TEACHERS' VOICE blog

Erin Gilrein is a National Board Certified Teacher in AYA English Language Arts, and has been teaching English classes at Oceanside High School in New York for 13 years. Erin developed the Long Island National Board Network, and currently serves as Long Island Regional Co-Director of the NYS National Board Certification Resource Center, and as the co-facilitator of Teaching Channel Teams for Oceanside UFSD. She co-facilitates candidate cohorts in conjunction with Adelphi University and local teacher centers, and she co-facilitated several professional development classes about teacher evaluation regulations, Common Core Standards, effective teaching, and their respective impact on teachers and student learning. Jennifer Wolfe is a National Board Certified Teacher in Adolescent/Young Adult Social Studies and works at Oceanside High School on Long Island where she has been teaching for 18 years. In her tenure at Oceanside, she has earned the NYS High School Social Studies Teacher of the Year Award from NYSCSS, three Fulbright Scholarships, including a semester abroad with the Fulbright Teacher Exchange, and an honorary doctorate from Union Graduate College in Schenectady, NY. In addition to her full-time teaching schedule, Jen is the SEED Grant District Candidate Support Provider for Roosevelt UFSD in Roosevelt, NY. She sits on the NYS National Board Council, and is the Long Island Regional Co-Director NY National Board Certification Resource Center. Jennifer also co-facilitates Teaching Channel Teams for Oceanside UFSD.