Karen Perez: THE BOARD RECOGNITION MEETING OF DECEMBER 2nd IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. WE'RE LOOKING FOR MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER COMBS WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. EVERYONE, PLEASE, WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT OF REFLECTION.
[MOMENT OF REFLECTION] THANK YOU, NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER RENDON WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY. AS WE BEGIN THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITION MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT FOR OUR RECOGNITION MEETING. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. AT RECOGNITION MEETINGS, WE RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AMONG OTHERS. BUT WE WILL NOT BE APPROVING ITEMS OF BUSINESS. KEEP IN MIND THAT STAFF HAS WORKED HARD TRYING TO KEEP TO A TIGHT SCHEDULE SO THIS MEETING FLOWS SMOOTHLY AND CONCLUDES TIMELY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF. THE MEETING WILL ADJOURN AFTER THE LAST RECOGNITION. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE STUDENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP WHEN CALLED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR RECOGNITION MEETING.
NOW LET'S BEGIN WITH THE RECOGNITIONS. THE FIRST RECOGNITION A02, RECOGNITION OF THE 25/26 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS AND THE 25/26 FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONS. ROBINSON, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR HAVING US. WE DO THIS THREE TIMES A YEAR WITH OUR FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING SPORTS. WE'RE HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR ONE FOOTBALL TEAM THAT IS STILL PLAYING, ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS IN THE STATE SEMIFINALS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT ARMWOOD AT 7:30. BUT TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR COUNTY CHAMPIONS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IN BOTH THE SPORTS OF BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. BURCHILL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO START TODAY WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. HENRY LEFLER FROM WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL TO INTRODUCE THE COACH AND ATHLETES.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAD A PHENOMENAL SEASON, 8-0. OUR GIRLS BLENDED WELL. OUR HEAD COACH, HE IS ONE OF OUR PARENTS, BUT HE TOOK THE TIME AND HELPED US OUT AND REALLY, REALLY MADE A TEAM THAT WAS UNDEFEATABLE, PERFECT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR HEAD COACH, MR. HALL, MR. MARK HALL. SOME OF OUR GIRLS ARE CURRENTLY -- THERE IS A BASKETBALL GAME THAT USF IS PLAYING AGAINST UCONN. SOME OF OUR GIRLS ARE ATTENDING THAT WONDERFUL GAME. SO I AM GOING TO NAME OUR KIDS. EMILY BRODY, LAURA HALL. CORAL HERNANDEZ. SELENA HUMBLE. CHERYL CATSOFF. STELLA. RITA. HARPER. VIVIAN. ISABELLA SELDANNA. ARIA VASQUEZ AS WELL. I APOLOGIZE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. THANK YOU. NEXT ARE OUR BOYS BASKETBALL MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS. I MUST SAY IN ALL OF MY YEARS, WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME, OF BEING IN THIS JOB, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING BASKETBALL GAME I HAVE SEEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IN A LONG TIME.
WENT INTO OVERTIME. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. CHRISTIAN FINCH FROM EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL TO INTRODUCE HIS BOYS. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND BOARD MEMBERS. MS. BURCHILL JUST STOLE MY THUNDER BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW EXCITING THAT GAME WAS. OUR HEARTS WERE BEATING VERY FAST AT THE END OF THE GAME, BUT IT WAS A TON OF FUN. I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD TO INTRODUCE OUR COACHES THIS EVENING. OUR COACHES NOT ONLY COACH YOUNG MEN TO PLAY BASKETBALL, BUT TO BE GREAT YOUNG MEN IN GENERAL. THESE YOUNG MEN REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF WHAT EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS TO OFFER. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR COACHES. COACH WHITE AND COACH COX. APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVING US. IT WAS A GREAT SEASON. WE ARE VERY HONORED TO BE HERE. SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO BOARD MEMBER MR. WASHINGTON. HE WAS MY PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE IS A PART OF THE REASON THAT I'M AN EDUCATOR AND ALSO A COACH. I WANT TO THANK HIM. NOW TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE, OUR TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MR. BROWN. AIDEN DANIELS. DYLAN. STEVEN. RICKY. JERIAH. JEVONI. JONATHAN. NEXT WE HAVE OUR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL WINNERS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. ANTHONY JONES FROM MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL. INTRODUCE HIS WINNING TEAM. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ERA DID THE SAME SCHOOL WIN THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS IN THE SAME SPORT IN THE SAME SEASON. THAT WAS MARTINEZ GIRLS AND BOYS VOLLEYBALL THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M GOING TO CALL UP OUR COACH, MR. MATTHEW MOFFITT. COME ON UP, COACH. COACH MOFFITT, HE TEACHES AT McKITRICK NEXT DOOR, BUT HE IS PART OF THE MARTINEZ FAMILY AND IS LOVED BY OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
SO I'M EXCITED FOR HIM TO GET UP HERE TO ANNOUNCE BOTH OF HIS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS ALONG WITH COACH NORLAN WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, DR. JONES, FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. WHAT A SEASON. I WISH YOU GUYS COULD HAVE SEEN THESE TEAMS PLAY, ESPECIALLY, SORRY, BOYS, BUT THOSE GIRLS, THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. I WOULD SAY THEY ARE PROBABLY HIGH SCHOOL CALIBER TEAM. THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. IN FACT, I THINK THEY ONLY LOST ONE SET THE ENTIRE SEASON AND THAT WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. WE KIND OF WENT TO THREE SETS THERE. THEY WERE PHENOMENAL. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOYS IN A MINUTE. I'LL INTRODUCE THE LADIES. WE HAVE: RILEY. BRYNN. AUGUSTINEA RACHAEL. AMELIA. QUINN. LAVENDER. MARIA. PEYTON. LILY. MILA. MADISON. ROMAN. TESS. SADIE. KAITLYN. SOME OF US COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. THEY HAVE CLUB AND OTHER THINGS TO BE AT. BUT THANK YOU GUYS.
GREAT JOB, TEAM. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SERVES ARE SO IMPORTANT. YOU GET THAT RIGHT, IT'S ALL EASY FROM THERE. LET ME INTRODUCE THE BOYS. AGAIN, THE BOYS TEAM, NOW, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF BOYS VOLLEYBALL. IT'S JUST KIND OF PUTTING ATHLETICISM TOGETHER. MY GOODNESS, THIS TEAM, THEY WERE SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH AND EVEN MORE FUN TO COACH. THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB, AGAIN, ONLY LOSING ONE SET ALL YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. GOT THE QUIRKS OUT OF THE WAY AND SMOOTH SAILING FROM THERE. THIS TEAM ALSO EQUALLY INCREDIBLE. LOVE TO SEE THE BOYS VERSUS THE GIRLS. MAYBE WE CAN SET THAT UP. INTRODUCE THE GUYS. COLE. DEREK. CHELAN. DRAKE. ISAIAH. EDISON. LUKE. EVERETT. JEREMIAH. CHASE. AIDEN. BARRETT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TIME. WANT TO POINT OUT, WE HAD 20 MINUTES ON THE CLOCK. WE DID IT IN 15. I'M CHALLENGING MR. JARGO TO STAY ON PACE.
Karen Perez: NEXT RECOGNITION IS A03, RECOGNITION OF CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION COMPETITION AWARD RECIPIENTS. CHRISTOPHER JARGO, DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR CAREER TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS, AND JROTC STUDENTS HERE. WE'LL START WITH THE STUDENTS FROM THE JROTC. THESE ARE STUDENTS FROM SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL. BE VERY SAFE AND CAREFUL WITH THE TROPHY. FIRST PLACE IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE PRECISION MARKSMANSHIP CHAMPIONSHIPS, WE HAVE ADRIANNA. KYLIE. LAURA. ARTHUR. SUPPORTED BY THE PRINCIPAL, COLONEL ROBERT WRIGHT AND MASTER SERGEANT WILLIAM ROBINSON. ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. NEXT UP IS OUR ARMY JROTC PROGRAM. WE'LL BRING UP STUDENTS FROM ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE FIRST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. THIS IS NATIONAL YOUTH CIVICS SUMMIT COMPETITION. THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY THEIR PRINCIPAL, MR.
JAMES HARRIS, BY MAJOR ANTONIO GRAFFOLO. STUDENTS ARE CAROLINE VICTORIA. ONE STUDENT. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP OUR ARMY JROTC STUDENTS FROM NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. ISABEL RIVERA AND BLAKE JACOBUS. SUPPORTED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL ERIC DIEL AND PRINCIPAL KATIE ROCHA. NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, THEY WERE FIRST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH CIVIC SUMMIT COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. MOVING ON, NEXT UP IS OUR HOSA, THE HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA. COMING FROM WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, LET'S START WITH AARIKA DUFF. PRINCIPAL JOHN HAILEY AND INSTRUCTOR CELESTE JUAN. AARIKA FIRST PLACE IN THE COMPETITION OF DYNAMIC DECISIONS. IIN ADDITION, THAT COMPETITION, DEVIKA. RIVA. WE HAVE ANIKA. AND, OF COURSE, WE CAN BRING UP UP THEIR PRINCIPAL AND INSTRUCTOR. THAT IS THE TEAM FOR HOSA, DYNAMIC DECISIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONTINUING ON FROM WILLIAMS, BRING UP ANOTHER TEAM. THIS TEAM WAS FIRST PLACE IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF HOSA BOWL. REMEMBER, HOSA IS THE HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA.
LET'S BRING UP FROM WILLIAMS, AKANSKA. SARAHA. ASHNI. ALL OF THEM FIRST PLACE. CONTINUING ON, THE EXCELLENCE FROM WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOSA, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WERE FIRST PLACE IN THE HEALTH, CAREERS DISPLAY. LET'S BRING UP. APURVA. AND TASHNIKA. CONGRATULATIONS, FIRST PLACE, HEALTH CAREERS DISPLAY. NEXT UP FROM WILLIAMS HOSA, THE FIRST PLACE WINNER IS THE HEALTH CAREER PREPARATION, YANA BRAHMANKAR. MOVING ON TO OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WE WORK WITH THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING. THIS IS THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT. PRINCIPAL IS COLIN, NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KATIE ROCHA. SHE WON THE PITCH COMPETITION AT THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE. ALSO FROM OUR NATIONAL NFTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION, STUDENTS FROM ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. CHASE LITTLE AND MICHAEL SCANLON, SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL JAMES HARRIS, INSTRUCTOR MATT GLASSMAN. TOP THREE FINALIST IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE PITCH COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS. NEXT UP WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR INSTRUCTORS FROM THE TAMPA BAY HOSPITALITY ALLIANCE COMPETITION.
LET'S BRING UP MIRIAM COOK, INSTRUCTOR OF GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL JEREMY CON. SHE WON THE HIGH SCHOOL HOSPITALITY AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. COOK. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER TEACHERS WHO ALSO WON A SIMILAR AWARD. LET'S BRING UP MISTI ANDERSON FROM SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. SUPPORTED BY MS. CHRISTINE WASVKIW, PRINCIPAL. WE HAVE ANOTHER SUMNER TEACHER. WE HAVE MS. KIMBERLY WINES, ALSO SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. BOTH AWARDED WITH THE HOSPITALITY AWARD. TWO TEACHERS FROM ONE SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS. OUR FINAL GROUP FOR THE RECOGNITION IS THE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA. OVER THE SUMMER, THERE WAS A NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE A GROUP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. LET'S START UP, SECOND PLACE WINNER AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS. JAHNAVI. SONUM. SUPPORTED BY CAMILLA BURTON AND INSTRUCTOR TYLER TAZWELL. NEXT UP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, THE SECOND PLACE TEAM AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
IT'S NIKHIL, EESHAN, SAICHURAN. CONGRATULATIONS. SECOND PLACE, NATIONAL CONFERENCE. ALSO COMING UP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, OUR NEXT GROUP FROM THAT NATIONAL CONFERENCE, THEY MADE THIRD PLACE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP. LET'S BRING UP VIHAAN, AND ROHITH. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP IS OUR WINNERS IN THE INTRODUCTION TO PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES. 7th PLACE AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, SUMEDH PRATTI, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. NEXT UP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE HELP DESK COMPETITION AT THE NATIONAL EVENT, 8th PLACE GOES TO ARV MAHESHWARI, MIDDLETON HIGH. NEXT UP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, NETWORK DESIGN 9th PLACE, SAVVED FAISAL AND PETER REVIERE. ONE ADDITIONAL STUDENT FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, NINTH PLACE IN UX DESIGN, BRING UP MAANIKA SINGH, USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN, NATIONAL CONFERENCE. CONGRATULATIONS. ARE THERE ANY STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY HAVE COME IN LATE? WANT TO MAKE SURE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE STUDENTS FOR FBLA FOR MIDDLETON, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR AMAZINGNESS.
WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM THAT REPRESENT THE DISTRICT LEVEL LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE HAVE SUMEDH PRATTI WHO REPRESENTS THE NATIONAL TEAM. ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT FOR ONE ARE ON MY MIDDLETON LEADERSHIP TEAM. SO THAT IS EXCELLENCE IN THE MAKING. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I WANT TO THANK MR. GEORGE, OUR NEW STAFF MEMBER, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER ALL OF OUR CARDS. HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT EVERY DAY. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THE NEXT RECOGNITION IS A04, RECOGNITION OF THE NEWLY CERTIFIED AND RENEWED NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. NATIONALLY, THERE ARE 133,444 TEACHERS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED BOARD CERTIFICATION. IN FLORIDA, THERE IS A LITTLE OVER 13,000. AND 1,000 TEACHERS FROM OUR DISTRICT MAKE UP PART OF THAT 13,000. CURRENTLY, MORE THAN 20% OF THE ACTIVE CANDIDATES IN FLORIDA ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUR ASPIRE PROGRAM FOR BOARD CERTIFICATION. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT NATIONAL BOARD TEACHERS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING GAINS AND POSITIVELY INFLUENCE THE INSTRUCTIONAL CULTURAL OF THEIR SCHOOL SITES.
TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO ELEVATING THEIR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, WHICH IS A TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF THEIR DEDICATION TO STUDENTS AND TO OUR PROFESSION AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. DEVELOPING A PORTFOLIO TAKES EFFORT AND SOMETIMES TAKES THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE. NBCT SEEKING TO KEEP THEIR CERTIFICATION CURRENT REQUIRES CREATION OF A PORTFOLIO ALSO. EVIDENCING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THE PROFESSION AFTER THEIR INITIAL CERTIFICATION. SOME OF OUR NBCs HAVE COMPLETED THIS TWICE AND SOME HAVE DONE IT THREE TIMES. NBCTs, WHETHER YOU ARE AN INITIAL CANDIDATE OR A MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION CANDIDATE, HOURS ARE SPENT THINKING ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, TALKING WITH MENTORS AND OTHER CANDIDATES ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTION IN LEARNING, AND THEN WRITING ABOUT IT. ALL OF THIS CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR CONTINUED GROWTH AS AN EDUCATOR AND TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO STUDENTS, SCHOOL AND OUR DISTRICT.
OUR DISTRICT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SUPPORTING NATIONAL BOARD TEACHERS IN PURSUIT OF THIS CERTIFICATION PROCESS. OUR DISTRICT RECOGNIZES THIS PROCESS AS THE MOST AUTHENTIC AND IMPACTFUL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE A TEACHER CAN EXPERIENCE. AND CAN I ATTEST TO THAT. THIS IS MY 37th YEAR IN THIS DISTRICT AND I AM NATIONAL BOARD THREE TIMES OVER, AND EVERY TIME I DO IT, I ELEVATE MY PRACTICE. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, I DON'T STAND ALONE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS GALLERY TONIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU UPSTAIRS AT OUR RECEPTION, WHO HAVE HAD THIS JOURNEY, WHO ARE ON THIS JOURNEY, WHO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS JOURNEY. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE SIX EDUCATORS, FIVE TEACHERS AND ONE SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO ARE NEWLY ACHIEVED INITIAL CANDIDATES. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING AND NAME 13 OF OUR NATIONAL BOARD TEACHERS WHO WENT THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION PROCESS.
I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT PROCESS, THAT MEANS YOU ARE A NATIONAL BOARD TEACHER WHO GOES, AGAIN, IT IS A DIFFERENT PROCESS BECAUSE YOU PROVED SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND IT TAKES ABOUT 60 HOURS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS. OUR INITIAL CANDIDATES, THEY ACTUALLY SPEND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT LONGER IN THEIRS. SO, HERE WE GO. LET'S HEAR OUR PEOPLE. BECAUSE LORD KNOWS, ALTHOUGH I MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WHO SPEAKS PROFESSIONALLY FOR A LIVING, EVERY SINGLE TIME I COME TO THIS MEETING, I CAN'T EVEN HARDLY TALK RIGHT. SO HERE WE GO. I'M GOING TO CALL THEIR NAMES. IF THEY'LL COME FORWARD. OUR INITIAL CANDIDATES, THEY'LL COME UP. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU TWO THINGS ABOUT THEM. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEIR CERTIFICATION IS IN AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WHERE THEY TEACH AS WELL AS THEIR NAME. WE'LL START OUT WITH BAR ARE A COTTO FROM REDDICK ELEMENTARY.
-- BARBARA COTTO FROM REDDICK ELEMENTARY. SHE IS OUR INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AS AN EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS SPECIALIST, SPECIALIZING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH YOUNG ADULT. FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER CRAWFORD, WHO IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT SHE TEACHES AT WIMAUMA ELEMENTARY. AND SHE HAS EARNED HER CERTIFICATION AS GENERALIST IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. SHARITA CROWELL IS NEXT FROM NORTH TAMPA SUCCESS CENTER. SHE ALSO IS AN EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS SPECIALIST EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH YOUNG ADULT. WEARING THE RED. THERE WE GO. SYLVIA SANTANA FROM LETO HIGH SCHOOL IS OUR CANDIDATE WHO HAS EARNED HER NATIONAL BOARD IN SCHOOL COUNSELING. DANIELLE TOPPER FROM LOCKHART ELEMENTARY, LITERACY, READING-LANGUAGE ARTS FOR EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD. IRENE WELCH FROM RUSKIN -- EILEEN WELCH, RUSKIN ELEMENTARY, EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS SPECIALIST, EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH YOUNG ADULT. THEY ALL OWNED -- EARNED THEIR INITIAL CERTIFICATION. WE'LL ASK THEM TO BE JOINED BY OUR MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION NEXT. CATLYNN KADIE DELUCIA FROM GRADY ELEMENTARY.
CONTINUES AS A LITERACY READING LANGUAGE ARTS IN EARLY MIDDLE CHILDHOOD. JAMIE GALVON FROM PINECREST ELEMENTARY. SHE IS A GENERALIST IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. SALLY HENDERSON FROM WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY ALSO A GENERALIST IN MIDDLE SHOOED. LOREN HERNDON, POTTER ELEMENTARY, GENERAL, EARLY CHILDHOOD. ADAM KLOPER, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY. HIS SAR CERTIFICATION IS CAROLINE OCTTAVIANI FROM MORT ELEMENTARY, A GENERALIST IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. ELIZABETH PLETCHER FROM ALAFIA ELEMENTARY. GENERALIST IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD. CARLEE SOTO FROM RIVERHILLS ELEMENTARY, LIBRARY MEDIA FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH YOUNG ADULT. MARIA LEE TORRES-CROSBY FROM MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, EARLY ADOLESCENCE. MARLA WAGNER, LOCKHART ELEMENTARY, MATHEMATICS, EARLY ADOLESCENCE. ANITA VANI WHO GIVES HER APOLOGIES, SO BROKENHEARTED. SHE IS SICK, SICK, SICK, BUT SHE IS THE MUSIC TEACHER AT CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY AND SHE HAS ALSO EARNED HER MOC. IN ADDITION TO RECOGNIZING ALL OF THESE FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE I KNOW. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IF YOU ARE A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT, PLEASE STAND.
IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE -- I MEAN, IF YOU ARE A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER WHO SERVES AS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILITATOR MENTORING OTHERS TO THIS PROCESS, WAVE YOUR HAND IN THE AIR. IF YOU ARE A CURRENT CANDIDATE, EITHER MOC OR INITIAL, PLEASE STAND. AND, AND VERY SPECIAL, BECAUSE THIS SATURDAY IS SCORE RELEASE DAY. IT IS A TENSE DAY. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, WE CALL THIS CANDIDATES IN WAITING, BOTH YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR. CANDIDATE IN WAITING, THERE YOU GO. THEY WILL BE FINDING OUT ON SATURDAY. BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, THIS GROUP IS INCREDIBLY DEDICATED TO PUTTING THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR THEIR STUDENTS, FOR THEIR SCHOOLS, AND FOR ALL OF US IN EDUCATION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM THIS EVENING. Karen Perez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT RECOGNITION IS A05, RECOGNITION OF PARA-TO-PROFESSIONAL PATHWAY. SARAH BONDI, MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND SPOTO, DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE ELEVATION -- EVALUATION AND CLINICAL EDUCATION WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION.