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SPRING 2016 | ADVOCATE 35 Association Governance Region 2 Director Julie Cieniawski No statement submitted Name: Julie Cieniawski Address: 12605 N 113th Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85259 Work Phone: Home Phone: 480-994-4852 Local Association: Scottsdale EA Education Position: Teacher Years Employed: 10 Total Years of Educational Employment: 25 Total Years as AEA Member: 23 As NEA member: 25 Higher Education Degrees Held: Bachelors of Science, Masters of Education Elective positions held: AEA Board of Director Member, 2013-present Scottsdale EA President, 2015-present Scottsdale EA Site Representative, 2005-2014 Appointive positions held: Instruction and Professional Development Task Force Chair, 2014-2016 Non-Education positions held: Desert Mountain MS Volleyball Booster President, 2013-2015 Desert Mountain MS Basketball Booster Club Chair, 2012-2015 American Cancer Society Jewel Ball Event Committee, 2006-2006 Region 2 Alternate Director - open position Region 4 Director, 2 positions Denise Albright I have had the opportunity to serve as your AEA Region 4 director this past year. Stepping into this role I have been able to stand by my strong belief in the concept of servant leadership, to first serve then lead. A servant leader is a lifelong learner. Their leadership skills include listening, consensus building, ethical decision making, and building and maintenance of a sense of community. While it is often seen as "soft", it requires the creation of vision, the setting of challenging goals and the sharing of information. It requires a strong sense of balance between performance and skill with conflict resolution. I thank you for the opportunity to continue to serve and lead both students and teachers, across Arizona, toward a better future. Name: Denise Albright Address: 3321 E Behrend Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85050 Work Phone: 602-449-5600 Home Phone: 602-573-0221 Local Association: Paradise Valley EA Education Position: Special Education Teacher Years Employed: 10 Total Years of Educational Employment: 10 Total Years as AEA Member: 8 As NEA member: 8 Higher Education Degrees Held: Masters Degree in Special Education/ Educational Leaderhsp Elective positions held: PVEA Executive Board Member At Large, 4 years AEA Region 4 Director, 1.5 years AEA Alternate Director Region 4, 1.5 years Appointive positions held: TES Committee, 3 years Teacher Transfer Process Committee, 2 years Kelley Fisher No statement submitted Name: Kelley Fisher Address: 22241 N 107th Drive, Sun City, AZ 85373 Work Phone: 623-445-5530 Home Phone: 623-680-4872 Local Association: Deer Valley EA Education Position: Kindergarten Teacher Years Employed: 15 Total Years of Educational Employment: 17 Total Years as AEA Member: 17 As NEA member: 17 Higher Education Degrees Held: Bachelors Degree. National Board Certification Elective positions held: Deer Valley EA Secretary, 4 years Region 4 Alternate Director, AEA Board of Directors, 1 year Appointive positions held: DVEA Membership Chair, 6 years Various AEA Committees Quality Teaching & Learning, 2 years Non-Education positions held: Sunday School Teacher, 4 years Secretary, Delta Kappa Gamma, 2 years Region 4 Alternate Director - open position Region 10 Director - open position Region 10 Alternate Director - open position More than 80 percent of Americans agreed that teachers should achieve Board certification in addition to being licensed to practice, similar to professions like law and medicine, according to results from a national poll by PDK International and Gallup released in September 2014. Over a decade's worth of research shows that the students of Board-certified teachers out- perform their peers in other classrooms on achievement tests and that schools and dis- tricts with a high concentration of NBCTs see marked improvements in school culture, collaboration and teacher reten- tion. To achieve dramatic improvement in education for all students, National Board is working with state, district and higher education partners to ensure that many more teachers have the opportunity to pursue Board certification. The founding mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by: (1) maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do; (2) providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these stan- dards; and (3) advocating related educa- tion reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers. Recognized as the "gold standard" in teacher certifica- tion, the National Board believes higher standards for teachers mean better learning for students. Read more about Arizona NBCTs on page 40. Professional Development continued from p. 21. n n