“Each of these teachers is to be commended for the many hours of dedicated work they did to succeed in this demanding process on top of their hard work in our classrooms,” said Kevin Fangman, acting director of the Iowa Department of Education Director. “This is one more step in providing great teachers to more and more schools throughout Iowa.”
National Board Certification is a voluntary process established by the NBPTS and is achieved through an assessment that takes nearly a year to complete. Through the assessment process, teachers document their subject matter knowledge, provide evidence that they know how to teach their subjects to students most effectively, and demonstrate their ability to manage and measure student learning. The assessments are based on standards developed by the NBPTS.
Some facts about Iowa and National Teacher Certification:
- Iowa currently ranks 22nd in the nation for the number of teachers who have achieved national certification, with a total of 664 certified teachers;
- In 2010, three school districts in Iowa had more than one teacher earn national certification: Cedar Rapids (3), Davenport (2), and Osage (2);
- Iowa school districts with the most national certified teachers are Cedar Rapids (55), Sioux City (16), Des Moines (13), Dubuque (12), and Davenport (11).
Iowa teachers who earned national certification in 2010, and their subject area and school district, are:
| Name | Certificate | School District |
|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Borske | Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood | Nashua-Plainfield |
| Kari Brown | Social Studies - History/Early Adolescence | Osage |
| Sharon Burch | Music/Early and Middle Childhood | Centerville |
| Heather Cousins | Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood | Davenport |
| Cassie Dunlavey | Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood | Central Clinton |
| Deborah Fritcher | Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood | Ames |
| Mary Holubar | Generalist/Middle Childhood | College Community |
| Susan Jones-Miller | Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood | Bettendorf |
| Traci Maxted | Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood | Cedar Rapids |
| Jennifer Miller | Mathematics/Early Adolescence | Allison-Bristow |
| John Pauly | Mathematics/Early Adolescence | Cedar Rapids |
| Robyn Ponder | Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood | Monticello |
| Amelia Reno | English Language Arts/Early Adolescence | Davenport |
| Richard Scearce | Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood | Mount Vernon |
| Meg Schutjer | English Language Arts/Early Adolescence | Osage |
| Jeffrey Teske | Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood | GMG |
| Ann Timm | English Language Arts/Early Adolescence | Cedar Rapids |
| Lynn Trompeter | Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood | Estherville Lincoln Central |
| Sharla Wrage | School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood | Vinton-Shellsburg |
Examples of nationally certified teachers in Iowa who have received state or national recognition for their work in recent years include:
- Sarah Brown Wessling of Johnston, 2010 National Teacher of the Year
- Jessica Gogerty of Des Moines, 2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
- Matthew Miller of Cedar Rapids, 2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
- Lynne Campbell of Woodward, 2007-2008 Albert Einstein Fellowship
- Danielle Spaete of Pleasant Valley, 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
- Linda Seeger of Milford, 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
- Ernest Lee Schiller, 2004 Iowa State Teacher of the Year
For more information about the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and National Board Certification for teachers, visit www.nbpts.org.
2010-12-21