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Teachers Achieve National Board Certification

Ten current Rockingham County teachers have achieved National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Certification. NBPTS is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan and nongovernmental organization. It was formed in 1987 to advance the quality of teaching and learning by developing professional standards for accomplished teaching, creating a voluntary system to certify teachers who meet those standards and integrating certified teachers into educational reform efforts.   Those achieving National Board Certification must demonstrate evidence of these Five Core Propositions which form the foundation and frame the rich amalgam of knowledge, skills, dispositions and beliefs that characterize National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs).  
Proposition 1: Teachers are Committed to Students and Learning 
Proposition 2: Teachers Know the Subjects They Teach and How to Teach Those Subjects to Students.
Proposition 3: Teachers are Responsible for Managing and Monitoring Student Learning.
Proposition 4: Teachers Think Systematically about Their Practice and Learn from Experience.
Proposition 5: Teachers are Members of Learning Communities.

For more information about National Board Certification, visit this website: http://www.nbpts.org/

RCPS congratulates our National Board Certified Teachers:

Shelley R. Bryant – Turner Ashby High School
Beau Dickenson - Spotswood High School
Cindy M. Ferek – Turner Ashby High School
Anna M. Grimm – Turner Ashby High School
Margaret M. Jantzi – Cub Run Elementary School
Linda L. King – Fulks Run Elementary School
Karen D. Miller – Turner Ashby High School
Kathleen A. Milligan – Spotswood High School
Jennifer L. Moyers - Broadway High School
Emmett J. Sheahan – Spotswood High School