Parent Teacher Magazine Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools March 2014 | Page 8

CMS teachers at the top of their game
National Board Certified Teachers honored for their hard work
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education members and district
administrators attended a celebration on February 17 to honor a group
of exceptional teachers. Ninety-one teachers were honored for achieving
National Board Certification. Thirty four teachers were certified for the first
time and 57 teachers renewed their certification.
National Board Certification is a symbol of professional teaching
excellence, recognizing teachers who are accomplished and committed
to education for all students. The National Board website states: National
Board Certification is the most rigorous, coveted and respected professional
certification available in education.
Earning National Board Certification helps to enhance student learning
and demonstrate high level of knowledge, skills, professionalism and
commitment as reflected in the five core proposition of the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards. Those standards are:
n Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
n Teachers know the subject they teach and how to teach those
standards to students.
n Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student
learning.
n Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from
their experience.
Teachers are members of learning communities.
Two teachers honored were Kevin Eudy, a social studies teacher at
Olympic High who received the certification for the first time, and Christine
Tymes, a social studies teacher at McClintock who renewed her certification.
Eudy has been teaching social studies for eight years. The push to
become a National Board Certified Teacher came from the inspiration of
teachers who had already been through the process and their belief that he
could do it.
“I was meeting with other
teachers whom I respected that
had been through the process.
They believed that I could and
should do it.” Eudy said, “It was the
inspiration from those past teachers
that I respected that got me to
start the certification process.”
The process allowed Ց