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Honoring Our National Board Certified Teachers

Celebrating New and Renewed National Board Certified Teachers

As a district, we are proud to recognize CPS teachers who go above and beyond to support their students.During the 2020-2021 school year, 58 CPS educators became new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT) and 83 educators renewed their advanced credential.

Research shows school districts that have a high number of NBCTs positively impact student performance and lead to an increase in collaboration among teachers. More than half of all CPS schools have at least one NBCT, and we look forward to that number rising in the years to come. 

 

58

New National Board Certified Teachers

83

Teachers renewed National Board Certification

335

Chicago schools employ National Board Certified Teachers

36% +

Of all CPS National Board Certified Teachers are educators of color

A Milestone in Achievement

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Nurturing Teacher Leadership program, a partnership between the District and the Chicago Teachers Union to enable our educators to earn this prestigious credential. Since then, CPS has produced more than 2400 NBCTs, the third highest number of NBCTs of any district in the nation.

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New National Board Certified Teachers

Congratulations to the 58 Chicago Public School Teachers who have achieved National Board Certification.

  • Jasmine Anderson-Cruthird
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Bethany Baltutat
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Amy Betts
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Conor Cameron
    Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Leah Carter
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Felicia Cavitt
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Kevin Connolly
    Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Mark Coogan
    Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Sarah Coogan
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Joy Dickson
    Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Alison Eichhorn
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Stephanie Faris
    Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Donna Figenshu
    Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Jacqueline Gaiser
    Mathematics/Early Adolescence
  • Joshua Gleicher
    Physical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Henry Gomez
    World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Sarah Greer
    School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Brandon Harding
    Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Emily Hoelter
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Tracy Hoffmann
    Mathematics/Early Adolescence
  • Katherine Kerivan
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Rebecca Leng
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Thomas Leng
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Lauren Levites
    Science/Early Adolescence
  • Katherine Liao
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Elisa Lopez
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Arlicia McClain
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Elliot Michel
    Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Kelsie Mizel
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Amy Mollenkamp
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Enid Moore
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Deirdre Morelli
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Hillary Munoz
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Timothy Nystrand
    Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Marley Olivera
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Nicole Pertile
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Devan Picard
    Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Margaret Pircon
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Vivian Redwood
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Cintia Rodriguez
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Rebecca Rogers
    World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Jessica Rosenbaum
    Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Jamie Rossi
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Marisol Salgado
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Mashanda Scott
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Nell Seggerson
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Rose Semmel
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Derek Smith
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Keirstyn Stewart
    Physical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Esther Taylor
    World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Robin Thompson
    Science/Early Adolescence
  • Jacqueline Travis
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Erica Tully
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Ryan VanOverbeke
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Esther Velazquez
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Allison Warner
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Aaron Weiss
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Amy Wiktor
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence

Teachers Renewing National Board Certification

Congratulations to the 83 Chicago Public Schools teachers who have renewed their National Board Certification.

  • Cynthia Alexander
    School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Sydney Allen
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Fabienne Anderson-Johnson
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Kirsten Argyelan
    School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Deborah Banks
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Peter Barash
    Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence
  • Stacy Barrett
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Jennifer Barron
    Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Arlene Bertoni-Mancine
    Health Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Vivian Billups
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Dagny Bloland
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Susan Bohman
    Generalist/Early Adolescence
  • Cynthia Brawner
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Christopher Bruggeman
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Marcie Buckmaster
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Gloria Cahill
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Siobhan Cassidy
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Jessica Coonley
    Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Maria De Arcos
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Catherine Ditto
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Manuela Diyarza
    English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Cynthia Domine
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Ryan Dooley
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Heather Duncan
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Susan Echeverria
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Amy Ellifritz
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Marisa Fontana
    English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Kavita Garg
    Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Theresa Hehn
    Science/Early Adolescence
  • Casey Honeycutt
    Art/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Beth Houghtby
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Patrice Izard
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Marianna Jennings
    Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Shalynn Jennings-Mihuc
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Cynthia Juarez
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Dennis Kass
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Debra Kearney
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Anna Kolanczyk-Olech
    English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Dekey Lama
    Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Kevin Lee
    Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Kathleen Mahoney
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Sara Manseau
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Colin McGeehan
    Music/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Maria Miranda
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Andrea Montgomery
    English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Michael Moriarty
    Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Rory Muchow
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Shemeka Nash
    Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Karen Neary
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Christiana Newbill
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Barbara Newton
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Franci Nimpson-Boateng
    Mathematics/Early Adolescence
  • Justin Nowak
    Physical Education/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Christina O'Leary
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Jennifer Pestich
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Melissa Potts
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Leah Radinsky
    English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Nathan Ramin
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Eliza Ramirez
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Cheryl Reynolds-Fefles
    Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Misty Richmond
    Science/Early Adolescence
  • Shirley Roberson
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Jennifer Rocque
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Lauren Rodriguez
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Ja'Nean Rogers-Gayles
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Mark Sidarous
    Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Jessica Siegel
    Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
  • Sara Simon
    Art/Early and Middle Childhood
  • James Staros
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Madilyn Strentz
    Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
  • Eu Tang
    Mathematics/Early Adolescence
  • Margaret Taylor
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Fontane Thomas
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Monique Thorpe
    Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Mary Tripp
    English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
  • Claudia Vailant
    Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
  • Allison Vogt
    Generalist/Early Childhood
  • Kimberly Walls-Kirk
    Science/Early Adolescence
  • Jennifer Watson
    Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence
  • Danielle Williams
    English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
  • Demetrice Williams
    Generalist/Middle Childhood
  • Sara Zoldan
    Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood