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: Erin Bennett - District 2
• Rachel Dickinson - District 3
• Kamila Shahtakhinski - District 4
• Mary Beth Purchase - District 6
• TBA - District 7
• TBA - District 8
• Judith Jain - 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
• Daniel Blomdahl, NCTM - Pensacola
• Jo Hovind, FSCTM - Pensacola
• Julie Kaunitz, NCTM - Pace
• Dr. Lynne Lauderdale, NCTM – Pensacola
• Becky Liprie, 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
• Brenda Degner, NCTM - Tallahassee
• Dr. Diana Dumlavwalla, NCTM - Tallahassee
• Rebecca Edmiston, NCTM - Tallahassee
• Jaime Garcia-Bolao, NCTM – Tallahassee
• Helen King, NCTM, FSCTM – Panama City
• Irina Lebedeva, FSCTM – Panama City
• Victoria McArthur, FSCTM – Tallahassee
• Melody Morrison, NCTM - Tallahassee
• Susan Moss, NCTM - Panama City
• Sandra Palmer, NCTM – Tallahassee
• Connie Risinger, FSCTM – Mexico Beach
• Sarah Roeber, NCTM – Tallahassee

 
District 3

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

District 4

• Dr. Erin Bennett, NCTM – Jacksonville
• Jennifer Gae Fellows, NCTM - Saint Johns
• Dr. Jeriel Gilmer, 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

• Ammon Perry Bratt, NCTM – Windermere
• Rose Grace, NCTM, FSCTM - Ormond Beach
• Jill Hanrahan, NCTM - New Smyrna Beach
• Nancy Jontz, NCTM – Orlando
• Adrienne LeBlanc, NCTM – Melbourne
• Tim Murphy, NCTM – Edgewater
• Christine Peterson, FSCTM – Maitland
• Cheryl Tschanz, NCTM – Celebration
• Angela Weber, NCTM - Enterprise
• Dr. Dallas Weekley, NCTM – Daytona Beach Shores
• Jeremiah West, NCTM - Oviedo
• Victoria Williams, FSCTM – Mims
• Heidi Wimmer, NCTM - Windermere
• Dr. James Gary Wolf, NCTM, FSCTM – Winter Park​

District 6

• Robin Arrigo, NCTM - Palm Beach Gardens
• Janina Asciuto-Herbert, NCTM - Southington, CT
• Marie Budinsky-Maher, NCTM – Pompano Beach
• Sue Bentley Colvert, FSCTM – Coral Springs
• Carmen Cuenca, NCTM, FSCTM – Miami
• Jay Decker-Drane, NCTM - Boynton Beach
• Peggy Gallagher, NCTM, FSCTM – Ft. Lauderdale
• Sandra Greenland, FSCTM – Coral Springs
• 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
• Jovian Martinez, NCTM - Boca Raton
• Nightingale Ngo, NCTM – Miami
• Sophia Pileggi, NCTM - Miramar
• Mary Beth Purchase, NCTM, FSCTM – Pompano Beach

 
District 8

• Gail Berenson, NCTM – University Park
• Priscilla Fullerton, NCTM – Venice
• Jennifer Jones, NCTM - Bradenton
• Dr. Charles Turon, FSCTM – Bradenton
• Eileen Varnadore, NCTM, FSCTM – Palmetto 

District 9

• Bruce Adams, NCTM - Lakeland
• 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
• Leland Peck, FSCTM – St. Petersburg
• Linda Walker Pointer, FSCTM – Clearwater
• Dr. Jonathan Reed, NCTM, FSCTM – Lake Wales
• Viola Jane Spencer, NCTM, FSCTM – Lakeland
• Shuyuan Tsai, FSCTM – Land O'Lakes
• Sheron White, FSCTM – Lakeland
• Natalie Whittington, NCTM - Tampa​