Erin Rogers

Congratulations to Erin Rogers for earning her National Board Certification in Early/Middle Childhood Art!

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards recently announced that six teachers in the Fulton County School System earned the coveted “National Board Certified” designation.  National Board certification is the highest credential in the teaching profession and is a mark of distinction, similar to the way the medical, engineering and accounting professions recognize expertise.

Certification is achieved through a rigorous, performance-based assessment that typically takes one to three years to complete and measures what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. As part of the process, teachers build a portfolio that includes student work samples, assignments, videotapes and a thorough analysis of their classroom teaching. Additionally, teachers are assessed on their knowledge of the subjects they teach.

Congratulations to Mary Nowak for being named the GAEA Croy West Special Needs Art Educator of the Year! Mary was presented the award and recognized for her many years of work with art students with special needs at the Saturday night gala banquet at the Fall Georgia Art Education Association Conference held in Young Harris.

Elementary School Teacher of the Year

Art teacher, Katina Krass from Lake Forest Elementary School has two exciting things to celebrate – being named her newly opened school’s first-ever Teacher of the Year and being named the school system’s overall Elementary Teacher of the Year. These two honors, however, pale in comparison to the rewards she gets from teaching art education to children.

The daughter of a teacher, Krass grew up with the knowledge that teachers create special bonds and make lasting impressions on those they teach. She has carried this into her classroom and strives to bring, in her own words, “meaning and magic, delight and awareness, and the ideal of beauty and truth to enrich the lives of young minds.”

Krass attended private school as a child and never experienced art education within the school setting. This has led her to seize the opportunities she has with her students and to inspire them to see and experience the world through artistic expression.

Three Fulton Art Educators Named National Educators of the Year

NAEA Southeastern Secondary Art Educator, Jessica Booth, Northview HS

NAEA Supervision/Administration Art Educator, Denise Jennings, Coordinator of Art and Drama Education

NAEA Outstanding National Art honor Society Sponsor, Kathy Jackson, Alpharetta HS

It’s unprecedented that three National Art Education Association Educators of the Year are from the same school system.  This is yet another indication of the high quality of our FCS art education program and the quality of faculty we are able to attract and maintain. 

The awards were presented at the 2009 National Art Education Association Conference in Minneapolis, MN.  Congratulations to our award winners and to the entire FCS art education staff for all you to do for students, schools, art program and school system each and every day. In addition all, all three awardees were national presenters at the conference. Kathy Jackson on technology in the art program, Jes Booth with a Secondary Division Showcase of Excellence, and Denise Jennings by invitation with the Higher Education Division on Dispositions and Habits of Mind Necessary for Success in Art Education. This presentation will be shared by with pre-service art educations students in anumber of colleges across the nation.

The National Art Education Association serves more than 20,000 active members, the National Art Education Association is the leading professional organization for art educators in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 as well as college and university professors and researchers, administrators, and museum educators.

They represent members in all fifty states plus the District of Columbia, U.S. Possessions, most Canadian Provinces, U.S. military bases around the world, and twenty-five foreign countries.

Mission
The mission of NAEA is to promote art education through professional development, service, advancement of knowledge, and leadership.