National Association for Alternative Certification

Elections for NAAC executive officers are conducted by mail. This year, the Secretary position is on the ballot (president-elect and treasurer are elected in alternating years). Ballots were mailed to all members on February 1 and must be received by NAAC by February 23rd. The winner will be announced at the March 2012 annual conference. Elections for regional directors take place during the regional meetings on-site at the annual conference. This year, Region 2, Region 4 and Region 5 will hold elections. The Nominating and Elections Committee has prepared a slate for all positions; however nominations may be made from the floor during the regional elections. The regional meetings will take place on Friday, March 2 at 10:00 - 11:00 am.

2012 Election Slate

Secretary: Sheila Allen, PhD
Dr. Sheila Allen is a Professor at Harford Community College, and is founder of the Center for Career Changers to the Classroom, a non-profit organization in Maryland. The Center provides information and experiences to prospective career changers and seeks candidates from math and science corporations to fill critical teaching shortage areas. Dr. Allen has served for the past two years as the NAAC Region 5 Director, and is currently the local planning committee chair for the NAAC conference. At Harford Community College, she has worked with career changers for over 10 years and focused her dissertation on what career changers need to be successful teachers.

Region 2: Vickie Person, EdD
Dr. Vickie Person is Coordinator of the Governors State University Alternative Certification Partnership. Previously, she was a teacher and a building principal; she was certified through the Governors State Alternative Certification program. She has taught alternative certification classes, supervises interns and residents in the field and has chaired an assessment committee. She works closely with the co-directors of the Governors State $7.1 million Teacher Quality Partnership grant, gaining insight into both internships and residencies. She has a rich experience of alternative certification programs from both the candidate and administrator level.

Region 2 includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Region 4: Tina S. Johnson, M.A.
Tina Johnson is a Lateral Entry Specialist in the Department of Human Resources at Guilford County Schools in Greensboro, NC. She has served as the Project Director of a Transition to Teaching grant for nearly three years. In addition, she provides pedagogy support via professional development and cognitive coaching to alternatively certified teachers in a public school setting. These varied experiences provide her with an in-depth perspective of programmatic needs as well as teacher development issues. During the summer of 2011, she helped lead a regional online meeting for NAAC Region 4, in an effort to increase collaboration among programs.

Region 4 includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virgina.

Region 5: Brian Evans, PhD
Dr. Brian R. Evans is an assistant professor in mathematics education and the department chairperson in the School of Education at Pace University in New York. He is also Managing Editor of the Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification (JNAAC). His research interests are social justice in urban and international mathematics education, alternative certification, and pre-service teacher preparation. He is interested in mathematics history, problem solving, teacher content knowledge, attitudes, efficacy, and beliefs. He primarily teaches pedagogical and content courses in mathematics to both pre-service and in-service teachers at the adolescent and childhood levels. Dr. Evans is also the co-chairperson for Pace University's IRB and is the director of Pace University's Summer Scholars Institute.

Region 5 includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, DC.

Any questions about this process may be sent to NAAC Executive Director Judy Corcillo at judyc@alternativecertification.org or to the Nominations and Elections Committee Chair Jennifer Husbands at jennhus@gmail.com.