Two Dist. 54 teachers nationally certified

Two Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 teachers have earned National Board Certification this year through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Sarah Mendoza, an intervention coach at Hoover Math & Science Academy in Schaumburg, and Olivia Jones, a middle level science teacher at Lincoln Prairie School in Hoffman Estates, are part of a group of 6,200 teachers who became board certified in 2011. While state licensing systems set the basic requirements to teach in each state, National Board Certification is achieved through an additional performance-based assessment of a teacher’s skills and content knowledge. The certification takes one to three years to complete.