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The Arizona K12 Center is proud to announce that Arizona is home to 74 new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and that 178 NBCTs maintained their certification. These teachers have earned or maintained the highest certification an educator can achieve in the United States through a process that enhances their teaching practice, ultimately better supporting Arizona’s students. The National Board for Professional Teacher Standards released the most recent round of National Board Certification results in December 2022.

Altogether, Arizona is currently home to 1,716 NBCTs. Administered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, National Board Certification is a rigorous and reflective process that requires teachers to showcase the National Board Standards in their practice. Teachers often take three to five years of continual work to achieve certification. In Arizona, the Arizona K12 Center is the home for support and resources for teachers seeking National Board Certification.

If you are a new NBCT or recently maintained your National Board Certification, feel free to share and celebrate the news with one of these downloaded graphics as a new profile picture or a post!

 

Here are the newest National Board Certified Teachers in Arizona, followed by those who maintained their certificate in 2022.

Arizona National Board Certified Teachers, Achieved in 2022

• Deanna Addison Casa Grande Union High School District
• Kathryn Alexander Safford Unified School District
• Chandra Armstrong Litchfield Elementary School District
• Pooja Arora Phoenix Union High School District
• Jessica Bissen Litchfield Elementary School District
• Ashley Bohlman Madison School District
• Nadeen Boykin Glendale Union High School District
• Emily Call Tucson Unified School District
• Stephanie Caterina Lake Havasu Unified School District
• Rachel Charette Lake Havasu Unified School District
• Tamara Chavez Deer Valley Unified School District
• Nina Colaianni (Brown) Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Donna Corsaro Higley Unified School District
• Annie Craig Deer Valley Unified School District
• Anita Crider Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Jill Devorkin Queen Creek Unified School District
• Christa England J.O. Combs Unified School District
• Salina Franklin Laveen Elementary School District
• Monica Garcia Higley Unified School District
• Claudina Garcia Villalobos (Zafferani) Scottsdale Unified School District
• Mark Gaspar Glendale Union High School District
• Renata Geurtz Phoenix Union High School District
• Melissa Giaccio Litchfield Elementary School District
• Joanna Gipson Roosevelt School District
• Elissa Gonzales Laveen Elementary School District
• Gina Gonzales-Rojas Sunnyside Unified School District
• Karin Goto
• Nicholas Gratzl Mesa Public Schools
• Nina Grubbs Cartwright School District
• Kerri Haeflinger Tucson Unified School District
• Anne Iniguez Diocese of Phoenix Catholic Schools
• Melissa Johnson Cartwright School District
• Tyler Jump Maricopa Unified School District
• Jennifer Lee Tucson Unified School District
• Marcia Lew
• Jackie Luebbert Mesa Public Schools
• Laura Lujan Sunnyside Unified School District
• Erin McCullough Catalina Foothills School District 
• Michael McGowan Glendale Union High School District
• Adam Middleton Mesa Public Schools
• Laura Mitchell Scottsdale Unified School District
• Lauren Moraga Pima County JTED
• Victor Mukhopadhyay Florence Unified School District
• Sara Newton Sahuarita Unified School District
• Christine Nordman Casa Grande Elementary School District
• Michele Nowell Littleton Elementary School District
• Michael Oliver Tucson Unified School District
• Rebecca Oravec Sahuarita Unified School District
• Jill Paulos Marana Unified School District
• Hannah Perkins Cartwright School District
• Megan Poet (Bornhoft) Chandler Unified School District 
• Camille Porreca Phoenix Union High School District
• Angelica Proffer Mesa Public Schools
• Courtney Radcliffe Valentine Elementary School District
• Katy Raman Gilbert Public Schools
• Cindy Reyes-Martinelli Mesa Public Schools
• Jade Rodriguez Sunnyside Unified School District
• Melody Romero Queen Creek Unified School District
• Mitchell Rutherford Tucson Unified School District
• Caitlin Ryan Deer Valley Unified School District
• Amanda Scheeler Casa Grande Union High School District
• Holly Schrade Deer Valley Unified School District
• Alyssa Schulist Mesa Public Schools
• Dawn Schwab Cartwright School District
• Brittany Slont Mesa Public Schools
• Denisa Smiley Cartwright School District
• Kiva Stone Cartwright School District
• Lindsay Sulik Maricopa Unified School District
• Melissa Waggoner Gilbert Public Schools
• Heidi Weinmann Tempe Elementary School District
• Kari Williams Chandler Unified School District 
• Tia Wilson Deer Valley Unified School District
• Brandy Wilson Scottsdale Unified School District
• Alison Yadon Cave Creek Unified School District

Arizona National Board Certified Teachers, Maintained in 2022

• Torunn Anderson Phoenix Union High School District
• Cinthia Andrew J.O. Combs Unified School District
• Kara Ashford Dysart Unified School District
• Pegah Ayoubzadeh Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Linda Baarson Cartwright School District
• Richard Bailey Phoenix Union High School District
• Robert Baines Phoenix Union High School District
• Catherine Ballman
• Katherine Bateman Cartwright School District
• Susan Bauer Phoenix Elementary School District
• Blaine Beatty Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Evelyn Begody Window Rock Unified School District
• Kamyle Bernard Dysart Unified School District
• Megan Bickert Phoenix Elementary School District
• Scott Black Phoenix Union High School District
• Elisabeth Borchers Deer Valley Unified School District
• Laureen Brewer Higley Unified School District
• Katherine Brown Deer Valley Unified School District
• Chelsie Brown Tucson Unified School District
• Elizabeth Bruggeman Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Samantha Calise Mesa Public Schools
• Jennifer Cameron Maricopa Unified School District
• Shannon Carmichael Marana Unified School District
• Ashley Carranza Balsz School District
• Nilda Carrasquillo Phoenix Elementary School District
• Cassandra Carter Roosevelt School District
• Lianna Castillo Sunnyside Unified School District
• Nancy Cavenaugh Scottsdale Unified School District
• Rajwant Cheema Littleton Elementary School District
• Pamela Clark Humboldt Unified School District
• Christine Clouse Sonoita Elementary School District
• Rebecca Coplan Chandler Unified School District 
• Amy Corner Marana Unified School District
• Caitlin-Marie Corrigan (Gawlowski) Tempe Elementary School District
• Cara Cosentino Dysart Unified School District
• Ashley Coughlin
• Megan Coulter Tolleson Elementary School District
• Melissa Daub Dysart Unified School District
• Kelly Davis All Saints' Episcopal Day School
• Erica Davis Chandler Unified School District 
• Candace Davis Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Melanie Del Grosso Diocese of Phoenix Catholic Schools
• Tammy Dias Scottsdale Unified School District
• Donald Dicus Arizona K12 Center
• Lauren Didonna Laveen Elementary School District
• Stacy Dobbins Avondale Elementary School District
• Daniel Dong Sunnyside Unified School District
• Megan Dover Gilbert Public Schools
• Maeve Drake-Lavelle Phoenix Elementary School District
• Roshani Dubel Phoenix Union High School District
• Reno Edgington Phoenix Union High School District
• Angela Edington Phoenix Elementary School District
• Lisa Elliott Alhambra Elementary School District
• Kristin Enger
• Margaret Estrada Alhambra Elementary School District
• Maria Fallon Marana Unified School District
• Grace Fischer Cartwright School District
• Michelle Foster Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Jennifer Fowler Glendale Union High School District
• Lacey Fredette Cartwright School District
• Theresa Fuller Arizona Board of Regents
• Sarah Garcia Chinle Unified School District
• Melissa Girmscheid Tolleson Union High School District
• Michelle Godfrey Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Amber Gould Glendale Union High School District
• Patricia Gutierrez Flowing Wells Unified School District
• Jacqueline Hahn Maricopa Unified School District
• Allison Hamilton Mesa Public Schools
• Amy Hamilton Mesa Public Schools
• Shannon Harsh Phoenix Union High School District
• Beth Hart
• Jody Henneman Hernandez Creighton School District
• Jessica Howell Flowing Wells Unified School District
• Martha Huggans Gilbert Public Schools
• Steven Humble Laveen Elementary School District
• Shay (Anita) Humphreys Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Aaron Jackisch Tolleson Elementary School District
• Charles Johnson Scottsdale Unified School District 
• Beth Jurgensen Catalina Foothills School District
• Niki Karandreas Phoenix Union High School District
• Yara Katz Avondale Elementary School District
• Brande Kitzberger
• Deborah Klinefelter American Leadership Academy
• Shoshanna Kroeger Phoenix Union High School District
• Kristina Kroener Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Monica Kroll Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Alexis LaDuca Deer Valley Unified School District
• Emily Lambert Tucson Unified School District
• Eva Lange Tucson Unified School District
• Hope Larson Higley Unified School District
• Gerri Layton Alhambra Elementary School District
• Mary Lazok Avondale Elementary School District
• Kareina Lee AZ State Schools for the Deaf & Blind
• Heidi Lee Queen Creek Unified School District
• Susan Leonard Scottsdale Unified School District
• Lisa Lewandowski Higley Unified School District
• Kendra Lewis Marana Unified School District
• Sarah Lortie Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Sheri Loyd Dysart Unified School District
• Patricia Malley Scottsdale Unified School District
• Kara Malpass Learning Foundation & Performing Arts
• Ellona Marshall Cartwright School District
• Melynda Martin Whiteriver Unified School District
• Roseanna Martinez Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Robert Martz Kyrene School District
• Hannah Mathewson Balsz School District
• Lynette Matthews Cartwright School District
• Brianna Maxwell Scottsdale Unified School District
• Elizabeth McCauley Rocky Ridge Boarding School
• Christina McIlvain Arizona Department of Education
• Christina Megura Espirtu Schools
• Joshua Meibos Arizona K12 Center
• Christine Mendoza Liberty Elementary School District
• Nina Mersing Lake Havasu Unified School District
• Kristina Meyers Mingus Union High School District
• Sarah Miller Gilbert Public Schools
• Ryann Miller Union Elementary School District
• Lisa Moberg Dysart Unified School District
• Maureen Moritz Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Brittney Morse Marana Unified School District
• Laura Motush Phoenix Union High School District
• Nanette Murray Tucson Unified School District
• Jennifer Nguyen Tucson Unified School District
• Jan Ogino Peoria Unified School District
• Wendy Okraski Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Jackie Older Dysart Unified School District
• Regina Oliver University of Arizona
• Anne Osuna Mesa Public Schools
• Yvonne Parent Flagstaff Unified School District
• Cassidy Parker Kyrene School District
• Mark Paulsen Mesa Public Schools
• Anthony Perez Cartwright School District
• Leslie Perry Balsz School District
• Katherine Persitz Maricopa Unified School District
• Katherine Peters Avondale Elementary School District
• Dana Phelps Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Andrea Pina Tucson Unified School District
• Eva Pina-Malbon Sunnyside Unified School District
• Jessica Pio Mesa Public Schools
• Samantha Poe Alhambra Elementary School District
• Marisa Punchios Phoenix Elementary School District
• Sarah Ravel Chandler Unified School District 
• Sharon Reed Deer Valley Unified School District
• Jennifer Riggs Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Jani Rima Higley Unified School District
• Heather Robinson Scottsdale Unified School District
• Christine Roche Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Laura Romero-Ballesteros Tucson Unified School District
• Brianne Ronnie Dumais Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Cynthia Russell Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Michelle Sanchez Avondale Elementary School District
• Michelle Schreur Humboldt Unified School District
• Erica Scrivner Isaac School District
• Melissa Shaver Peoria Unified School District
• Sarah Simpson Isaac School District
• Elizabeth Slaine Tucson Unified School District
• Aliceson Smith Nogales Unified School District
• Kaiann Stamp Flowing Wells Unified School District
• Lisa Stenwall-Hoelzen Deer Valley Unified School District
• Patricia Stewart Amphitheater Public Schools 
• Heidi Strate
• Jennifer Stults Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Benjamin Sullens Desert Choice Schools
• Sarah Underwood Cartwright School District
• Danielle Van Derlaske Flowing Wells Unified School District
• Tina Vendegna Paradise Valley Unified School District
• Jennifer Walp Glendale Union High School District
• Cheryl Watters Tucson Unified School District
• Yolanda Wheelington Phoenix Elementary School District
• Tiffany Wiley Catalina Foothills School District
• Susan Williams Tucson Unified School District
• Karen Witt Peoria Unified School District
• Makiko Wojcicki Wilson School District
• Nicole Wolff Avondale Elementary School District
• Rebecca Wright Washington Elementary School District
• Sara Wyffels Chandler Unified School District 
• Dustin Zampogna Lake Havasu Unified School District
• Mary Zeller Tucson Unified School District