Wisconsin’s great schools now house 328 teachers who have earned National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification, the teaching profession’s highest accreditation.

The board this week (December 1, 2005) released the names of 62 Wisconsin teachers who achieved national certification this year. Wisconsin had 266 nationally certified teachers going into this year.

“National certification is a rigorous performance-based assessment,” WEAC President Stan Johnson said. “Teachers voluntarily spend at least one year going through the process and dedicate many hours of their own time to improve their skills and knowledge and help children in the classroom.”

The certification process involves an in-depth analysis of the applicant’s teaching practices, a subject-specific standardized test, and a demonstration of the applicant’s contributions to the profession and local community.

“National certification is a high honor in the teaching profession, and these results once again show how Wisconsin teachers want to improve their performance in order to create classrooms that work,” Johnson said.

WEAC supports members pursuing certification with grants for workshop sessions, costs associated with those sessions, and/or stipends for facilitators of the sessions.

The following Wisconsin teachers have earned National Board certification in 2005. The names are followed by their area of certification, their school and their school district:

• David Doering, Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Bayfield Middle School, Bayfield School District.
• Carrie Ketchem, Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Beaver Dam High, Beaver Dam School District.
• Cyntha Slavish, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Gaston Elementary, Beloit School District.
• Hilary James, Generalist/Early Childhood, Algonquin Elementary, Brown Deer School District.
• Julie Woletz, Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Cambridge High, Cambridge School District.
• Michael Cullen, Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Cedarburg High, Cedarburg School District.
• Andrea Krueger, Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Webster Middle, Cedarburg School District.
• Robert Kuchta, Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Chippewa Falls High, Chippewa Falls Area School District.
• Laura Wilberding, World Languages Other than English/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Cuba City High, Cuba City School District.
• Joan Miller, Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Darlington High, Darlington Community School District.
• Jennifer Breezee, English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, De Forest High, De Forest Area School District.
• Laurie Wiencek, Generalist/Early Childhood, Doubek Elementary, East Troy Community School District.
• Elizabeth Howie, Science/Early Adolescence, Delong Middle, Eau Claire Area School District.
• Jodi Miller, Music/Early and Middle Childhood, Putnam Heights Elementary, Eau Claire Area School District.
• Michelle Parks, Mathematics/Early Adolescence, Northstar Middle, Eau Claire Area School District.
• Geoffrey Zeidler, Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, East High, Elmbrook School District.
• Lorna Vazquez, Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Granton High, Granton Area School District.
• Sandra Michels, English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Bay View, Green Bay Area School District.
• Rhonda Watton, Social Studies - History/Early Adolescence, Templeton Middle, Hamilton School District.
• Janet Rowe, World Languages Other than English/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Hortonville High, Hortonville School District.
• Suzanne Otte Allen, Social Studies - History/Early Adolescence, Johnson Creek High, Johnson Creek School District.
• Victoria Voelker, Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood, Kettle Moraine High, Kettle Moraine School District.
• Tracie Halfmann, School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood, Kimberly High, Kimberly Area School District.
• Dana Krejcarek, Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Kohler High, Kohler School District.
• Douglas Bunton, Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Ladysmith High, Ladysmith-Hawkins School District.
• Kathryn Ruhde, Generalist/Early Childhood Holcombe Elementary, Lake Holcombe School District.
• Jeanne Boettcher, World Languages Other than English/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Lodi Middle, Lodi School District.
• Peggy Bolle, English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Lincoln High, Manitowoc School District.
• Jill Link, School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood, Lincoln High, Manitowoc School District.
• Michelle Preussler, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Stangel Elementary, Manitowoc School District.
• Jessica Swemke, World Languages Other than English/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Lincoln High, Manitowoc School District.
• Gina Wagner, World Languages Other than English/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Lincoln High, Manitowoc School District.
• Rose Peters, Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Marshfield High, Marshfield School District.
• Lisa Kiefer, Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Menomonee Falls High, Menomonee Falls School District.
• Erich Rutsch, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Benjamin Franklin Elementary, Menomonee Falls School District.
• Lori Balkovec, English Language Arts/Early Adolescenc,e Lake Shore Middle, Mequon-Thiensville School District.
• Rose Riege, English Language Arts/Early Adolescence, Lake Shore Middle, Mequon-Thiensville School District.
• Linda Radke, World Languages Other than English/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Milton High, Milton School District.
• Jennifer Ramsden, Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Milton High, Milton School District.
• Edith Chiappetti, Generalist/Middle Childhood Allen-Field Elementary, Milwaukee School District.
• Carrie Felde, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Grant Elementary, Milwaukee School District.
• Gale Niemczynski, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Grant Elementary, Milwaukee School District.
• Nicol Peters-Freeman, Generalist/Early Childhood, Kilbourn Elementary, Milwaukee School District.
• Vania Gillette, Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, no school district provided.
• Jean King, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Oak Creek-Franklin School District.
• Pamela Pinch Social Studies - History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Osceola High, Osceola School District.
• Shirley Rose, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Shapiro Elementary, Oshkosh Area School District.
• Paul Smith, Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood, West High, Oshkosh Area School District.
• Roger Hatlen, Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Rhinelander High, Rhinelander School District.
• Nicholas Ehlinger, Music/Early and Middle Childhood, Spring Green Elementary, River Valley School District.
• Connie Schauer, Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Spencer High, Spencer School District.
• Alice Monett, Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood, Spring Valley Elementary, Spring Valley School District.
• Michael Dreyer, English Language Arts/Early Adolescence, River Bluff Middle, Stoughton Area School District.
• Susan Cook, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Stoner Prairie Elementary, Verona Area School District.
• Rita Mortenson, Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, Verona Area High, Verona Area School District.
• Faith Lincicum, Generalist/Middle Childhood Hadfield Elementary, Waukesha School District.
• Rose Palmer, Generalist/Middle Childhood, Rose Glen Elementary, Waukesha School District.
• Jay Woodard, Physical Education/Early and Middle Childhood, Bethesda Elementary, Waukesha School District.
• Jessica Belich, Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood, West High, Wauwatosa School District.
• Wendy Brusda, Generalist/Middle Childhood Roosevelt Elementary, Wauwatosa School District.
• Rosemary Norton, Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood, Jefferson Elementary, West Allis School District.
• Lisa Arneson, Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood, Weston Elementary, Weston School District.

Resource page on National Board Certification

Posted December 1, 2005