Angela is National Board Certified!

When Angela and I moved to Los Angeles in August of 2008 she began teaching for the Los Angeles Unified School District and she began a process that we didn't know at the time would take four years and one month to complete. But she's done now and I am so proud of her and so amazed, daily, by her commitment to her profession, to her job and most of all, to teaching children.

Angela is now a National Board Certified Teacher. It took four years, three sets of exams, one beyond extensive portfolio, countless late nights and early mornings and weekends but she did it. She passed. And I cannot tell you how happy we were on Sunday morning at 12:30am when the scores were released.

Being Nationally Board Certified is something most teachers do not ever achieve, or even strive for. In the middle school where Angela currently works there are over a hundred teachers and only one, besides her, is a NBC Teacher. Holding this advanced credential tells the teaching community that she is committed to her profession. It also means she doesn't have to jump through any school district hoops when she changes jobs or even states. She has a "clear credential" and she is done with their tests and their requirements. For ten years and then she can renew her certification.

But most of all what it means is that she rocks. She is the best teacher I have ever met. She is beyond committed. She is who you want teaching your kids and the future generations. And I don't say that just because I'm her sister. Now she has the certification to prove it.