I teach kindergartners in a suburban, public, Title I school. I love my job.
You can contact me at jenorr at gmail dot com.
National Board Certified Teacher – middle childhood generalist, 2002, renewed 2012
Teacher Consultant with the Northern Virginia Writing Project
MA in Social Foundations of Education from the University of Virginia, 2005
Clinical Faculty with George Mason University (host intern pre-service teachers)
Participated in ASCD’s Whole Child Symposium on Teacher Leadership, Fall 2014
Published Making a Habit of “How Do You Know?” in ASCD’s Education Update, December 2013
On ASCD’s Whole Child Podcast, Early Childhood Education: Balancing Expectations and What Young Learners Really Need, 2013
ASCD Emerging Leader, 2013
Published A Picture is Worth 100 Math Ideas, coauthored with Jennifer Suh, in Teaching Children Mathematics, March 2013
Winner of ISTE’s Kay L. Bitter Vision Award for Excellence in Technology-Based PK-2 Education, 2012
Published Raising Our Teacher Voices: A Call for a New Generation of Leadership, 2015
Wrote for teachinghistory.org (examples: on VoiceThread, integrating history, teaching Thanksgiving, and teaching about heroes)
Published Reader Responsiveness 2.0, coauthored with Monica Mohr, in Educational Leadership, March 2009
Your Classroom is Not Your iPhone for ASCD Express, January 2016
Ready for Kindergarten at Fredericksburg Parent and Family, March 2016
Contributed to Larry Ferlazzo’s Education Week blog: Seeing Families as ‘Co-Creators’ of Our Schools
Posts written for Nerdy Book Club:
– Top Ten Books to Encourage Discussions around Social Justice
– Nerdy In So Many Ways
– Supporting Pre-Nerdy Readers
– Bedtime Reading at School
Conference Presentations:
- Supporting Writers, VSTE, December 2013, and Language and Learning, March 2014
- Assessment Driving Instruction, VSTE, December 2013
- Power of Audience, VATE, October 2012
- Power of Reflection, ASCD national conference, March 2012
- Little Ones Learning Math Using Technology, VCTM, March 2012
- Technology for Tots, VSTE, December 2011
- Thinking About Thinking Skills, NCSS national conference , December 2011 and Educon, January 2012
- Collaborative Assessment, ASCD national conference, March 2011
- Collaborative Assessment, Educon, January 2011
- Technology in K-5, ISTE national conference, June 2009, 2010, 2011
Jen, I read your recent blog on student talk and linked to your book. I’m writing to see if you would be interested in joining me on a podcast on this topic. You can find samples of my podcasts here. Happy to arrange a short chat to answer your questions, outline and schedule a recording. Thank you for considering.