning; thinking systematically about one’s practice and learning from the experience; and serving as a member of one’s learning community. Teachers are able to earn board certification in any of 24 areas.
Candidates for board certification devote 200 to 400 hours of work toward achieving the certification. This includes producing four portfolio entries that include samples of student work and videotapes of the candidate teaching students and completing six 30-minute assessment center exercises.
To be eligible for board certification, a teacher must hold a baccalaureate degree, have taught for at least three years, and have held a valid state teaching license in his or her state for at least three years.
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Note: For more information, contact the FCPS Department of Communications and Community Outreach at 571-423-1200.
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