Recognition Ceremony Program Feb 11, 2021 (2)

RECOGNITION
CEREMONY
N E W L Y - C E R T I F I E D N B C T S
I N K E N T U C K Y
1 1 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 1 • 1 2 P M C T / 1 P M E T
V I R T U A L

CEREMONY
K E N T U C K Y N B C T N E T W O R K
W E L C O M E F R O M T H E N E T W O R K
L E A D E R S H I P
H O N O R A R Y G U E S T
G U E S T S P E A K E R
S T U D E N T G U E S T S P E A K E R
H O N O R A R Y G U E S T
C H A M P I O N A W A R D S &
R E C O G N I T I O N O F R E N E W A L S
H O N O R A R Y G U E S T
K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R
R E C O G N I T I O N O F N E W N B C T S
A C C O M P L I S H E D N B C T P A N E L
C r y s t a l C u l p , N B C T
S a r a h Y o s t , N B C T
P e g g y B r o o k i n s , N B C T
E d d i e C a m p b e l l , N B C T
S o f i e F a r m e r
C o m m i s s i o n e r G l a s s
S a r a h Y o s t , N B C T
L t . G o v . C o l e m a n
G o v e r n o r B e s h e a r
S a r a h Y o s t , N B C T
H o l l y B l o o d w o r t h , N B C T
D r . E r i k a C o l l i n s , N B C T
S u z a n n e F a r m e r , N B C T
D r . L y n n H i n e s , N B C T
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S , N B C T S !

HONORARY GUESTS
Governor Andy Beshear, the 63rd Governor of
Kentucky, grew up in Fayette, Franklin, and Clark
counties and graduated from Henry Clay High
School. He is the son of Steve and Jane Beshear, the
61st Governor and first lady. Along the way, they
instilled in Andy the teachings of his grandfather, a
Baptist minister from Dawson Springs, Kentucky,
including the values of family, faith, and public
service.
Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman is an
educator, basketball coach, writer, and founder of
a non-profit. Jacqueline’s leadership does not end
in the classroom or on the court. Her experience as
an alumna of Emerge Kentucky drove her to found
her own nonprofit, Lead Kentucky, in 2013. Lead
Kentucky ensures Kentucky’s college women are
prepared, encouraged, and empowered to seek leadership positions on their
campuses and later in their professional fields. Since its inception, Lead
Kentucky has empowered 50 campus ambassadors with 29 different majors
on more than a dozen college campuses. Most recently, Jacqueline served as
an assistant principal at Nelson County High School. She is currently
pursuing a doctorate in Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky.
Commissioner Jason E. Glass is Commissioner of
Education at the Kentucky Department of Education
(KDE). Commissioner Glass, a native of Brandenburg
and a third-generation Kentucky educator, has been
commissioner of education since September 2020.
Before that, he had been superintendent and chief learner of Jeffco Public
Schools in Colorado since 2017.

HONORARY GUESTS
Peggy Brookins, NBCT, has served as President and
CEO of the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards since 2015. Her long career as
an educator includes many national leadership
positions and accolades. In July 2014, President
Barack Obama named Brookins as a member of the
President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African
Americans. She joins the National Board from the Engineering and
Manufacturing Institute of Technology at Forest High School in Ocala,
Florida, which she co-founded in 1994 and where she served as director
and as a mathematics instructor.
She served on the NBPTS Board from 2007 to 2011. In addition, she has
served on the board of, The Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences
Ad Hoc Committee on Teachers as Professionals, the Content Technical
Working Group for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers, a commissioner on the Council for the Accreditation
of Educator Preparation (CAEP), P21 Executive Board, and the SREB
Teacher Prep Commission. She has been a national trainer for AFT
(Thinking Mathematics K-2, 3-6, 6-8 Common Core, collaborator and
national trainer for Thinking Mathematics 6-8), and a member of the
PARCC assessment Content Technical Working Group. She currently
serves on the Advisory Board of Digital Promise, NCEE Executive Board,
Fund for Teachers Executive Board, Out Teach Executive, and the
Executive Board of the Eddie and Jules Trump Foundation of Israel.
Brookins achieved her certification in Adult and Young Adolescent
Mathematics in 2003 and renewed in 2013. She was inducted into the
University of Florida Hall of Fame in 2009, is a Florida
EducationAssociation “Everyday Hero,” and received the association’s
Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2013, Brookins was named an Aspen
Ideas Festival Scholar.

BLOODWORTH,
HOLLY
NBCT
is the founder and first
Holly
of the KYNBCT
president
She currently
Network.
on the Kentucky Board
serves
Education and teaches at
of
State.
Murray
CAMPBELL,
EDDIE
NBCT
Campbell is a middle
Eddie
high school Choir
and
from Knox County
Director
on release to serve
currently
President of the Kentucky
as
Association.
Education
is the immediate past
Crystal
of the KYNBCT
president
having served from
Network,
She teaches in a
2018-2020.
detention facility in
juvenile
County.
McCracken
ERIKA COLLINS
DR.
NBCT
NORFLEET,
is a teacher leader
Erika
Jefferson County, PLF,
in
collaborator on the
and
Collins, NBCT
Erika
for ToC to
Scholarship
NB certification.
pursue
FARMER,
SUZANNE
NBCT
is the principal at
Suzanne
Primary in Danville
Hogsett
Schools. She formerly
Ind.
as the state site
served
for the National
director
NT3 grant.
Board's
is a senior at the
Sofie
Academy. She has
Gatton
on the Prichard
worked
Student Voice
Committee
& Commissioner's
Team
Advisory Council.
Student
plans to teach
She
mathematics.
secondary
is the current president
Sarah
the KYNBCT Network and
of
as a staff developer at
serves
elementary school in
an
LYNN HINES,
DR.
NBCT
was the first
Lynn
to become an
teacher
in Kentucky in
NBCT
She currently
1995.
National
manages
support at WKU.
Board
GUEST SPEAKERS
SOFIE FARMER
MODERATORS
CRYSTAL CULP, NBCT
SARAH YOST, NBCT
Jefferson County.
PANEL

NBCTS
NEW
K E N T U C K Y 2 0 2 0
NBCT
District NBCT District
Sam Aguiar Jefferson County
Sarah Akridge Bullitt County
Laura Aubrey Jefferson County
Alice Barrette Fayette County
Laura Bingham Bell County
Brianna Blair Taylor County
Karen Botts Fayette County
Stephen Buchholz Jefferson County
Shelly Buck Monroe County
Rachel Burgin Henry County
Susan Butcher Jefferson County
Lynn Shoopman Oldham County
Paula Cantu Jefferson County
Cara Caudill Oldham County
Katie Correll Woodford County
Kalie Crowder Green County
Elisabeth Darce Fayette County
Abby Dennison Jefferson County
Charity Devine Jefferson County
Kathryn Dill Spencer County
Jennifer Fannin Oldham County
Nancy Farmer Oldham County
Kelly Fiorini Oldham County
Frances Fisher Jefferson County
Nikki Fisher Jefferson County
Patricia Fitzpatrick Woodford County
Mallory Fouts Fayette County
Kathryn Fromholt Jefferson County
Staci Goggins Jessamine County
Whitney Gray Jefferson County
Marie Griffin Sacred Heart
Academy
Lorie Hafling Jefferson County
Jennifer Hamilton Bowling Green Ind
Ashley Haselton Oldham County
Matthew Haynes Jefferson County
Lindsey Henley Jefferson County
Megan Hildabrand Jefferson County
Stefanie Hohensee Fayette County
Sarah Horton Jefferson County
Vivian Hubbs Sacred Heart
Model School
Jamie Hutchinson Wayne County
Shaley Ice Jefferson County
Svitlana Jacobs Fayette County
Sharon Jacobs Oldham County
Judy Johnson Casey County
Caleb Johnson Jefferson County
Tanya Jones McCreary County
Amanda Joyner Jefferson County
Julie Julich Oldham County
Jill Justice Beechwood Ind
Ashley Kaelin Jefferson County
April Keelin Carter County
Alisa Keller Jefferson County
Tangie Kelsey Oldham County
Lindsay Kiefer Jefferson County
Molly Lange Jefferson County

NBCTS
NEW
K E N T U C K Y 2 0 2 0
NBCT
Stephanie Lawson
Amy Leasgang
Stephanie Little
Stacie May*
Regan Miller
Angela Mounce
Freddie Napier
Juli Neace
Leah Newberry
Tina O'Hair
Michael Payne
Jennifer Payne
Caryn Ray
Honette Rivers
Olivia Roberts
Sarah Robinson
Elisabeth Darce
Brooke Smith
Misty Stanley
Vanessa Stevens
Joshua Sullivan*
Amie Taphouse
Rachael Walters
Angela Wheeler
Kelly White
Meg Wiersema*
Sarah Willoughby
James Wright
Rebecca Wynn
Gabrielle Yeckering
District
Floyd County
Bullitt County
Oldham County
Rowan County
Jefferson County
Laurel County
Pike County
Boone County
Oldham County
Menifee County
Fayette County
Daviess County
Fayette County
Russell Ind.
Jefferson County
Jefferson County
Fayette County
Jefferson County
McCracken County
Russell Ind.
Owensboro Ind.
Beechwood Ind.
Sacred Heart Academy
Monroe County
Hancock County
McCracken County
Carter County
Scott County
Harlan County
Daviess County
*Achieved certification in 2019

NBCTS
RENEWED
K E N T U C K Y 2 0 2 0
NBCT
District NBCT District
Kimberly Adams
Sandra Adams
Amanda Atkins
Kelly Bauer
Tracey Bennett
Jennifer Brock
Jennifer Brooks
Amie Cain
Melinda Carver
Adam Chisholm
Kimberly Clore
Amy Coleman
Natalie Coleman
Leann Collier
Cindy Combs
Lacy Coyle-Hatfield
Kelley Crain
Crystal Dean
Jessica Dyer
Debra Ellis
James Flynn
Kristen Gattshall
Billie Gifford
Frank Gifford
Rebecca Goff
Sarah Gregory
Lisa Hanson
Elizabeth Harper
Wesley Hatfield
Susan Hellard
Deann Holba
Jenel Holdcroft
Alexandra Howard
Jennifer Hulette
Trigg County
Woodford County
Shelby County
Barren County
Jefferson County
Harlan County
Scott County
Muhlenberg County
Muhlenberg County
Mercer County
Oldham County
Boone County
Ohio County
Laurel County
Rowan County
Larue County
Paris Independent
Fayette County
Barren County
Larue County
Breckinridge
Jefferson County
Robertson County
Robertson County
Fayette County
Shelby County
Scott County
Jefferson County
Elizabethtown Ind.
Franklin County
Shelby County
Jefferson County
Jefferson County
Jessamine County
Amanda Hurley
Carrie Kelley
Lydia Kohler
Erin Leanhart
Kevin Lentz
Melody Malinger
Elizabeth Manion
David McDowell
Erika McHargue
Melissa Miller
Melissa Miller
Aumtumn Mitchell
Krista Moreland
Bobbie Noall
Kimberly Noreikis
Jennifer Owen
Bethanie Pardue
Brian Ray
Sarah Reed
Matthew Rhinehart
Denise Rust
Tami Sallee-Thomas
Erica Skipworth
Molly Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Frankie Tade
William Tucker
Karen Vance
Charlotte Walters
Julia Webb
Christopher Webb
Lisa Williams
Julie Wise
Katherine Wolff
Fayette County
Logan County
Clark County
Oldham County
Fayette County
Ownsboro Ind.
Fayette County
Mason County
Corbin Ind.
Owensboro Ind.
Jefferson County
Jefferson County
Campbell County
Woodford County
Fayette County
Jefferson County
Simpson County
St. Francis School
Jefferson County
Jefferson County
Campbell County
Boone County
Todd County
Shelby County
Fayette County
Allen County
Jefferson County
Laurel County
Jefferson County
Shelby County
Kenton County
Allen County
Spencer County
Jefferson County

thanks to
Special
Department of Education
Kentucky
of Educator
Division
and Development
Recruitment
of Educator Licensure and
Office
Effectiveness
in the planning of this event.