New York has a bumper crop of National Board Certified Teachers for 2017 — with 118 NY teachers recently notified they have achieved the prestigious national credential.
This week, National Board is celebrating #TeamNBCT, encouraging educators to share their pride on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The national Class of 2017 totals 5,470 NBCT's.
Created by teachers, for teachers, National Board Certification is the profession's mark of accomplished teaching. It is a voluntary, rigorous, peer-reviewed process. This year's NBCT's are the first to certify under the redesigned assessment, developed to be more flexible and accessible for teachers.
New York State now has nearly 2,000 NBCT's, with hundreds of districts offering a salary step or stipend for achievement. NYSUT assists national board candidates by offering awareness programs, support and advice through online discussion forums, conferences and professional development through its Education & Learning Trust. The union also works with teacher centers to support candidates.
NYSUT was also instrumental in gaining the state's Albert Shanker grant to cover costs for National Board certification. After the 2017 funding was exhausted in just 12 weeks, the State Education Department reopened the grant program to support an additional 200 candidates.
Applications for current candidates are being accepted through Jan. 31, or until the new funds are exhausted.
In the coming weeks, NYSUT and regional NBC leaders are planning a number of events to celebrate the state's 118 new NBCT's and the 31 who successfully recertified.
Want to know more?
Teachers interested in pursuing National Board Certification can find resources online, including support program, tips and a list of districts that offer incentives. Visit www.nbcny.org.
The full list of NY's 118 new NBCT's is below.
NEW YORK BY THE NUMBERS
- Total new NBCT's: 118
- Total renewed: 31
- Total number certified: 1,912
- Number currently pursuing National Board Certification: 686
ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Christine Rizzo
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Kelly Toomey
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/ Early and Middle Childhood
ARLINGTON TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Allison Lauchaire
English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
Kathleen Spinelli
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
BELLMORE-MERRICK UST, INC.
Christy Rochford
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
BREWSTER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Jason Fidler
Science/Early Adolescence
Jessica McCann
School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Kate Simmons
School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
BRIGHTON TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Craig Smith
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
BROADALBIN-PERTH TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Mariah Duell
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
BROCKPORT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Rachel Jarmusz
Art/Early and Middle Childhood
BURNT HILLS BALLSTON LAKE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Sabine Erickson
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Lisa Saccocio
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
COBLESKILL RICHMONDVILLE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Mary Jane Lynd
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Tracy Smith
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
CROTON TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Susan Ardolino
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Wendy Armstrong
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Marisa Gendron
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Dawn Giordano
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Jennifer Rescigno
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Lauren Scollins
Generalist/Middle Childhood
DRYDEN FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Kristin Kashuba
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
FAIRPORT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Maureen Aguglia
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Joseph Ahl
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Kristen Crofoot
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Elissa DeChick
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Virginia Donahue
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Christina Evans
Generalist/Early Childhood
Jessica Hegedorn
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Jean Hensel
Science/Early Adolescence
Julie Marshall
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Matthew Riccione
Generalist/Early Childhood
Jessica Tennant
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Maura Whitman
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Christine Cioppa
World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Elaina Hajduk
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
GENEVA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Rachel Gillotte
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
GLENS FALLS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Maureen Sara
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
GREAT NECK TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Matthew Blackstone
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Theresa Walter
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
GREECE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Donna Timmons
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Helen Kennedy
English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
HADLEY LUZERNE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Kathleen Maguire
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
HAMBURG TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Sheri Green
World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
David Mancuso
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
JoAnn Thomasson
World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
HASTINGS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Katherine MagnatTA
Generalist/Middle Childhood
HUDSON FALLS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Jody Suprenant
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
ITHACA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Jane Koestler
Generalist/Middle Childhood
JAMESVILLE-DEWITT FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Amy BissetTA
Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence
Wendy Newman
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
JOHNSTOWN TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Katrina Bevington
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Melissa Livingstone
Generalist/Early Childhood
LIVONIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Jenna Marcellus
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
MANHASSET EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Diana DiPaolo-Caputi
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Loretta Schuellein-McGovern
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Elizabeth Watts
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
MIDDLEBURGH CTA
Melinda Narzymski
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthod
MOUNT VERNON TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Audrey Rome
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood.
NISKAYUNA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Christine Mathews
Generalist/Early Childhood
Cindy Yetto
World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
NORTH SYRACUSE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Zina Felt
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
OCEANSIDE FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Karen Flynn
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Amy Gigliobianco
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Jaclyn Goldstein
Generalist/Middle Childhood
PENN YAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Jeanette Simpson
Generalist/Early Childhood
PITTSFORD DISTRICT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Leslie Hanellin
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
PUTNAM VALLEY FT
Robert Lathrop III
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
ROOSEVELT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Ana Burgio
English as a New Language/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Helen Hatem
Generalist/Early Childhood
SARANAC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Rebecca Shuman
Science/Early Adolescence
SCHENECTADY FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Alyssa Sabbatino
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
SHENENDEHOWA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Sarah Halbig
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
SOLVAY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Richard Gratien
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Amanda Phillips
Physical Education/Early and Middle Childhood
STILLWATER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Amy Carpenter
Library Media/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Julia Chesney
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
SYRACUSE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Renee Valerino
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Suzanne Furcinito-Edwards
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Elizabeth Neeves
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
TST BOCES
Patricia Peterson
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
UNIONDALE LIBRARY ST
Salamah Adjoua-Mullen
Library Media/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
Angeline Anderton
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Nessa Arnold
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Meredith Byers
Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence
Matthew Campbell
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
Chad Cinquegrana
Health Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Emma Clerihew
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Alphonso Dance
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
William Deadwyler
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Kimberly Elicker
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Nicole Feliciano
Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence
Sarah Fishstrom
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Masani Grayson
Science/Early Adolescence
Emn Haddad-Friedman
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Joy Hines
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Lindsay Horgan
World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Jessica Kuhl
Science/Early Adolescence
Molly Layton
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Erica Lim
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Lindsey Mack
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Diana McGuigan
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Isis Monteza
English as a New Language/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Robin Norwich
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Ariel Prato
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Karen Seylar Monaco
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Millicent Starks
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Eleanor Vierling
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Jodi Wasserman
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
UTICA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Gregory Brockway
Music/Early and Middle Childhood
Melissa Williams
Generalist/Early Childhood
VICTOR TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Lisa Whipple
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
WAPPINGERS CT
Jennifer Garrison
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
WILLIAM FLOYD UT
Gina Fumai
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
WILLIAMSVILLE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Todd Mitchell
English as a New Language/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT LISTED
Andrew Kempe
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Michael Pershan
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Teresita Velez
SOURCE: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards