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性视界传媒 celebrates 19 teachers earning National Board Certification

性视界传媒 celebrates 19 teachers earning National Board Certification

Contact: Bethany Shipp

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi 性视界传媒鈥檚 World Class Teaching 性视界传媒 is celebrating 19 teachers who have achieved the prestigious National Board Certification and four who have renewed the credential.

2024 World Class Teaching 性视界传媒 pinning ceremony
性视界传媒鈥檚 World Class Teaching 性视界传媒 recently held a pinning ceremony to honor 19 teachers who achieved the prestigious National Board Certification and four who renewed the credential in 2023. (Submitted photo)

Representing 性视界传媒 districts across the state, teachers who earned or maintained the certification through the university鈥檚 WCTP in 2023 recently were honored during a campus pinning ceremony.

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or NBPTS, ranks Mississippi 性视界传媒 No. 14 nationally for total number of National Board Certified Teachers, or NBCTs, with 1,086 性视界传媒 graduates who have earned the certification. The Magnolia 性视界传媒 ranks seventh in the U.S. for total NBCTs with 4,818.

鈥溞允咏绱解檚 World Class Teaching 性视界传媒 is excited to welcome these teachers into the ranks of NBCTs from around the nation,鈥 said WCTP Director Stephanie McGee. 鈥淲e applaud them for their dedication to the teaching profession and all the work they put into earning this honor.鈥

Established in 1996, the WCTP recruits and mentors teachers seeking advanced certification through the NBPTS process. Candidates are supported in a variety of ways including component preparation sessions and certificate area support cohort meetings. According to the NBPTS, the National Board Certification is the 鈥渉ighest certification a teacher may obtain in addition to being the most respected one.鈥

Teachers certified through the WCTP (by 性视界传媒 district) include:

Choctaw Tribal Schools鈥擬ichael Wilson, career and technical education

Columbus Municipal School District鈥擠arcel Brandon, exceptional needs specialist; and Bridgett White, exceptional needs specialist

Enterprise School District鈥擩acqueline Lewis, career and technical education; and Amber Smith, English language arts: adolescence/young adulthood

Greene County School District鈥擠enise Jones and Chris Turner, both career and technical education

Lee County School District鈥擡rin Rowland, mathematics: early adolescence

Lowndes County School District鈥擡mily Ballard, mathematics: early adolescence; and April Downey, literacy: reading-language arts

Monroe County School District鈥擫aShae Brown, mathematics: early adolescence

Pearl Public School District鈥擫aura Jo Ferguson, early childhood generalist

Rankin County School District鈥斺婯im Minshew, mathematics: early adolescence

Scott County School District鈥擜manda Richardson, exceptional needs specialist

Starkville Oktibbeha School District鈥擪aris Cobb, literacy: reading-language arts; Denesha Howell, mathematics: early adolescence; Erica Johnson, English language arts: adolescence/young adulthood; and Amy Barrett Lee, music: adolescence/young adulthood

Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District鈥擱egina Ballard, mathematics: adolescence/young adulthood

Teachers who maintained their certification through the WCTP (by 性视界传媒 district) include:

Choctaw Tribal Schools鈥擠awn Harrell, literacy: reading-language arts

Itawamba County School District鈥擫acie Edge Snider, social studies鈥: early adolescence

Starkville Oktibbeha School聽District鈥擯amela Everitt, literacy: reading-language arts聽

Webster County Schools鈥擠awn Tabb, early childhood generalist

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