Seven Monroe teachers became nationally certified this year, helping Washington continue its run as the nation's leader in the most National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs).
The teachers are: Tammy Amador, Alia Lavin and Nick Wolfe from Monroe High School (MHS), Nona Goodwin of Sky Valley Education Center, Scott Holland of Park Place Middle School, Michelle Simeoni from Hidden River Middle School and Rinku Singh of Fryelands Elementary School. Monroe now has a total of 46 NBCT certified teachers.
"The certification requirements force you to really look at your teaching process. It changed everything I did in the classroom,GÇ¥ Alia Lavin, MHS biology teacher said in a press release. Becoming nationally certified is to be taken seriously though; "You've got to really mean it because it takes a lot of time.GÇ¥ Lavin agreed. "It's probably the hardest, most intensive thing I've ever done in my whole life.GÇ¥
Nick Wolfe, physical science teacher at MHS, said it was worth the extensive time and effort it took to get the certification. "It made me be more analytical about all the steps in my teaching process, to make sure that all the parts of my routine are focused on getting my students to understand the concepts I'm trying to put forward,GÇ¥ he explained.
To achieve board certification teachers must submit a four-part portfolio and a six-exercise content and pedagogy assessment. That work is then assessed by a national panel of peers. Throughout Washington, 946 teachers were awarded their national certification in 2014, doubling last year's record of 516 new NBCTs.
"The National Board certification process promotes teacher leadership,GÇ¥ said Randy Dorn, the state -ásuperintendent of public instruction. "The commitment these teachers have made to their profession is an integral part of raising the quality of teaching in Washington.GÇ¥
Gov. Jay Inslee congratulated this year's newly certified teachers in the press release, saying, "Washington's National Board Certified Teachers have really set the standard for what outstanding teaching looks like.GÇ¥
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