Jennifer King
Liberty Hill,TX
Summary
Dynamic assistant professor of instruction with a robust background in education, currently contributing to the Department of Organization, Workforce, and Leadership Studies at Texas State University since August 2023. With 25 years of experience in K-12 education, expertise includes teaching diverse age groups and coaching educators on effective technology integration in classrooms over the past seven years. Passionate about fostering innovative learning environments and empowering educators to enhance student engagement through technology. Committed to advancing instructional practices that prepare future leaders in education.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Professor of Education
Texas State University
07.2023 - Current
- I currently teach undergraduate and graduate students. I also train area teachers in the Tech Apps and Computer Science curriculum to pass the Texas teacher exams with a grant. I received this sub-award grant of $160,000 from the WeTeach_CS grant.
- Maintained an up-to-date knowledge of subject matter by attending conferences, workshops, and webinars relevant to the field of study.
- Helped struggling students by providing support outside of classrooms and consistently checking in on progress.
- Facilitated a supportive learning environment with clear expectations, constructive criticism, and open communication between students and faculty members.
Digital Learning Coach
Georgetown ISD
07.2020 - 07.2023
- As a district Digital Learning Coach, I served the middle school teachers, administrators, and staff.
- I supported the instructional technology needs of the teachers and students.
- I provided training both at the district and campus levels.
- I worked with the new teacher initiative on the DLC team and collaborated with teaching and learning to provide support to the mentor/mentee program.
- I also worked to improve the digital citizenship programs for K-12.
Lead Digital Learning Coach
Liberty Hill ISD
08.2016 - 07.2020
- I began my technology specialist field as a Digital Learning Coach for the Intermediate School in 2016.
- I was promoted to the Lead Digital Learning Coach for the district in January of 2018, in charge of the technology training and team.
- I served as a robotics coach for our Intermediate and 7th-grade robotics team who made it to the state competition in 2018.
- Both the Intermediate and JH teams achieved top scores at the regional competition advancing to state in 2019.
- Trained the robotics coach for JH in 2018-2020.
- Served as a member of the Intermediate Leadership team member in 2019-2020.
Redeemer Lutheran School
08.1998 - 07.2016
- I worked in many grade levels and taught everything from PK to 8th grade.
- Much of the time, I taught 6th-grade ELA teacher, Advisor for the NJHS, 6th-grade Science, Art, Robotics, Technology Applications, and Video Game Programming electives.
Education
Doctorate - Educational Leadership and Administration
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
12.2023
Master of Educational - Educational Technology
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
01.2012
Bachelor of Art - Interdisciplinary
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
12.1997
Skills
- Adobe Creative Educator Level 2
- Apple Certified Teacher
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Conference presentations
- Online teaching
- Technology-based curriculum
- Grant writing
- Inclusive pedagogy
- Instructional technology
- Distance learning tools
- Educational technology
- Technology-based learning tools
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of three staff members with the WeTeach_CS grant.
- Successfully achieved teacher training by introducing the WeTeach_CS training curriculum for 27 teachers to pass the Texas CS8-12 or EC-12 Tech Apps tests. High pass rate from training.
- Achieved teacher training by introducing AI programs for teacher efficiency tasks. The Department of Education bought out one of my teaching credits to develop a course to train teachers to help them improve instruction.
Certification
Texas Teacher Certifications
Early Childhood Education
Grades (PK-KG)Elementary History
Grades (1-6) Elementary Reading Grades (1-6)
Elementary Self-Contained Grades (1-6)
Languages
German
Elementary
Personal Information
Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction/MEd Advisor
Awards
- Kappa Delta Pi member of the National Honor Society in Education
- Lead member of the leadership team that was awarded Texas Schools to Watch 2019-2020, and a member of the school to receive Global PLC for 2017-2020, Liberty Hill Independent School District
Hobbies and Interests
- Hobby Farming
- Sustainable Gardening
- STEM/Robotics/3D Printing
- AI in Education and Training
Timeline
Assistant Professor of Education
Texas State University
07.2023 - Current
Digital Learning Coach
Georgetown ISD
07.2020 - 07.2023
Lead Digital Learning Coach
Liberty Hill ISD
08.2016 - 07.2020
Redeemer Lutheran School
08.1998 - 07.2016
Master of Educational - Educational Technology
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Art - Interdisciplinary
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Doctorate - Educational Leadership and Administration
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
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