73 Wisconsin teachers added to list of nationally certified teachers in 2006
Number of certified teachers growing fast • Wisconsin ranked 19th nationwide in the number of new National Board Certified Teachers this year. The state ranked 20th in the total number of teachers who achieved certification over time (402). • Wisconsin shows a 20% increase in the number of teachers who achieved National Board Certification in 2006 as compared to 2005 (73 in 2006 from 61 in 2005). • The number of National Board Certified Teachers in Wisconsin has increased more than five fold in the past five years (74 in 2001 to 402 in 2006). • Nearly 37% of the state’s National Board Certified Teachers teach in Title I schools. (This percentage is based on 353 teachers whose schools could be identified as Title I using NCES criteria.). • At the Wisconsin NBCT Education Policy Summit (Sheboygan, August 2006), dozens of the state’s National Board Certified Teachers worked with local education leaders and policymakers on creating ways to attract and retain more accomplished teachers for hard-to-staff and high-needs schools. See story
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Seventy-three more Wisconsin teachers have earned certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), bringing the total number of state educators who have attained the profession’s highest accreditation to more than 400. All 73 are WEAC members, and 10 are from Milwaukee Public Schools.
“National certification is rigorous,” WEAC President Stan Johnson said Tuesday (January 9, 2007) following the announcement of the new names by the NBPTS. “Teachers dedicate countless hours of their own time to improve their skills and knowledge to help their students in the classroom.”
National Board Certification is the highest credential in the teaching profession. A teacher-driven, voluntary process established by NBPTS, certification is achieved through a rigorous, performance-based assessment that typically takes one to three years to complete and measures what the most accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. As part of the process, teachers build a portfolio that includes student work samples, assignments, videotapes, a thorough analysis of their classroom teaching, and an assessment of their knowledge of the subjects they teach.
“Great schools depend on great teachers and staff, and these results once again show us how Wisconsin teachers improve their performance in our state’s classrooms,” Johnson said.
“The single most important school-related factor in raising student achievement is the quality of the teacher in the classroom,” said former Georgia Governor Roy E. Barnes, chair of the NBPTS board of directors. “These teachers are living proof that this process works to generate some of the most highly accomplished teachers in the field.”
WEAC supports members pursuing certification with grants for workshop sessions, costs associated with those sessions, and/or stipends for facilitators of the sessions.
For more information about National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, visit the OnWEAC Resource Page on National Certification.
Following is the list of the 73 teachers who most recently earned national certification and their area of certification:
Margarette Allen, Lincoln High School
Manitowoc School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Jennie Andreasen of Sheboygan
Dunwiddie Elementary School
Port Washington-Saukville School District
Music/Early and Middle Childhood
Robert Arkens, Longfellow Elementary School
Clintonville School District
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Lisa Benz of River Falls, Ellsworth Middle School
Ellsworth Community School District
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Susan Blaesing of Dousman
Wales Elementary School
Kettle Moraine School District
Generalist/Early Childhood
Tina Bollig of Cross Plains, Waunakee High School
Waunakee Community School District
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
David Bowman, Lincoln High School
Manitowoc School District
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Cheryl Brenner, Riverside High School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Rebecca Bretza-Krumrai, Big Bend Elementary School
Mukwonago School District
Library Media/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Linda Callewaert of Phelps
Northland Pines Elementary School-Eagle River
Northland Pines School District
Generalist/Early Childhood
Karin Carson of Madison, Waunakee High School
Waunakee Community School District
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Claudia Caves of Mukwonago
Kettle Moraine High School
Kettle Moraine School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Kristi Collins of Delavan, Brookwood Middle School
Genoa City J2 School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Andrea Daun, Farnsworth Middle School
Sheboygan Area School District
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
Sarah Dianich of North Prairie
Mukwonago High School
Mukwonago School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Andrew Docktor, King High School
Milwaukee School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Rachel Dolezalek of Rib Lake, Medford Middle School
Medford Area School District
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
Jayson Duffy, Ripon High School
Ripon School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Valerie Edwards, Monona Grove High School
Monona Grove School District
Library Media/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Tiffany Francois, Middleton High School
Middleton-Cross Plains School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Michael Fuller, Meyer Middle School
River Falls School District
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Daniel Gatewood, King High School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Social Studies - History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Robert Gentilli, Belleville Middle School
Belleville School District
Social Studies - History/Early Adolescence
Cheryl Gorski, Marshfield Junior High School
Marshfield School District
Physical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Jaime Haar, 95th Street Elementary School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Generalist/Early Childhood
Brenda Hemenway, Eastside Elementary School
Sun Prairie Area School District
Physical Education/Early and Middle Childhood
Generalist/Early Childhood
Larry Hipp, Central High School
Elmbrook School District
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Susan Hobart, Lake View Elementary School
Madison Metropolitan School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Jean Hoffmann, East High School
Wauwatosa School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Cindy Houdek, River Grove Elementary School
Antigo School District
Generalist/Early Childhood
Sonja Hungness, Kromrey Middle School
Middleton-Cross Plains School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Brenda Huntzicker, Cashton High School
Cashton School District
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Elveeca Jackson
Milwaukee Public Schools
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
Peter Jaeger of Madison, Marshall Middle School
Marshall School District
Science/Early Adolescence
Kelly Jansen of Kaukauna, Kimberly High School
Kimberly Area School District
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Tamara Johnson, Kettle Moraine High School
Kettle Moraine School District
Social Studies - History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Judie Kinate, Farnsworth Middle School
Sheboygan Area School District
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Robert Kleckner, Two Rivers High School
Two Rivers School District
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Anne Klein of Portage, Wisconsin Dells High School
Wisconsin Dells School District
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Jeff Kondrakiewicz of Slinger
Merton Intermediate School
Merton Community School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Robert Kosky of Franklin, Greendale Middle School
Greendale School District
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Kimberly Leannais of Menomonee Falls
Hamilton High School, Hamilton School District
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Carolyn Loney, River Falls High School
River Falls School District
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
David Long, King High School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Social Studies - History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Sandra Maedke, Franklin Elementary School
Manitowoc School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Carole Matson, Cushing Elementary School
Kettle Moraine School District
Generalist/Early Childhood
Rebecca Mazurek De Dominguez
Allen-Field Elementary School
Milwaukee Public Schools
English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
Patricia McDonald, East High School
Madison Metropolitan School District
Social Studies - History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Patricia Menden, Big Bend Elementary School
Mukwonago School District
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Deborah Mitchell of Waukesha
Elm Dale Elementary School
Greenfield School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Suzanne Moen of Lodi, De Forest Middle School
De Forest Area School District
Social Studies - History/Early Adolescence
Kristin Mueller of Lodi, Sun Prairie High School
Sun Prairie Area School District
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Thomas Mulligan of Germantown
Hale High School, West Allis School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Dawn Ohlfs of Onalaska
Sand Lake Elementary School
Holmen School District
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Amy Olson of Saukville, Lake Shore Middle School
Mequon-Thiensville School District
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
Susan Paulson of Sussex, Horning Middle School
Waukesha School District
Physical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Melissa Pecunia, MacArthur Elementary School
Germantown School District
Generalist/Early Childhood
Stacy Peterson of Marengo, Bayfield High School
Bayfield School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Kathy Rankin of Waukesha, Hamilton High School
Hamilton School District
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Catherine Schulz of South Milwaukee
Edgewood Elementary School
Greenfield School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Joann Schwan, Ferber Elementary School
Appleton Area School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Kay Seymer-Mudek
Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Joanne Sobolik of Pewaukee,
Kettle Moraine High School
Kettle Moraine School District
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Penny Steinke of Waukesha
Douglass Elementary School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Generalist/Early Childhood
Cynthia Stemper of Sussex
Swanson Elementary School
Elmbrook School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Kristen Stillman of Menomonie
Tiffany Creek Elementary School
Boyceville Community School District
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Daniel Voboril, Pulaski High School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Social Studies - History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Audray Weber of Jefferson
Kettle Moraine High School
Kettle Moraine School District
World Languages Other than English/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
David Weiland, Oconomowoc Middle School
Oconomowoc Area School District
Social Studies - History/Early Adolescence
Kathleen Westrich, Madison High School
Milwaukee Public Schools
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Paula Wick of Madison
Stoner Prairie Elementary School
Verona Area School District
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Karen Wysocky, West High School
West Bend School District
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Erica Zentner, Northside Elementary School
Monroe School District
Generalist/Early Childhood
OnWEAC Resource Page on National Certification
Wisconsin NBPTS Regional Web Site
Posted January 10, 2007