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Jessica

Bachelors, Elementary Education

University of Southern California, Teachers College at Columbia University

About Me

Jessica graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in elementary education and received her Masters from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has taught in elementary schools for thirteen years, including schools in Los Angeles, and New York City. In the her last three years in DC, she was rated "Highly Effective" based on instructional observations and student academic growth. Jessica also taught and volunteered for many years in the Dominican Republic and speaks Spanish. Jessica has taught K-5th grade (all elementary subjects), with an emphasis on literacy instruction. Most recently, Jessica was a literacy coach for teachers in grades K-5 at a NYC public school in Harlem.

Education & Certifications

University of Southern California

Bachelors, Elementary Education

Teachers College at Columbia University

Masters, Education Policy

Q&A with Jessica

Teachers can help students become independent by giving them an increasing amount of responsibility in doing the steps of any strategy alone after watching a teacher's model, and then practicing together. Students should also be able to have a choice in choosing from multiple strategies to perform the same skill as well as choose the content/media through which they use those skills whenever possible.