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Twenty-eight more Cleveland County Schools’ teachers achieved certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards during 2003-2004. The 28 are among 1,675 in
North Carolina
and 8,056 in the nation who earned this highest professional credential in the teaching field for the past school year.
New local NBCTs are as follows:
- Peggy Baker of Crest Middle
- Karen Bell of Boiling Springs Elementary
- Jennifer Benevides of
Elizabeth
Elementary
- Molly Blanton of
Jefferson
Elementary
- Brian Blow of Marion Intermediate
- Jamey Croft of
Kings
Mountain
High
- Gina Gold of Springmore Elementary
- Amy Goodrum of Crest High
- Elizabeth Greene of Springmore Elementary
- Rhonda Hamrick of Boiling Springs Elementary
- Teresa Heffelfinger of Shelby High
- Tammy Hollifield of Crest Middle
- Heidi Jones of East Elementary
- Wendy Martin of Crest High
- Lisa May of
Kings
Mountain
Middle
- Donna McDonald of
Kings
Mountain
Intermediate
- Shelley Morehouse of
Kings
Mountain
High
- Amy Moss of East Elementary
- Kelly Peeler of Burns Middle
- Patricia Pritchard of Shelby Middle
- Joanna Runyon of Crest Middle
- Ava Scism of Springmore Elementary
- Lisa Smith of Springmore Elementary
- Janet Smith of
Kings
Mountain
Intermediate
- Miranda Spangler of Fallston Elementary
- Audrey Tate of Shelby High
- Jill Triplett of Boiling Springs Elementary
- Sherri Weeks of
Kings
Mountain
Intermediate
Nationally, 40,200 teachers are National Board Certified including 8,280 in
North Carolina
– the most of any state. N.C. teachers who earn National Board certification receive a 12 percent salary increase and 15 continuing education units (CEUs). Cleveland County Schools now has 132 National Board Certified staff working as teachers.
National Board Certification is a voluntary process achieved through a rigorous performance-based assessment that takes nearly a year to complete. Teachers must document their subject matter knowledge; provide evidence they know how to teach their subjects to students effectively; and demonstrate their ability to manage and measure student learning.
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