Board certification earned by
72 PB County teachers

Published December 21st, 2007

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has announced that 72 Palm Beach County teachers achieved National Board Certification this year.

The county now has a total of 569 National Board Certified Teachers. Florida ranks first in the nation in the number of new National Board Certified Teachers with 1,675. Nearly 8,500 teachers across the country achieved National Board Certification in 2007.

Florida shows an 11 percent increase in the number of teachers who achieved National Board Certification in 2007 compared to the year before.

Also, NBCTs make up nearly 7 percent of the state’s teaching force.

Broward County was first in the number of teachers certified in 2007 (302) with Miami-Dade County, third (192); Hillsborough County, sixth (131); Orange County, seventh (95); Brevard County, eighth (91); Duval County, ninth (88) and Palm Beach County, 12th .

Board certified teachers in Boca and Delray schools include: Elizabeth Burger, Pine Grove Elementary, Delray Beach; William Castillo, Omni Middle School, Boca Raton; Lauren Gardner, Hammock Pointe Elementary School, Boca Raton; Jamey Hill, Boca Raton Community High School; Diane Jasinski, S. D. Spady Elementary School, Delray Beach; Lisa Lorenz, Calusa Elementary, Boca Raton; Jamie Quevedo, Spanish River Community High School, Boca Raton; Randi Sanders, Hammock Pointe Elementary, Boca Raton and Vanessa Vatier, Pine Grove Elementary.