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With more than 5,000 teachers participating in the NGPF Academy this year, graduating with Summa Cum Laude status for hours earned in the NGPF Academy is no easy feat. Who worked their way to the top 1% of the 2023-24 class?
This impressive list of 50 teachers completed a combined total of over 5,280 hours of professional development during the 2023-24 NGPF Academy Year! This includes one-hour live NGPF Virtual PD sessions, one-hour NGPF On-Demand modules, and 10-hour NGPF Certification Courses.
The NGPF Academy recognizes and rewards educators who participate in NGPF professional development. Teachers earn achievements as their credit hours accumulate. You are automatically enrolled in the NGPF Academy when you participate in any of our PD offerings.
Congratulations to the following teachers for their active participation in NGPF professional development, placing them in the top 1% of NGPF Academy hours earned.
Valedictorian goes to Salah Borji of New Century School in Minnesota, who leads with 187 PD hours! A close salutatorian goes to Christyn Brown of Dream Academy in Illinois with 184.5 PD hours.
Allison Cecil Dupont Manual High (KY)
Amanda Jansen East Noble High School (IN)
Amory Nance Lawrence County (OH)
Anthony Miletta Orchard Collegiate Academy (NY)
Blaire Haggett United Way (VT)
Cheryl Wortham Granville Central High (NC)
Christyn Brown Dream Academy (IL)
Cortes Maria Lewis Miami Edison Senior High School (FL)
Courtney Beavan Professional Performing Arts High School (NY)
Courtney Kronk-Love Pine-Richland HS (PA)
Danielle Bowles Clinton Elementary School (MI)
David Nakic Cheyenne Mountain High School (CO)
Dawn Kawamura Hillsdale High (CA)
Elizabeth Demaris Monroe High School (WA)
El Pernell G W Carver High School (LA)
Eric Dorward Garden Spot Middle School (PA)
James Geibel Justice High (VA)
Jeff Allen Bullard High (CA)
Jeff Delezenne Clinton High School (MI)
Jennifer Lee Ed W. Clark High School (NV)
Jennifer Slaght Freeport High School (IL)
Jessica Miller Seckinger High School (GA)
Jiyoung Song Andover High (MA)
Joshua Swink Homeschool
Ken Macbain International School
Kimberly Lum Layton High (UT)
Lauren Sennott Winthrop High School (MA)
Lilly Zhou Homeschool
Lindsay King Boys’ Latin Of Philadelphia (PA)
Marcia Latta Mckay High School (OR)
Matthew Gainey Franklin Academy High School (NY)
Matthew Milaszewski Sutton High School (MA)
Megan Burgoyne Ogden High (UT)
Michael Lanstrum Cuyahoga Community College (OH)
Migena Loli Academy for Scholarship & Entrepreneurship (NY)
Nicole Falgiano Woodbridge High (VA)
Nicol Guerrero FLY Initiative (RI)
Rebecca Campbell Granger School (UT)
Rio Fujita Prospect High (CA)
Rob Fetters Mount Vernon High School (OH)
Salah Borji New Century School (MN)
Sammy Gutierrez Boston Community Leadership Academy (MA)
Samuel Molina The Academy of Financial Education (CA)
Sarah Turner Texas Tech University K-12 (TX)
Sara Kraus West Holt High School (NE)
Saundra Powell Detroit Public Schools Community District Virtual School (MI)
Tamona Renee Tigner Homeschool
Wally Luckeydoo Watertown High School (TN)
Wendy Evans Booker T. Washington Senior High (FL)
Yesenia Medrano Linda Esperanza Marquez High B Libra Academy (CA)
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