Jennie Robinette
Summary
Experienced educator with 25 years in classroom instruction, curriculum design, and professional development. Skilled in foundational learning and creating supportive classroom environments. Recognized for engaging lessons, differentiated learning, and positive relationships with learners, families, and colleagues. Recent focus on promoting educational equity, conducting research, foundational literacy instruction, and building teacher capacity in Africa.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Research Faculty
Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University
03.2022 - Current
- Supported the Malawi Institute of Education in the development of the national upper primary literacy curriculum in Chichewa and English with the National Reading Program Implementation and Expansion project (NRPIE).
- Facilitated the delivery of a graduate level Foundational Literacy Course to teacher educators from teaching training colleges across Malawi including supervising and mentoring the teacher educators from Mchiji TTC to complete their deliverables.
- Designed and implemented a research study on large class pedagogy in Malawi including leading focus group discussions, interviews, and classroom observations.
- Led video coding team to code 47 classroom observations using Observer XT software. teacher's behavior, discourse patterns, management choices, and lesson content.
- Created and led professional development introducing Chromebooks and Google Drive to the Malawi Institute of Education and guided the process of moving materials development from paper to a digitalized format for the first time.
- Created eReaders for primary level students on aerospace engineering and advanced manufacturing based upon Florida State Standards.
Classroom Teacher / Administrative Team
Francine Delany New School for Children, Asheville, NC
08.2012 - 03.2022
- Company Overview: (Teacher-powered, K-8, Asheville City School District)
- Informed differentiated instruction through progress monitoring and targeted interventions based upon extensive research-based literacy and numeracy assessments to improve student outcomes.
- Integrate social emotional learning daily in a trauma-responsive classroom creating a safe and inclusive learning environment.
- Strengthened teacher capacity by facilitating six district-wide trainings on the critical learning stages of early mathematical thinking using an engaging presentation and hands-on learning activities.
Curriculum Development Consultant
International Rescue Committee
08.2021 - 08.2021
- Led content development committees based in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda to create curriculum on playful methodologies for educators, caregivers, and communities as part of the Play Matters program funded by the Lego Foundation.
- Designed professional development to guide creation of Play Matters workshops for educators in refugee communities in East Africa reaching 800,000 children.
- Collaborated with technical specialists from partner organizations including War Child Holland, Plan International, and Behavioral Insights Team to create a Learning Through Play workbook and activity cards.
Curriculum Design
Inspiring Teachers, Uganda
06.2021 - 06.2021
- Company Overview: (Global education nonprofit for 5,000+ teachers in 11 countries.)
- Designed formative assessments aligned with the Ugandan curriculum and the Global Proficiency Framework for Primary 2 teachers.
- Increased capacity of primary school teachers by piloting a curriculum to teach brain-based learning strategies and introduced a sustainable peer coaching model of professional development and support.
Education
Master's in Education - Curriculum & Instruction
Lesley University Cambridge
Cambridge, MA05.2002
Bachelor's Degree - Elementary Education
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN05.1996
Graduate Certificate - International Education
School For International Training (SIT)
Brattleboro, VT05-2021
Skills
- Differentiated instruction
- Relationship building
- Curriculum development
- Collaborative teamwork
- Effective technology integration
- Foundational learning
- Positive behavior techniques
- Professional development
- Research design
- Mentoring
Certification
- Graduate Certificate in International Education May 2021
- SIT Graduate Institute Brattleboro, VT
- National Board Certification, Early Childhood Generalist 2010
- National Geographic Certified Educator 2020
Timeline
Research Faculty
Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University
03.2022 - Current
Curriculum Development Consultant
International Rescue Committee
08.2021 - 08.2021
Curriculum Design
Inspiring Teachers, Uganda
06.2021 - 06.2021
Classroom Teacher / Administrative Team
Francine Delany New School for Children, Asheville, NC
08.2012 - 03.2022
Bachelor's Degree - Elementary Education
Saint Mary's College
Master's in Education - Curriculum & Instruction
Lesley University Cambridge
Graduate Certificate - International Education
School For International Training (SIT)
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