Jessica Franz
Education:
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Master of Education in Reading, 2004
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education/ Early Childhood Education, 2001
Training:
· Training in using Performance Tracker to pinpoint areas of need to design instruction- January 2006
· Reading to Learn the Content: Focus on K-3 Science workshop by Patti Vathis, Director of Environment and Ecology
Education for the Department of Education- January 2006
· Training in using DIBELS results to guide instruction- January 2006
· Math their Way Training- October 2005
· Kid Writing Workshops by Eileen Felgus, author of Kidwriting - May 2005, November 2005
· Training in using Guided Comprehension by Dr. Maureen McLaughlin, reading professor at ESU- Spring 2005
· East Stroudsburg University Clinical Supervision Workshop for Cooperating Teachers - March 2005
· Training in administering DIBELS
· K-3 Reading Instruction- 80 hours of early literacy instruction focusing on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary
development, and comprehension- May 2003
Professional Experience:
NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania January 2007 – present
Adjunct Professor in Early Childhood Department
POCONO MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania
August 2001 - present Teacher - First Grade (2002 - present) UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON, Scranton, Pennsylvania
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY, Scranton, Pennsylvania
NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Student Teaching:
NAZARETH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT - Shafer Elementary School
January - March 2001
PEN ARGYL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT - Plainfield Elementary School
March - May 2001
Professional Memberships:
PSEA, NEA
