New and Renewed 2023 National Board Certified Teachers
We were so proud to host the award ceremony for this year’s cohort of new and renewing National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT). NBCTs have achieved the highest certification possible within our profession. The celebration honored 119 CPS educators who have earned (45) or renewed (73) their credential in the past year. Joining us for the celebration were officials from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, CPS, and Mayor Brandon Johnson. Music was provided by Tilden High School’s latest sensation, No Requests. Read reflections on the NBCT journey by some of our distinguished members.
New 2023 National Board Certified Teachers
Vanessa Acevedo
Science/Early Adolescence
Donald Bibly
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Benjamin Brandwein
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Annamaria Castellucci Cabral
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Julia Ciciora
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Brooke Clark
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Allison Cochrane
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Kathryn Colby
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
James Conzen
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Laura Cota
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Felicia Daniels
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Ashley Danoff
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Alexa Dunn
Art/Early and Middle Childhood
Melissa Flisk
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Jama Foley
World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Christopher Guerrero
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Elizabeth Haave
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Theone Haralampopoulos
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Young Im
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Fay Jenson
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Kaley Jowers
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Ashley Kahn
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Jessica Kibblewhite
Social Studies-History/Early Adolescence
Jeffrey Mallon
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Lizzette Melo-Benitez
Science/Early Adolescence
Dieutram Nguyen
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Mary Jane Nykiel
School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Jaimin Patel
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Michelle Petti
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Puja Ramaswamy
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Celeste Ramovic
World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Eva Rice
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Edmy Roman
Generalist/Early Childhood
Carol Rowley
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Emily Saey
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Erin San Juan
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Veronica Schwenn
English Language Arts/Early Adolescence
Jaimee Shearn
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Amanda Star
Generalist/Early Childhood
Jessica Strauss
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Elizabeth Tomszak
Generalist/Early Childhood
Michael Velasquez
Music/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Nicole Wiktor
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Hope Wilson
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Hillary Wilson
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Meagan Zeman
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
NBCTs who Renewed National Board Certification in 2023
Alan Allmen
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Reza Alrifai
Career and Technical Education/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Menyett Baker
School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Kathleen Barabasz
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Jacqueline Barge
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Amy Bergeson
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Margi Bhansali
Generalist/Early Childhood
Patrick Brady
Physical Education/Early and Middle Childhood
Traci Brazel
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Meredith Brener
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Meghan Breyer
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Laura Brown
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Helen Chan
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Veridiana Chavez-Alonso
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Venetia Colon
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Corinna Christman
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Cathleen Curtin Andes
Art/Early and Middle Childhood
Sarah Dean
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Deanna Digitale-Grider
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Amy Eikenbary-Barber
World Languages/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Tiffany Ellis
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Allison Gillick
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Samantha Gothelf
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Patricia Guizzetti
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Lisa T. Gunawan
Generalist/Early Childhood
Paul Hartman
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Abigale Jerzy
Generalist/Early Childhood
Jennifer Jones
Generalist/Early Childhood
Deirdre Keane
Library Media/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Chad Kirkpatrick
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Kathryn Klein
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Amy Koonce
Science/Early Adolescence
Kathleen Kuempel
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Elizabeth Lininger
Physical Education/Early and Middle Childhood
Joshua Lerner
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Dion Love
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Katherine Martens
Generalist/Early Childhood
Paula Matela
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Christopher McCabe
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Chelsea Moorman
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Martha Mulligan
Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Heather Murphy
Generalist/Early Childhood
Laura Nathan
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Rachael Nicholas
Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Ashley Norbut
Generalist/Early Childhood
Elizabeth Osborne
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Todd Osborne
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
James O’Shaughnessy
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Andrea Parker
Language Arts/Early Adolescence
Laura Parsons
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Jenifer Platz
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Sharon Ponder
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Umbreen Qadeer
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Adam Ramirez
Mathematics/Early Adolescence
Ebony Reaves
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Jonathan Reiman
Art/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Tarsia Rhyne
Generalist/Early Childhood
Kerrie Rovito
Science/Early Adolescence
Natalie Sabbath
Generalist/Early Childhood
Karen Soto
Generalist/Early Childhood
Stavroula Sparagis
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Lida Stewart
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Paula Stewart
English as a New Language/Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood
Peter Stover
Art/Early and Middle Childhood
Kathleen Styzek
School Counseling/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Rachel Sweeney
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/Early and Middle Childhood
Joanna Warmouth
Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through Young Adulthood
Michelle Webb
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Nora Wengerski
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Amy Weiss
English as a New Language/Early and Middle Childhood
Christine Wilkison
English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Paula Wyatt
Generalist/Middle Childhood
Melanie Yoo
Science/Adolescence and Young Adulthood