Happy New Year! In a fitting tribute to the calendar year just past, TWENTY TWO teachers have just earned NGPF's Distinguished Educator Award by passing 6 or more NGPF Certification Courses as of the end of Cohort 29 in December. By acing these 10-hour live courses - complete with Certification Exams - these teachers have demonstrated an awe-inspiring dedication to professional development and their students' learning. Celebrate them with us today!

NGPF Distinguished Educators receive:

• An auspicious NGPF Distinguished Educator plaque* for their classroom,
• Special recognition on the NGPF website, and
• An exclusive digital badge for their email & online resume!

*Plaques ship to Distinguished Educators each quarter, corresponding with NGPF Academy swag shipments. 

Other details:

• This is a lifetime award teachers can accumulate over multiple NGPF Academy years.
• Get started by signing up for your next Certification Course today!

A Lifetime Award

As of January 2023, 626 teachers have won this distinction by earning 6 or more Certifications with NGPF. Meet the Distinguished Educators from past announcements below:

• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 1-24, announced July 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 25-26, announced September 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 27, announced November 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 28, announced December 2022)

Meet the newly crowned NGPF Distinguished Educators! 

Molly Allison from Grapevine Middle (TX)

Todd Anderson from De Pere High School (WI)

Tina Angeletti from Project SEARCH (OH)

Sara Baragona from Discovery Middle School (AL)

Sandra Cerny from Temecula Advantage Virtual School (CA)

Jamie Cox from Polytechnic High School (TX)

Sandy Foote from TST BOCES (NY)

Theodore Frank from Milwaukee Marshall High School (WI)

Starlene Hamilton from Boonsboro High School (MD)

Beth Hayden from Bonny Eagle High School (ME)

Mary Koski from Republic-Michigamme (MI)

Mary Kuhn from Madison Southern High School (KY)

Stan Masters from Michigan Council for the Social Studies (MI)

Judy Matey from Tuslaw High School (OH)

Kelly Moehn from Chilton High School (WI)

Jessica Morey from F. W. Buchholz High School (FL)

Shelly O'Neal-Kegler from Bellows Free Academy (VT)

Catherine Pelton from Walter Johnson Junior High School (NV)

Matt Sly from Edison Middle School (IL)

Alice Stocks from Granby High School (VA)

Lisa Svara from Nanuet Senior High School (NY)

Linda Weissbrod from Rahway High School (NJ)

About the Authors

Christian Sherrill

Former teacher, forever financial education nerd. As NGPF's Director of Growth & Advocacy, Christian is laser-focused on our mission to guarantee all students a rigorous personal finance course before crossing the high school graduation stage. Having paid down over $40k in student loans in the span of 3 years - while living in the Bay Area on an entry level teacher's salary - he's eager to help the next generation avoid financial pitfalls one semester at a time.

Hannah Rael

As NGPF's Marketing Communications Manager, Hannah (she/her) helps spread the word about NGPF's mission to improve the financial lives of the next generation of Americans.