Teacher Certification

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Certification with the FSMTA promotes professional standards of excellence for private music teachers across Florida.
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Interested in becoming a certified FSMTA teacher? Click here to find out how you can start the certification process today! Contact Certification Chair, ​Erin Bennett, for further information.
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• Certification Handbook - explains how to start the certification process
• FSMTA - Certification Candidate Mini Study Guide for Oral-Demonstration Exam
• Certification Applications: Interim, Experience, Professional Advancement, Nomination for Honorary Certification (These are interactive PDF files which can be downloaded to your computer and filled out using your computer.)
• Certification Board Student Demo Report - Instructions and report for Certification Examiner
• Certification Information Guide
• ​Certification Committee Credentials Review Form
• Certification Judge’s Report of Student Adjudications and Certification Candidate’s Oral/Demonstration Exam

The Certification Board consists of:

• ​Chair: Jo Hovind - District 1
• Martha Stubbs - District 2
• Karen Schaefer - District 3
• Kamila Shahtakhinski - District 4
• Judy Bartine - District 5
• Diana Heller - District 6
• TBA - District 7
• Marian Cox - District 8
• Viola Jane Spencer - District 9

List of Certified Teachers

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     NCTM = National Certified Teacher of Music              FSCTM = Florida State Certified Teacher of Music

District 1

• Victor Andzulis, NCTM – Pensacola
• Loretta Hake, NCTM, FSCTM – Niceville
• Julie Kaunitz, NCTM - Milton
• Dr. Lynne Lauderdale, NCTM – Pensacola
• Daniel Nagy, NCTM – Pensacola
• Kerri Turner, NCTM – Milton
• Stephanie Womble, NCTM – Gulf Breeze

District 2

• Stephanie Archer, NCTM - Birmingham
• Tanya Brooks, NCTM, FSCTM – Panama City
• Buford Cox, NCTM – Graceville
• Jaime Garcia-Bolao, NCTM – Tallahassee
• Helen King, NCTM, FSCTM – Panama City
• Irina Lebedeva, FSCTM – Panama City
• Victoria McArthur, FSCTM – Tallahassee
• Sandra Palmer, NCTM – Tallahassee
• Connie Risinger, FSCTM – Mexico Beach
• Sarah Roeber, NCTM – Tallahassee
• Martha Stubbs, FSCTM – Tallahassee
• Carolyn Wilson, NCTM – Panama City Beach

 
District 3

• Gay Lyn Capitano, NCTM, FSCTM – Ocala
• Kay Carlson, NCTM – The Villages
• Rachel Dickinson, NCTM – Lake City
• Ruth Lewis, NCTM, FSCTM – Gainesville
• Martha Mier, NCTM, FSCTM – Lake City
• Karen Schaefer, NCTM – Gainesville
• Elizabeth Sugalski, NCTM, FSCTM – Gainesville
• Barbara Young, FSCTM – Gainesville

District 4

• Dr. Erin Bennett, NCTM – Jacksonville
• Dr. Jeriel Gilmer, NCTM – St. Augustine
• Sarah Bartley, NCTM – Jacksonville
• Sue Holder, NCTM – St. Augustine
• Denise Homsley, NCTM – Jacksonville
• Paulette Kilts, NCTM – Green Cove Springs
• Michael Mastronicola, NCTM – Jacksonville
• Jo Plunkett, NCTM, FSCTM – Orange Park
• Anita Renfroe, NCTM – Fernandina Beach
• Kamila Shahtakhtinski, NCTM – Jacksonville
• Vickie Stake, FSCTM – Jacksonville
• Sandra Stewart, NCTM, FSCTM – Jacksonville
• JohnWillard Utuk, FSCTM – Jacksonville
• Vera Watson, NCTM – Ponte Vedra Beach

District 5

• Christine Arens, FSCTM – Maitland
• Judith Bartine, NCTM – Cocoa
• Ammon Perry Bratt, NCTM – Windermere
• Joyce Christie-Nault, NCTM – Melbourne Beach
• Rose Grace, NCTM, FSCTM - Ormond Beach
• Nancy Jontz, NCTM – Orlando
• Heidi Larson, NCTM – Winter Garden
• Adrienne LeBlanc, NCTM – Melbourne
• Debra Merritt, NCTM – Satellite Beach  
• Tim Murphy, NCTM – Edgewater
• Cheryl Tschanz, NCTM – Celebration
• Dr. Dallas Weekley, NCTM – Daytona Beach Shores
• Christine Williams, NCTM – Ormond Beach
• Victoria Williams, FSCTM – Mims
• Dr. James Gary Wolf, NCTM, FSCTM – Winter Park
• Ann Wu, NCTM – Orlando 

District 6

• Marie Budinsky-Maher, NCTM – Pompano Beach
• Judith Burganger, NCTM – Boca Raton
• Sue Bentley Colvert, FSCTM – Coral Springs
• Carmen Cuenca, NCTM, FSCTM – Miami
• Shazkya Fernandez, NCTM – Port Saint Lucie
• Peggy Gallagher, NCTM, FSCTM – Ft. Lauderdale
• Sandra Greenland, FSCTM – Coral Springs
• Joanna Greenspan, NCTM – Fort Lauderdale
• Diana Heller, NCTM, FSCTM – Davie
• Zelda Jensen, FSCTM – Coral Gables
• Matt Johnson, NTCM – Cooper City
• Cynthia Chun Kam, NCTM, FSCTM – Palmetto Bay
• Cynthia Kessler, NCTM, FSCTM – Stuart
• Joseph Kingma, NCTM - Lake Worth
• Dr. Randall McElwain, NCTM – Hobe Sound
• Nightingale Ngo, MCTM – Miami
• Jihong Park, NCTM, FSCTM - Fort Lauderdale
• Sarah Privett, FSCTM – North Palm Beach
• Mary Beth Purchase, NCTM, FSCTM – Pompano Beach
• Leonid Treer, NCTM – Boca Raton

District 7

• Noel Engebretson, NCTM – Cape Coral
• Dr. Anna Hayward, NCTM – Asheville, NC
• Becky Liprie, NCTM – Port Charlotte
• Helen Bovbjerg Niedung, NCTM – Cape Coral
• Betsy Randolph, NCTM, FSCTM – Fort Myers
• Joanne Smith, NCTM, FSCTM – Bonita Springs

 
District 8

• Gail Berenson, NCTM – University Park
• Amy Clites, NCTM – Lakewood Ranch
• Marian Cox, NCTM, FSCTM – Sarasota
• Priscilla Fullerton, NCTM – Venice
• Jennifer Jones, NCTM - Bradenton
• Gretchen Mason, NCTM, FSCTM – Siesta Key
• Mary Coleman St. John, NCTM, FSCTM – Bradenton
• Dr. Charles Turon, FSCTM – Bradenton
• Eileen Varnadore, NCTM, FSCTM – Palmetto 

District 9

• Carol Alexander, FSCTM – Clearwater
• Becky Barlar, NCTM, FSCTM – Temple Terrace
• Evonne Blackwelder, FSCTM – Haines City
• Betty Chester, FSCTM – Wesley Chapel
• Cynthia Creel, FSCTM – Tampa
• Rita Fandrich, NCTM, FSCTM – Lakeland
• Christy Fung, FSCTM – Winter Haven
• Jesse R. Hankla, NCTM – Belleair Bluffs
• Marie Hasse, FSCTM - Haines City
• John Hernandez, NCTM – Tampa
• Alice Heyer, NCTM – Tampa
• Lorraine Latham, FSCTM – Lakeland
• Ray Luck, NCTM – St. Petersburg
• Merilee Magnuson, NCTM, FSCTM – Clearwater
• Sara Maniscalco, NCTM – St. Petersburg
• Leland Peck, FSCTM – St. Petersburg
• Linda Walker Pointer, FSCTM – Clearwater
• Dr. Jonathan Reed, NCTM, FSCTM – Lake Wales
• Elizabeth Snedeker, NCTM, FSCTM – Largo
• Viola Jane Spencer, NCTM, FSCTM – Lakeland
• Shuyan Tsai, FSCTM – Land O'Lakes
• Sheron White, FSCTM – Lakeland
• Natalie Whittington, NCTM - Tampa
• Hui Xu, NCTM – St. Petersburg
• Margaret Zobel, NCTM – Clearwater