Redmond’s Amanda Longo was among five Eastside Catholic School teachers who were recently notified that they had successfully completed the challenging process of earning National Board Certification (NBCT). Eastside Catholic School is one of only 370 schools nationwide to have three or more teachers achieve NBCT status this year. Eastside Catholic recognizes the following faculty members who earned the profession’s highest mark of achievement:

• Piper Deardorff (Lake City resident), high school social studies

• Sean Henderson (Sammamish resident), high school mathematics

• Longo, high school mathematics

• Aimee O’Donnell (Newcastle resident), high school English

• Erin Weaver (Maple Valley resident), high school mathematics

NBCT is an advanced teaching credential and is predicated on a teacher’s ability and commitment to five core areas:

• Commitment to students and their learning

• Knowledge of the subjects they teach and how to teach these subjects to students

• Responsibility for managing and monitoring student learning

• Systematic approaches regarding teaching practices and continuous improvement as a teacher

• Membership in professional learning communities