JO ANNE FLORY
Tulsa,OK
Summary
Twenty-six years’ experience as an English teacher, including experience working with English Language Learners and on-level and Advanced Placement English students. Leadership experience in the areas of curriculum writing, instructional design, and special program implementation. Additional leadership experience presenting professional development for teachers focused on implementing reading and writing strategies designed to increase student achievement.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Exam Reader – Advanced Placement English Language & AP Seminar
Educational Testing Service
01.2002
- Participated as a faculty consultant at the annual reading of the AP Language Exam and AP Seminar Exam.
English Adjunct Faculty/Dual Enrollment Support Instructor
Tulsa Community College
01.2013 - Current
- Responsible for planning and delivering lessons designed to improve students’ critical reading and argumentative writing skills.
English Teacher and Literacy Coach
East Central High School
01.1998 - Current
- Responsible for planning and leading regularly scheduled department meetings, overseeing implementation of the new StudySync curriculum, and acting as a liaison between English department members and both school administration and the district ELA content manager.
Co-Director of Professional Development
OSU Writing Project
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Coordinated and implemented professional development presentations state-wide for OSUWP partners, teachers, and other adult learners focused on implementing reading and writing strategies to increase student achievement and advance literacy development for ELL’s.
Reading Specialist
Newcomer International School (TPS)
01.2002 - 01.2007
- Responsible for coordinating on-site implementation of the Reading Sufficiency Act, including DIBELS assessment and the after-school tutoring program; Designed and implemented reading intervention for small groups of ELD students struggling with reading.
Education
PhD in Curriculum Studies -
Oklahoma State University
05.2024
Graduate Research Assistant -
Oklahoma State University
Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching -
Oklahoma State University
05.2020
Certified Reading Specialist -
Oklahoma State University
Master of Arts in English -
Oklahoma State University
05.2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art -
Oklahoma State University
05.1994
Bachelor of Arts in English -
Northeastern State University
05.1992
Skills
- Literacy Coach
- Curriculum Development
- Writing Strategies
- Professional Development
- Literacy Strategies for ELL’s
- Critical Reading Strategies
- Working knowledge of instructional design using a Learning Management System
- Working Knowledge of MS Office Suite
- Working knowledge of educational technology used to enhance Literacy instruction, such as Adobe Express, Kahoot, Flip, Sutori, Padlet and Jamboard
Certification
- National Board Certification - Adolescent and Young Adult/English Language Arts (2004-2029)
- Certified by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency in Secondary English Language Arts, Art, English as a Second Language, and Reading Specialist
Affiliations
- Member of the Oklahoma Education Association
- Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association
- National Council of Teachers of English
- Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English
- American and International Associations for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies
- American Educational Research Association
- American Popular Culture Association
Professionalactivitiesandachievements
- Selected as Semi-finalist for Tulsa Public Schools Teacher of the Year 2023-2024
- Awarded National Education Association Foundation Learning and Leadership Grant to implement the “Learning and Practicing Mindfulness in Secondary Schools” project with Dr. Hongyu Wang at OSU
- Awarded Robberson Summer Dissertation Fellowship at OSU Summer 2022
- Selected as NCTE/LOC New Perspectives on Primary Sources Fellow 2022-2023
- Executive Board Member - Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English 2020-2024
- Selected as Yale National Initiative (YNI) Fellow on the TPS Team 2013-2017
- Selected as Teachers Institute for Tulsa Fellow 2017-2019
- Teacher Consultant, Oklahoma State University Writing Project 2001 - Present
Conferencepresentations
- Engaging sports, music, and politics: Popular culture and political dialogue in the English classroom, Popular Culture Association 2024 National Conference, Chicago, IL, 03/27/2024 - 03/30/2024
- Incorporating Popular Culture into a Nonviolent Approach to Secondary ELA Curriculum, A Call of Our Time: Awakenings to Nonviolence in Curriculum and Education, Tulsa, OK, 03/08/2024 - 03/10/2024
- Teaching mindfulness in secondary schools, A Call of Our Time: Awakenings to Nonviolence in Curriculum and Education, Tulsa, OK, 03/08/2024 - 03/10/2024
- Making claims with primary sources to explore issues of immigration, migration, place, and the American Dream, National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Anaheim, CA, 11/17/2022 - 11/22/2022
- Inner, outer, and in-between: Pondering aesthetic possibilities in curriculum, Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH, 10/13/2022 - 10/15/2022
- Meditations, currere, and transforming the inner landscape in teacher education, American Educational Research Association 2022 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA and Virtual, 04/21/2022 - 04/26/2022
- Writing the past, changing the future: A century of learning the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English, 2020-2021 Virtual Recharge, Online, 03/27/2021
Personal Information
Title: PhD, NBCT (AYA/ELA)
Publications
- Room for breathing: Mindfulness, currere, and contemplative practices in teacher education, Wang, H., Flory, J., Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education, 2, 1, 2024, https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/jche/vol2/iss1/3/
- The thorns and roses of contemplative curriculum: Exploring undergraduates’ journeys with self-awareness, Schneider, J, Flory, J., Smyth, J., Holistic Education Review, 3, 2, 2023, https://her.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/her/article/view/2932
- The black girls must have started the fight: Countering the default to othering in education, Flory, J. A., Oklahoma English Journal, 34, 1, 16-18, 2021, http://www.okcte.org/uploads/6/8/7/1/68714777/oej_fall_2022.pdf
- Curriculum in a third space, Wang, H., Flory, J., Oxford Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies, Oxford University Press, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1579
Timeline
English Adjunct Faculty/Dual Enrollment Support Instructor
Tulsa Community College
01.2013 - Current
Co-Director of Professional Development
OSU Writing Project
01.2007 - 01.2009
Exam Reader – Advanced Placement English Language & AP Seminar
Educational Testing Service
01.2002
Reading Specialist
Newcomer International School (TPS)
01.2002 - 01.2007
English Teacher and Literacy Coach
East Central High School
01.1998 - Current
PhD in Curriculum Studies -
Oklahoma State University
Graduate Research Assistant -
Oklahoma State University
Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching -
Oklahoma State University
Certified Reading Specialist -
Oklahoma State University
Master of Arts in English -
Oklahoma State University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art -
Oklahoma State University
Bachelor of Arts in English -
Northeastern State University