Six additional Chesterfield teachers recently achieved National Board certification, which is one of the highest credentials in education, and 21 of Chesterfield’s National Board Certified Teachers renewed their certification. New and renewing NBCTs were honored during a regional pinning ceremony Feb. 22 at the Chesterfield Career and Technical Center @ Hull.
A total of 90 National Board Certified Teachers now teach in Chesterfield County Public Schools; this number does not include principals, assistant principals and technology integrators who have earned National Board Certification. Here are the school system’s newest NBCTs:
- Syndi Atkinson, Elizabeth Davis Middle
- Dr. Aishia Bailey, Bird High
- Jennifer Faria, Winterpock Elementary
- Sri Vani Gopisetty, Meadowbrook High
- Victoria deLeon-Parent, Monacan High
- Dianna Yolango, Watkins Elementary
Here are the Chesterfield County Public Schools teachers who renewed their certification:
- Adam Canning, Bird High
- Hunter Clark, Clover Hill High
- Jaclyn Clark, Cosby High
- Karen Dunsmore, Swift Creek Middle
- Kate Fletcher, Tomahawk Creek Middle
- Gabriel Hochstetler, Meadowbrook High
- Leah Hochstetler, Jacobs Road Elementary
- Roger Lattimer, Cosby High
- Elizabeth Lucas, Monacan High
- Charlotte Mashburn, Tomahawk Creek Middle
- Erika Modrak, Monacan High
- Elizabeth O’Shea, Bird High
- Stephanie Peterson, Old Hundred Elementary
- Jennifer Ray, Thomas Dale High
- Weston Reeves, Bird High
- Pamela Rockenbach Plahs, Swift Creek Middle
- Morgan Saxby, Robious Elementary
- Melinda Shirley, Curtis Elementary
- Jacqueline Slemaker, Monacan High
- Brittany Winger, substitute teacher
- Nicole Winter, Cosby High
National Board certification is considered the gold standard for excellence in teaching. A voluntary assessment program designed to develop, recognize and retain accomplished teachers, National Board certification is achieved through a performance-based assessment that typically takes one to three years to complete. Certification lasts 10 years, then may be renewed for an additional 10 years. More information is available at www.nbpts.org.