21 Additional CCS Teachers Earn National Board Certification

Twenty-one Cleveland County educators earned their National Board certification during 2007-20068, according to results released this week by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

National Board Certification is a voluntary process achieved through a rigorous performance-based assessment that takes one to three years to complete and measures what accomplished teachers and counselors should know and be able to do. Certification is available to educators in 27 fields. The new NBCTs are as follows:

Dorry Altman                                  Crest High School

Rebecca Anthony                          Kings Mountain High School

Angela Bess                                  Crest High School

Heather Brown                              Springmore Elementary School

Jennifer Cabaniss                          Boiling Springs Elementary School

Thomas Centofanti                        Burns High School

Kevin Cruise                                  Kings Mountain High School

Florrie Hamrick                             Kings Mountain Middle School

Sandra Hamrick                            Casar Elementary School

Virginia Howell                             East Elementary School

Sheldon Leonhardt                       Bethware Elementary School

David Minnich                               Kings Mountain High School

Lori Roberts                                  Crest High School

Robin Scoggins                             Bethware Elementary School

Heather Self                                   North Elementary School

Denise Smith                                  Elizabeth Elementary School

Peter Strickland                             Crest High School

Shi Whisnant                                  North Shelby School

Erin Whitaker                                 Marion Intermediate School

Joy Wilfong                                     Kings Mountain High School

Johnna Wyte                                   Bethware Elementary School