At Gateway, we have an incredible teaching staff who are powerful role models and agents of change. During the 2017-2018 school year, teachers at both Gateway Middle School and Gateway High School have stepped into leadership roles, put professional development at the center of their own learning, and focused on educating the whole student.
Gateway High School - Stanford Hollyhock Fellows
At Gateway High School, four teachers were selected for the highly competitive and prestigious Stanford Hollyhock Fellowship, which provides professional development and support to teachers from schools across the country that serve low-income students. Only 85 teachers across the country were selected for the fellowship.
Established in 2014, the Stanford Hollyhock Fellowship supports early-career high school teachers through a two-year professional development program that begins with an intensive institute on Stanford’s campus for two consecutive summers and continues the work during the school year via video-based coaching.
During their time on campus, the fellows engage in various programmatic strands of professional development including developing pedagogical expertise in teaching a core content area, deepening content knowledge, examining issues of equity as a teacher in the classroom, and building community within and across participating schools.
The fellowship program draws candidates from across the country who have 2-7 years of high school teaching experience in science, mathematics, history, or English, believe in equitable outcomes for all students and are committed to professional growth.
Gateway Middle School - National Board Certified Teachers
At Gateway Middle School, four teachers recently earned their National Board Certification, one is already certified, and another is on their way to being certified. National Board Certification is the most respected professional certification available in K-12 education.
It was designed to develop, retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide.
The National Board Standards represent a consensus among educators about what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. Board certification is available in 25 certificate areas spanning 16 disciplines from Pre-K through 12th grade.
The certification process requires that teachers demonstrate - through more than 200 hours of recorded classroom instruction, written reflections and assessments - standards-based evidence of the positive effect they have on student learning in alignment with the Five Core Propositions. They must exhibit a deep understanding of their students, content knowledge, use of data and assessments and teaching practice. They must also show that they participate in learning communities and provide evidence of ongoing reflection and continuous learning.
Gateway supports teachers seeking National Board Certification by subsidizing the cost of the National Board Resource Center Candidate Support Program.
Top left to right: Anastasia Zamkinos, Diana Sanchez. Bottom left to right: Shira Helft, Mary Plant-Thomas.