Four additional Chesterfield teachers have achieved National Board certification, which is one of the highest credentials in education, and two National Board Certified Teachers have renewed their certification.
They will be honored during a regional pinning ceremony at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Virginia Commonwealth University in the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts at 922 Park Ave. in Richmond.
A total of 89 National Board Certified Teachers are now working in Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Chesterfield’s newest NBCTs are: Maria DiSanto, a first grade teacher at Elizabeth Scott Elementary, Gina Hackett, English teacher at Lloyd C. Bird High, Robyn S. Hilton, career and technical education teacher at Thomas Dale High and Martha Wild, who teaches math and fifth grade in the Center Based Gifted program at Greenfield Elementary.
Teachers who renewed their certifications are: Judith Leshen, a first grade teacher at Elizabeth Scott Elementary who earned certification in 2001, and Lindsay Porzio, a fifth grade teacher at Bon Air Elementary who earned certification in 2002.
National Board Certification is considered the gold standard for excellence in teaching.
A voluntary assessment program designed to develop, recognize and retain accomplished teachers, National Board certification is achieved through a performance-based assessment that typically takes one to three years to complete.
Certification lasts 10 years, then may be renewed for an additional 10 years.
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