Mitchell 20 (2011)

Inspired by one of their own Daniela Robles NBCT twenty educators at Mitchell School stepped up to the challenge of the rigorous selfdirected professional development of National Board and Take One Motivated by Robles vision of a cohort supporting one another to reach for excellence her colleagues responded They were even more impressed by the transformation they saw in Robles who had gone into the National Board process as a good teacher and emerged as a true teacher leader From Amy Coyle in her third year of teaching to Billie Williams in her 22nd year the Mitchell 20 formed a unique and remarkably diverse cohort all focused on a single goalenhancing their classroom performance Recognizing what a powerful professional development opportunity this was the schools administration the Isaac District Office and the Arizona K12 Center all rallied to support this exceptional endeavor From this the Mitchell 20 emerged