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10 Kannapolis teachers receive teacher certifications
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Published: December 16, 2008
Ten teachers from Kannapolis City Schools recently achieved certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, considered the highest professional credential in teaching.
Kannapolis City Schools now has 58 teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. That means that one out of every six teachers is nationally board certified.
National Board Certification is a voluntary process that takes nearly a year to complete. Teachers must document their knowledge of their subject matter, provide evidence they know how to teach their subjects effectively to students and show their ability to manage and measure student learning.
"We strongly encourage our teachers to seek National Board Certification because we know it's a wonderful learning process as well as a tremendous measure of teaching excellence," said Superintendent Jo Anne Byerly. "One of the best ways to improve student success is to have excellent teachers in the classroom, and this program helps us do that."
The Kannapolis City Board of Education will honor the system's newly-board-certified teachers next month. They are as follows:
• Daryle Adams teaches history at A.L. Brown. He holds degrees from Emory University and the University of Northern Iowa. He earned his National Board Certification in the field of social studies — history for adolescence and young adulthood.
• Laura Baker teaches first grade at Fred L. Wilson Elementary. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Eastern Michigan University, and her National Board Certification is in the field of generalist — early childhood.
• Emily Chandler is a first grade teacher at Fred L. Wilson. She graduated from Otterbein College and earned her National Board Certification in the field of generalist — early childhood.
• Yachannah Galloway teaches kindergarten at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from East Tennessee State University, and her National Board Certification is in the field of generalist — early childhood.
• Karen Morgan is a second grade teacher at Jackson Park Elementary. She earned a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Cortland. Her National Board Certification is in the field of generalist - early childhood.
• Maria Palacio teaches kindergarten at Woodrow Wilson Elementary. She has a master's degree in elementary education from UNC Charlotte, and her National Board Certification is in the field of generalist — early childhood.
• Angela Penninger is a kindergarten teacher at Woodrow Wilson. She earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education from UNC Charlotte, and her National Board Certification is in the field of generalist — early childhood.
• Melissa Pleasants is the media specialist at Kannapolis Intermediate School. She earned her master's in library and information science from UNC Greensboro, and her National Board Certification is in the field of library media — early childhood through young adulthood.
• Tosha Robinson is a physical education teacher at A.L. Brown High School. She has a master's degree in physical education from Emporia State University, and she earned her National Board Certification in the field of physical education — early adolescence through young adulthood.
• Kim Simpson is an English as a Second Language teacher at A.L. Brown High School. She graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill and earned her National Board Certification is in the field of English as a new language — early adolescence through young adulthood.
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