Staff with Advanced Degrees & Recognitions

Offered on a voluntary basis, teachers may choose to go back to school to add to their knowledge of how to best teach their content areas.  Typically, these master's programs take 2 years to complete.

• Mrs. Braley Speagle-Middle Grades Education & School Administration
• Mrs. Susan Neel - Elementary Education
• Mrs. Disa Gantt - Elementary Education
• Mr. David Johnson - Reading Education
• Ms. Debi Miller - Online Teaching and Instructional Design & School Administration

Offered on a voluntary basis, National Board Certification establishes advanced standards for experienced teachers. National Board Certification measures a teacher's practice against high and rigorous standards through an extensive series of performance-based assessments, which includes teaching portfolios, student work samples, videotapes or DVDs and thorough analyses of the candidate's teaching and the students' learning. The process involves written exercises that probe the depth of a candidate's subject-matter knowledge, as well as his or her understanding of how to teach those subjects. National Board Certification is a symbol of professional teaching excellence. A certificate will attest that a teacher was judged by his or her peers as one who is accomplished, makes sound professional judgments about students' best interests and acts effectively on those judgments. Certification is voluntary and open to anyone with a bachelor's degree and three years of classroom experience in either a public or private school. Teachers must complete a maintenance of certification every 5 years. 

• Mrs. Braley Speagle
• Mr. David Johnson
• Mrs. Tonya Bentley
• Mr. Wesley Brown
• Mrs. Alexis Buchanan

Each year, Caldwell County Schools recognizes outstanding staff members through its Excellence in Education program. These individuals are selected from each school’s elected representatives of the very best educators and support professionals in the district. They are honored not only for their exceptional work in their own schools, but also for their leadership, dedication, and positive impact on students across Caldwell County Schools.

• Mrs. Braley Speagle, CCS Teacher of the Year 2012, CCS Assistant Principal of the Year 2024
• Mrs. Lindsey Price, CCS Associate of the Year 2024
• Ms. Casey Abee, CCS Rookie Teacher of the Year 2025