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If you’re heading into surgery, there’s just something about
your doc being “board certified” that makes you feel better, right?
How about your child’s teacher? Or in the case of all taxpayers,
the folks you are paying to educate the next generation? It’s good
to know there are board-certified teachers out there, and that the
number of said teachers is growing. We do have a ways to go,
however. Of the 61,328 teachers in Washington state, just 2,726 are
board-certified. OSPI reports another 2,000 are in the pipeline to
be board certified in 2009.
Is it worth it? Nancy Carter, a North Kitsap teacher who became
board certified eight years ago, said it was $250 to $300 of the
best professional development ever. (The teachers have to pay that
fee out of their own pocket.) If you know anything about the cost
of teaching teachers, a couple hundred bucks is a pretty good deal.
Patty Glaser, a spokeswoman for Bremerton schools, said becoming
board-certified is the difference between being trained to do a
task and being an expert in that task.
Below is a list of local board-certified teachers
Bremerton (14)
Pam Abbott, Amy Archuletta, Rachel Axtelle, Stephanie Burchell,
Bobbi Busch, Jennifer Ledbetter, Gwen Lyon, Cynthia McClain, Teneka
Morley, Julie Morse, Abbey St. Clair, David St. Clair, Marilyn
Strey, Leah Witherell
North Mason (3)
Connie Hostack, Lisa Roberts, Celeste Blair
Bainbridge (11)
Denise Corso, Kaycee Taylor, Amanda Ward, Ann Munro, Michael
Holloway, Jane Medina, Brad Lewis, Noah Barfield, Kirrin Coleman,
Ben deGuzman, Amii Pratt
South Kitsap (42)
Candace Barich, Jeanne Blair,
Sharon Carragher, Carol Cobb, Steven Cobb, Annette Farrington,
Charlotte Flynn, Lisa Fundanet, Monica Garcia, Suzanne Gesell, Ann
Giantvalley, Scott Hopkins, Wendy Jelinek, Ann Kontos, Stacey
Krumsick, Aaron Lee, Julie Lee, Shelby MacMeekin, Sally Mafinsky,
Kimberly Marchel, Teresa Messing, Kerry Neighbors, Lysandra Ness,
Ronald Ness Jr., Nancy Newsome, Jane Oczkewicz, Karen Ogan, Beverly
Painter, Kelly Pettis, Elizabeth Powell, Victoria Preston, Kirsten
Richards, Cassandra Rosenbloom, Rebecaa Schmuck, Thomas Schmuck,
Sharon Stritzel, Beth Templet, Kimberly Thompson, Mark VanDoornik,
Kathleen Watson, Sabrina Westerman, Rosemarie Wilkins
North Kitsap (13)
Andra Murray, Colleen
Fairchild, Catherine Campbell, Doris Ahrens, Nancy Carter, Joyce
Brown, Mike Daling, Gail Davis, David Denton, Maria Fiorille,
Heather Nelson, Townley Slack, Karen Trudeau
Central Kitsap (18)
Cynthia Blinkinsop, Erika Cassel, Molly Evans, Shana
Foreman, Jeanne Kertes-Smith, Debra Makar, Miki Paulson, Tina
Piper, Keri Williams, Jennifer Zapatka, Bridget Burke, Krista
Calvin, Tom Coleman, Eric Samson, Judy Sorrels, Roxann Stewart,
Eric Von Seggern, Paul V. Williams
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