USM earns national recognition for education certification program
USM earns national recognition for education certification program By Caroline Wood | March 31, 2021 at 9:38 PM CDT - Updated March 31 at 10:25 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The University of Southern Mississippi is earning national recognition for turning out National Board Certified Teachers.
According to graduates of the program, the certification amplifies teacher’s skills.
“What was most important for me was that it forces you to examine every decision you make as a teacher,” said Bethany Howell, an NBCT second-grade teacher at Longleaf Elementary School in Hattiesburg. “And there are so many things that are just habit or just the way things have always been done and what I have realized is that that’s not always the best way.”
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NAMED: Timothy Stollings of Prichard has been named to the deanâs list for the fall semester at the University of Findlay. To earn this achievement, students must attain a grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
MOVE: Sylvia Ridgeway recently announced she is moving ⦠not from her Huntington address but from her 16-year position as president of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in West Virginia, Huntington-Cabell Chapter, to a lesser role. The 81-year-old lifelong Huntington resident is a retired English teacher from Huntington High School. She is replaced by 56-year-old lifelong Huntington resident David Wells, a former student whose term expires November 2023.
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National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) in Arizona.
Kelly Gragg (Surprise Elementary School),
Jesica Roehm (Surprise Elementary School), and
Jean Vogel (Asante Preparatory Academy) all earned the certification in December, bringing the total count of NBCTs in Dysart to 54.
National Board Certification is the highest certificate an educator can achieve in the United States. Administered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Board certification is a rigorous and reflective process that requires teachers to showcase the National Board Standards in their practice.
Teachers often take up to three years of continual work to achieve certification. Research shows that students of NBCTs have improved learning outcomes, and only 3% of teachers nationwide achieve this certification.
SANTA FE - The Legislative Education Study Committee has backed proposed legislation that would require public schools to increase the amount of time all students spend learning next school year. The idea is to address learning loss that has resulted from the pandemic.
But, according to the proposal, the extra classroom time would be contingent on in-person instruction being allowed.
A draft of the bill says elementary schools could extend schooling through the K-5 Plus program, which would add 25 days to the school year, or through the Extended Learning Time Program, which lengthens the year by 10 days. Middle and high schools would use the Extended Learning Time Program.