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67 Wisconsin Teachers Achieve National Board Certification — Congratulations!

Heidi Hartman — Generalist/Middle Child- Alexandra Madden — World Languages/
About the National Board hood, Nekoosa School District, Nekoosa, Early Adolescence through Young
WI
Adulthood, School District of Pittsville,
for Professional Teaching Joseph Hartson — Music/Early Adolescence Pittsville, WI
Standards through Young Adulthood, McFarland Jessica McElyea — Literacy: Reading-Lan-
Established in 1987, the National School District, McFarland, WI guage Arts/Early and Middle Childhood,
Board for Professional Teaching Standards Joshua Hetzel — Mathematics/Adolescence Racine Unified School District, Racine, WI
(NBPTS) is an independent, nonprofit orga- and Young Adulthood, Milwaukee Public Jennifer Meacham — Generalist/Early
nization working to advance accomplished Schools, Milwaukee, WI Childhood, School District of Reedsburg,
teaching for all students. The NBPTS certif- Reedsburg, WI
icate measures a teacher’s practice against Janelle Hintz — Literacy: Reading-Language
high and rigorous standards. The process Arts/Early and Middle Childhood, Racine Angela Midthun-Hensen — Career and
is an extensive series of performance- Unified School District, Racine, WI Technical Education/Early Adolescence
based assessments that includes teaching Jamie Hunt — Exceptional Needs Specialist/ through Young Adulthood, Verona Area
portfolios, student work samples, videos, National Board certification is volun- Early Childhood through Young Adult- School District, Verona, WI
and thorough analyses of the candidates’ tary and open to all educators who have a hood, Racine Unified School District, Margaret Morgan — Literacy: Reading-Lan-
classroom teaching and student learning. baccalaureate degree and three years of Racine, WI guage Arts/Early and Middle Childhood,
Teachers also complete a series of written classroom experience in either a public or Marnie Hyland — Art/Early and Middle Racine Unified School District, Racine, WI
exercises that probe the depth of their private school. Childhood, Middleton-Cross Plains Area Jacqueline Morrow — School Counseling/
subject-matter knowledge, as well as their For more information and to apply go School District, Middleton, WI Early Childhood through Young Adult-
understanding of how to teach those sub- to https://dpi.wi.gov/licensing/apply-educa- hood, Racine Unified School District,
jects to their students. tor-license/nbpts Jennifer Iverson — Literacy: Reading-Lan- Racine, WI
guage Arts/Early and Middle Childhood,
Kimberly Area School District, Combined Emma Mundth — Literacy: Reading-Lan-
Abigail Baldwin — Literacy: Reading-Lan- Danielle DeWaal — Exceptional Needs Locks, WI guage Arts/Early and Middle Childhood,
guage Arts/Early and Middle Childhood, Specialist/Early Childhood through Young School District of Reedsburg, Reedsburg,
Oconomowoc Area School District, Adulthood, Ashwaubenon School District, Jennifer Johnson Robson — Exceptional WI
Oconomowoc, WI Green Bay, WI Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through
Young Adulthood, Racine Unified School Andrew Nelson — Science/Adolescence and
Jennifer Beam — Generalist/Early Child- Kevin Doornek — Mathematics/Early Ado- District, Racine, WI Young Adulthood, Waunakee Community
hood, Wisconsin lescence, West Bend School District, West School District, Waunakee, WI
Bend, WI Rhiannen Johnson — English as a New Lan-
Andrea Belka Van Buren — Science/Ado- guage/Early and Middle Childhood, School Megan Oberstadt — World Languages/Early
lescence and Young Adulthood, East Troy Hailey Dougherty — English Language Arts/ District of Greenfield, Greenfield, WI Adolescence through Young Adulthood,
Community School District, East Troy, WI Adolescence and Young Adulthood, West Ashwaubenon School District, Green Bay,
Bend School District, West Bend, WI Casandra Kirkpatrick — Mathematics/Ado-
Amanda Beuning — Exceptional Needs lescence and Young Adulthood, Racine WI
Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Kelsey Duss — Music/Early and Middle Unified School District, Racine, WI Sarah Pagel — School Counseling/Early
Adulthood, School District of Rhinelander, Childhood, Platteville School District, Childhood through Young Adulthood, New
Rhinelander, WI Platteville, WI Kristen Koenigs — Mathematics/Early London School District, New London, WI
Adolescence, West Bend School District,
Samantha Bradshaw — Literacy: Read- Jessica Falkner — Generalist/Early Child- West Bend, WI Jennifer Pulvermacher — Music/Early
ing-Language Arts/Early and Middle hood, School District of Greenfield, and Middle Childhood, Nekoosa School
Childhood, Racine Unified School District, Greenfield, WI Sarah Kranz — Art/Early and Middle Child- District, Nekoosa, WI
Racine, WI hood, New Glarus School District, New
David Fitzpatrick — English Language Arts/ Glarus, WI Melissa Rickey — English Language Arts/
Emily Braun — Generalist/Early Childhood, Adolescence and Young Adulthood, School Adolescence and Young Adulthood, Mil-
Madison Metropolitan School District, District of Reedsburg, Reedsburg, WI Harmony Kroeger — Exceptional Needs waukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Madison, WI Specialist/Early Childhood through Young
Alexis Ganos — Music/Early Adolescence Adulthood, Port Washington-Saukville
Joanne Charon — Career and Technical through Young Adulthood, Elmbrook School District, Port Washington, WI
Education/Early Adolescence through School District, Brookfield, WI Continued on Page 25
Young Adulthood, Racine Unified School Erica Gronley — Generalist/Middle Child-
District, Racine, WI
hood, School District of Reedsburg,
Amy Ciesielski — Music/Early and Middle Reedsburg, WI
Childhood, Hamilton School District, Alexander Grycowski — Physical Educa-
Sussex, WI
tion/Early Adolescence through Young
Elizabeth Cody — Generalist/Middle Adulthood, Racine Unified School District,
Childhood, Madison Metropolitan School Racine, WI
District, Madison, WI
Allyson Guzan — Generalist/Early Child-
Kristen DeJong — English Language Arts/ hood, West Bend School District, West
Early Adolescence, Hamilton School Dis- Bend, WI
trict, Sussex, WI
Jodi Hacker — Literacy: Reading-Language
Monica Derks — English Language Arts/ Arts/Early and Middle Childhood, Kim-
Adolescence and Young Adulthood, berly Area School District, Combined
Westby Area School District, Westby, WI Locks, WI