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Congratulations! 57 Wisconsin Teachers Earn National Board Certification

Shawn Burns Amanda Jensen
Established in 1987, the National Germantown School District Holmen School District
board for Professional Teaching Standards
is an independent, nonprofit organization Colgate, Wisconsin holmen, Wisconsin
working to advance accomplished teaching Physical Education/Early and Middle School Counseling/Early Childhood Through
for all students. Childhood Young Adulthood
The NBPTS certificate measures a Emily Chittick Mollie Jones
teacher's practice against high and rigorous Milwaukee Public Schools Oconto Falls Public Schools
standards. The process is an extensive series Milwaukee, Wisconsin oconto Falls, Wisconsin
of performance-based assessments that Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood English Language Arts/Adolescence and
includes teaching portfolios, student work Young Adulthood
samples, videos and thorough analyses Kristen Cohen
of the candidates' classroom teaching and Racine Unified School District Nathali Jones
student learning. Teachers also complete Racine, Wisconsin Wisconsin Rapids School District
a series of written exercises that probe the • Obtain reimbursement for costs of Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
depth of their subject-matter knowledge, as up to $2,000 personally incurred to Middle Childhood Physical Education/Early Adolescence
well as their understanding of how to teach achieve certification. Through Young Adulthood
those subjects to their students. Cheryl Esser
National Board certification is volun- • Receive annual grants of $2,500 or Nekoosa School District Tori Joosten
tary and open to all educators who have a $5,000 for the remaining duration of Nekoosa, Wisconsin Nekoosa School District
baccalaureate degree and three years of the NBPTS certificate. Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Nekoosa, Wisconsin
classroom experience in either a public or Additional information about the Childhood Through Young Adulthood Mathematics/Early Adolescence
private school. National board for Professional Teaching
Standards can be found online at www. Jonathan Etter Anthony Jordan
Advantages for Wisconsin Educators nbpts.org. Wauwatosa School District Franklin Public School District
The NBPTS certificate compliments, Additional information about the Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Franklin, Wisconsin
but does not replace, Wisconsin state licen- National board for Professional Teaching English Language Arts/Adolescence and Mathematics/Early Adolescence
sure. It is a professional certificate used to Standards/Wisconsin can be found online Young Adulthood
obtain a lifetime master educator license in at https://dpi.wi.gov/licensing/apply-educa- Molly Kaminsky
the corresponding area and level. In addi- tor-license/nbpts Amy Felcyn Elmbrook School District
tion, Wisconsin educators who received Mount Horeb Area School District Brookfield, Wisconsin
NBPTS certification can: Mount horeb, Wisconsin Generalist/Early Childhood
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Sarah Lawton
Hats off to these educators! Kayla Beil Lucy Fisher Nekoosa School District
Nekoosa School District West De Pere School District Nekoosa, Wisconsin
Rebecca Abler Nekoosa, Wisconsin Wisconsin English as a New Language/Early and Middle
Hamilton School District Social Studies-history/Early Adolescence Physical Education/Early and Middle Childhood
Sussex, Wisconsin Helissa Bell Childhood Tanya Lohr
health Education/Early Adolescence Through Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Sue Guenther West Bend School District
Young Adulthood Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District West bend, Wisconsin
Kimberly Alizadeh Ashrafi Music/Early and Middle Childhood Ettrick, Wisconsin Social Studies-history/Adolescence and
Sun Prairie Area School District Michele Bergeron Generalist/Middle Childhood Young Adulthood
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Dan Hansen Stephanie Menges
Generalist/Early Childhood Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Fort Atkinson School District Two Rivers Public School District
Hyrum Barker World Languages/Early Adolescence Through Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin Two Rivers, Wisconsin
New Richmond School District Young Adulthood English Language Arts/Adolescence and Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and
New Richmond, Wisconsin Resa Beversdorf Young Adulthood Middle Childhood
Music/Early Adolescence Through Young Kaukauna Area School District Stephen Hilger Elizabeth Meyer
Adulthood Kaukauna, Wisconsin Oshkosh Area School District Sauk-Prairie School District
Zachary Bartsch Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and oshkosh, Wisconsin Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin
Prairie Farm School District Middle Childhood Generalist/Middle Childhood Music/Early and Middle Childhood
Prairie Farm, Wisconsin Lindsey Bubnich Laura Hillman Gregory Mielke
Music/Early Adolescence Through Young Tomah Area School District Our Redeemer Lutheran School West Bend School District
Adulthood Tomah, Wisconsin Delavan, Wisconsin West bend, Wisconsin
Amy Bass Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Generalist/Middle Childhood English Language Arts/Adolescence and
School District of Reedsburg Middle Childhood Allison Houzner Young Adulthood
Reedsburg, Wisconsin Jay Bullock Hillsboro School District Kayla Marie Moffatt
Generalist/Middle Childhood Milwaukee Public Schools hillsboro, Wisconsin Elmbrook School District
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Generalist/Early Childhood Brookfield, Wisconsin
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Generalist/Early Childhood
Young Adulthood
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