Fifty new teachers, including some from the Capital Region, have achieved National Board certification.

Teachers have to go through a rigorous, peer-reviewed process to achieve this certification – which is known as the “gold standard” for teachers.

Here’s the list of Capital Region teachers who received the award:

• Bethlehem: Dana DiGiansante, generalist/middle childhood
• Glens Falls: Megan McCabe, Science/early adolescence
• Saratoga-Adirondack BOCES: Wendy Hill, exceptional needs specialist/early childhood through young adulthood
• Schalmont: John Urbanski, English Language Arts/early adolescence
• Schenectady: Lewis Butts, exceptional needs specialist/early childhood through young adulthood
• Shenendehowa
• Jennifer Jette, English Language Arts/adolescence and young adulthood
• Erin Faeth, Literacy: reading-language arts/early and middle childhood
• Andrew Mink, career and technical education/early adolescence through young adulthood
• Windham-Ashland-Jewett: Jennifer Higgins, science/early adolescence

Congratulations to all the new National Board certified teachers.