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Connections.EDU April 2011 Page 2 FCS Celebrates New National Board Certified Teachers Franklin County Schools teachers continue to excel in becoming National Board certified. Recently, fifteen teachers across the school district were proudly notified of their certification. Teachers annually become excited and rewarded for their hard work and dedication towards obtaining their certification. On December 15, Dr. June Atkinson, North Carolina State Superintendent, announced that North Carolina continues to rank first in the entire nation for employing National Board Certified Teachers. Over 8,600 teachers and counselors across the nation became certified this year. This brings the national total to more than 91,000. When compared to other states, North Carolina accounts for almost one-fifth of the nation’s national certified teachers. Fifteen teachers in Franklin County Schools were among the 2,200 educators across the state who received their certification this year, bringing the state total to 17,957 and the district total to 61. The newly certified teachers were recognized with a dinner and National Board Certification pin at a recognition ceremony on Wednesday, February 23 at Louisburg United Methodist Church. In addition to the newly certified teachers and their guests, members of the Dr. Beverly Joseph, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services and Exceptional Children (left) pins newly certified Long Mill Elementary School National Board Teacher Shirley Coltrane (center) as Principal Kim Ferrell (right) assists. Coltrane is one of fifteen FCS teachers who recently received their certification. FCS Central Office Administration, principals, and assistant principals were among those in attendance. Ms. René Herrick, the 2010 North Central Region Teacher of the Year, was the featured guest speaker of the evening. A video was created by Joe Baisley, FCS Public Information Officer, which was shown to all newly certified teachers highlighting their classroom teaching in FCS and later given to teachers as a gift on behalf of the school district for receiving their certification. In order to earn this prestigious certification, these teachers dedicated themselves to an extensive series of performance-based assessments. These assessments included the completion of a teaching portfolio (Continued on Page 4...) 2010-2011 National Board Certified Teachers Jaime L. Adams Middle Grades English/Language Arts Cedar Creek Middle School Armenia S. Davis Secondary Mathematics Bunn High School Maureen Lalino Literacy: Reading/Language Arts Royal Elementary School Laurie M. Baker Early Childhood Generalist Long Mill Elementary School Amy M. Bunn Secondary English/Language Arts Louisburg High School Kristen W. Carpenter Early Childhood Generalist Long Mill Elementary School Shirley M. Coltrane Exceptional Needs Specialist Long Mill Elementary School Natalie J. Duffield Early Childhood Generalist Youngsville Elementary School Hettie N. Faulkner Career and Technical Education Louisburg High School Karla A. Franklin Literacy: Reading/Language Arts Royal Elementary School Valerie S. Hawthorne Middle Grades Social Studies/History Cedar Creek Middle School Aria A. Lewis Literacy: Reading/Language Arts Royal Elementary School Patricia A. Russick Literacy: Reading/Language Arts Franklinton Elementary School Matthew S. Thacker Middle Grades Mathematics Cedar Creek Middle School M. Allison Toler Early Childhood Generalist Long Mill Elementary School
Connections.EDU April 2011 Page 3 FES: Fun “Mask” Creations in Theatre Arts Program It is amazing what one can do with squares of burlap. Fifth graders in Tasha Hatten’s Theatre Arts classes at Franklinton Elementary School recently created masks as a classroom project. The creativity is outstanding!
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