[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E98-E99]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS WHO HAVE 
                 ACHIEVED NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 27, 2010

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
the 17 Prince William County Public Schools teachers who recently 
received certification from the National Board for Professional 
Teaching Standards. The National Board is an independent nonprofit 
organization governed by classroom teachers, school administrators, 
school board leaders, governors and state legislators, higher education 
officials, teacher union leaders, and business and community leaders.
  Certified teachers are required to meet standards established by the 
National Board to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and accomplishments 
that comprise teaching excellence. A Board Certified teacher supports a 
vision of teaching based on the following core principles.
  1. Teachers are committed to students and their learning;
  2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those 
subjects to students;
  3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student 
learning;
  4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from 
experience; and
  5. Teachers are members of learning communities.
  I congratulate the following National Board Certified Teachers on 
achieving this professional recognition:
  Kristen Augsburger, mathematics/adolescence and young adulthood, 
Battlefield High School;
  Melissa Callaghan, generalist/early childhood, Cedar Point Elementary 
School;
  Heather Davids, English language arts/adolescence and young 
adulthood, Osbourn Park High School;
  Diane Dunn, mathematics/early adolescence, New Dominion;
  Julie Faith, social studies--history/adolescence and young adulthood, 
Stonewall Jackson High School;
  Brenda Hayden, career and technical education/early adolescence 
through young adulthood, Stonewall Jackson High School;
  Marge Hopkins, library media/early childhood through young adulthood, 
McAuliffe Elementary School;
  Bobbie Mandro, career and technical education/early adolescence 
through young adulthood, Gar-Field High School;
  Susan Mangicaro, mathematics/adolescence through young adulthood, 
Brentsville District High School;
  Janice McCurdy, exceptional needs specialist/early childhood through 
young adulthood, Gar-Field High School;
  Amanda Proch, literacy: reading-language arts/early and middle 
childhood, Marshall Elementary School;
  Christopher Proch, art/early adolescence through young adulthood, 
Gar-Field High School;
  Krystle Quinlan, generalist/early childhood, Coles Elementary School;

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  Jennifer Roberts, generalist/early childhood, West Gate Elementary 
School;
  Connie Schumacher, social studies-history/early adolescence, 
Stonewall Middle School;
  Judy Swank, library media/early childhood through young adulthood, 
Swans Creek Elementary School;
  Laura Whitman, English as a second language/early adolescence through 
young adulthood, Potomac High School.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in commending these 
teachers for their commitment to education and professional 
development. Prince William County Public Schools delivers a world 
class education with the help of teachers like these who make 
excellence a system-wide standard.

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