35 New National Board Certified Teachers in Delaware
--Overall total now stands at 430--
(Dover, DE) Thirty-five Delaware teachers have achieved National Board Certification status according to information released today by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The total number of Delaware teachers who have earned this certification stands at 430.
Nearly 40 percent (39.8 percent) of the state's National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) teach in Title I eligible schools. The state's top five school districts in terms of the cumulative total of NBCTs are: Christina School District (72), Brandywine School District (61), Red Clay Consolidated (55), Indian River School District (35), and Milford School District (27).
More than 9,600 accomplished teachers nationwide achieved National Board Certification in 2008, setting a national record for the second straight year. This achievement brings the total number of teachers who achieved National Board Certification in the U.S. to nearly 74,000. The number of NBCTs has more than doubled since 2003; 32,000 versus 74,000 in 2008.
NBCTs make up at least five percent of the total teaching force in seven states, one of which is Delaware. The states are: North Carolina (15 percent), South Carolina (13.7 percent), Mississippi (9.4 percent), Florida (7.8 percent), Oklahoma (5.7 percent), Delaware (5.5 percent) and Washington (5.3 percent).
The National Research Council (NRC) located in Washington D.C. recently affirmed that National Board Certification has had a positive impact on student achievement, teacher retention, and professional development. In the most rigorous and comprehensive study to date about National Board Certification, the NRC found that students taught by National Board Certified Teachers make higher gains on achievement tests than students taught by teachers who have not achieved certification.
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District |
New National Board Certified Teachers |
School |
National Board Certificate Area |
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Appoquinimink |
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Aimee Janis |
Louis L. Redding Middle School |
School Counseling/Early Childhood Through Young Adulthood |
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Jenifer Kort |
Olive B. Loss Elementary School |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
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Bryan Stambaugh |
Middletown High School |
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
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Brandywine |
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Amy Elliott |
Forwood Elementary School |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
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Sarah Foster |
Forwood Elementary School |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
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Debra Grandizio |
Forwood Elementary School |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
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Patricia Grimm |
Darley Road Elementary School |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
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Daphne Johnson |
P.S. duPont Elementary School |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood |
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Julie O'Leary |
Harlan Elementary School |
Art/Early and Middle Childhood |
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Germaine Long |
Darley Road Elementary School |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
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Greta Savage |
Forwood Elementary School |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
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Susan Whitcraft |
Forwood Elementary School |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
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Caesar Rodney |
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Amanda Mazzola |
Dover Air Force Base Middle School |
English Language Arts/ Early Adolescence |
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Cape Henlopen |
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Kathleen Bowski |
Milton Elementary School |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
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Kristin Gray |
Rehoboth Elementary School |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
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Capital |
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Michele Johnson |
East Dover Elementary School |
Library Media/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
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Kevin Murphy |
Central Middle School |
Music/Early and Middle Childhood |
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Krista Seifert |
Booker T. Washington Elementary School |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
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Christina |
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Bartley Dryden |
Shue-Medill Middle School |
Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence |
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District |
New National Board Certified Teachers |
School |
National Board Certificate Area |
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Colonial |
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Ellen Citino |
Gunning Bedford Middle School |
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence |
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James Dooley |
George Read Middle School |
Mathematics/Early Adolescence |
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Indian River |
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Cathy Besden-Showell |
North Georgetown Elementary School |
School Counseling/Early Childhood Through Young Adulthood |
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Amy Denham |
Millsboro Middle School |
English Language Arts/ Early Adolescence |
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Margaret Lawson |
North Georgetown Elementary School |
English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood |
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Angela Robbins |
North Georgetown Elementary School |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
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Cheryl Watt |
East Millsboro Elementary School |
Generalist/Early Childhood |
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Lake Forest |
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Donald Bullock |
Lake Forest High School |
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
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Denise Timberman |
W. T. Chipman Middle School |
Mathematics/Early Adolescence |
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Milford |
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Melissa Tuttle |
Benjamin Banneker Elementary School |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
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Red Clay Consolidated |
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Karen Brown |
Henry C. Conrad Middle School |
Mathematics/Early Adolescence |
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Alice Conlin |
Anna P. Mote Elementary School |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood |
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Holly Donofrio |
Richardson Park Learning Center |
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
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Amy Joseph |
North Star Elementary School |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
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Alyssa Schweizer |
North Star Elementary School |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
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Private Schools |
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Jessica Tease |
The Independence School |
Generalist/Middle Childhood |
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For more information about NBPTS and National Board Certification, visit the NBPTS Web site at www.nbpts.org.
For additional state-specific information, click Delaware.
