March 11, 2021

This week marks #TeamNBCT Week, a time to celebrate all National Board Certified Teachers! In order to become certified through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, teachers complete a performance-based, peer-reviewed process, demonstrating their proven impact on student learning and achievement. This is a rigorous process. 

Nationwide, more than 2,500 teachers achieved National Board Certification this year. This year's class of new NBCTs includes six TCSS teachers. This is always an impressive achievement, especially during a year with so many unexpected challenges. In all, TCSS is proud to have 62 educators who hold National Board Certification. Below is the full list of TCSS educators who hold National Board Certification. We appreciate their dedication to their students and to the profession of teaching.

In celebration of #TeamNBCT Week, TCSS and the Tuscaloosa Education Foundation made congraulatory presentations this week to our new NBCTs. TCSS thanks TEF and Jalapeno's restaurants for making these presentations possible. See photos of our new NBCTs and the presentations in the gallery above.

Learn more about the distinction of National Board Certification and the rigorous process to achieve certification.

TCSS National Board Certified Teachers

Catherine Anderson - Collins-Riverside Middle

Laura Barnes - Vance Elementary

Laura Bechtel - Northport Elementary

Jennifer Bible - Northside High

Robin Blackburn - Lake View Elementary

Rachel Brown - Holt Elementary

Selena Case - Northport Elementary

Whitney Childers - Big Sandy Elementary

Summer Christman - Crestmont Elementary

Amy Ridgeway Clark - Westwood Elementary

Laurie Copeland - Echols Middle

Karen Daggert - Flatwoods Elementary

Sherry Drake - Echols Middle

Stephanie Egan - Vance Elementary

Susan Farabee - Hillcrest High

Jolynn Fenton - Brookwood Elementary

Ashley Frith - Taylorville Primary

Jennifer Frye - Brookwood High

Emily Glasgow - Buhl Elementary

Lindsey Hall -  Flatwoods Elementary

Lindy Hamner - Big Sandy Elementary

Melissa Hannah - Westwood Elementary

Kimberly Harvey- Sipsey Valley High

Tracy Hinton - Hillcrest Middle

Suzanne Holt - Collins-Riverside Middle

Marsha Johnson - Walker Elementary

Stacey Johnson - Vance Elementary

Rebecca Kennedy Johnson - Holt Elementary

Emma Gray Keith - Faucett-Vestavia Elementary

Ronda Kimbrough - Maxwell Elementary

Alyson Lamb - Taylorville Primary

Erika Ashley Lawrence - Vance Elementary

Leslie Marquis - Northport Elementary

Laurie Mayo - Northport Elementary

Julie McKinnon - Vance Elementary

Sara Ogonowski - Walker Elementary

Jaime Pate - Northport Elementary

Amy Perkins - Vance Elementary

Kylie Phillips - Buhl Elementary

Tammy Plowman - Sipsey Valley Middle

Deanna Poe - Huntington Place Elementary

Rachel Pucko - Northport Elementary

Marian Reese - Westwood Elementary

Tracy Rodgers - Northside High

Pamela Rogowski - Flatwoods Elementary

Dana Roy - Vance Elementary

Christine Schwartz - Flatwoods Elementary

Holly Shepherd - Duncanville Middle

Shay Singley - Taylorville Primary

Rebecca Sittason - Faucett-Vestavia Elementary

Kristy Smith - Echols Middle

Kristina Stevenson - Holt Elementary

Sarah Stroud - Northport Elementary

Ashley Thomas - Big Sandy Elementary

Amanda Thurber - Vance Elementary

Dominique Tortorice - Holt Elementary

Tiffany Turner - Maxwell Elementary

Leslie VanSlambrouck - Cottondale Elementary

Gail Watkins - Taylorville Primary School

Mary White - Northport Elementary

Carolyn Wilson - Vance Elementary

Leta Foster Wilson - Taylorville Primary