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Deborah Robert becomes Northern Michigan’s first National Board Certified Teacher in 2001

Also Deb Robert National Board certification · Beaver Island teacher certification 2001

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Date2001-01
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Summary

The January 2001 Beacon congratulated Deborah Robert as Beaver Island’s and Northern Michigan’s first National Board Certified Teacher. It described the nearly year-long voluntary process and identified her certification as Middle Childhood Generalist.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper announcement; it does not include the certification file, assessment portfolio, or independent regional comparison.

Sources

  1. The notice calls Robert Beaver Island’s and Northern Michigan’s first National Board Certified Teacher, says the voluntary process took nearly a year, and identifies her certification as Middle Childhood Generalist; it also says ten other Michigan teachers earned certification that year. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2001-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the certification notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Deborah Robert becomes Northern Michigan’s first National Board Certified Teacher in 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/deborah-robert-national-board-certified-teacher-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2001, “Congratulations Deborah Robert.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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