Margaret Jones (917) 597-0132Mjones30@schools.nyc.gov File #: 681012margaretesl@gmail.com_______________________________________________________

EXPERIENCE:New Explorers High School, Bronx, NY September 2013- PresentTeacher: ● Teach all levels of ENL including stand-alone class for entering and emerging students ● Co-teach content area classes using New Language Progressions, ● Develop and align curriculum maps and units of study with Common Core Standards using New Language

Progressions ● Serve as liaison between parents, staff and students regarding educational and community ● Ninth Grade Inquiry Leader: Develop daily agendas based on Inquiry Focus● Attended “Train the Trainer” WITSI (Writing as Thinking Inquiry Professional) Development Course Coordinator:● Compile and enter all data for Language Allocation Policy ● Use AMAO tool to analyze student progress ● Administer all sessions of the NYSESLAT to all ENL students● Create and present Professional Development on Co-teaching Strategies in Content Area Classrooms,

Florence Nightingale School, New York, NY September 2012-June 2013K-12 ESL Coordinator and Teacher ● Identified students eligible for ESL and Special Education services ● Served as liaison between parents, staff and students regarding educational and community programs and

events including informing parents on different types of ESL and Special Education programs

TASS Middle School, New York, NY September 2010- June 2012 K-12 ESL Coordinator and Teacher ● Identified students eligible for ESL and Special Education services ● Taught self-contained Special Education ELA class

Ruamrudee International School, Bangkok, Thailand July 2009-July 2010K-12 Supervision

Worked with three sections of administration teams, ESL Teachers, Pupil Services and staff to ensure the proper placement and programming for students● Provided coordination of the ESL Program which included student identification, assessment, placement, exit

criteria, staffing recommendations and program monitoring● Supported ESL teachers and supervised the educational programs being delivered to students at all three

schools● Conducted monthly meetings with the ESL K-12 faculty to ensure the alignment of the three programs and to

work toward developing and documenting the ESL department workTeaching● Instructed transitional and beginning ESL students listening, reading, writing and speaking skills to increase

literacy skills● Oversaw the daily progress of all high-school ESL students in order to facilitate English language acquisition● Maintained Reading and Writing workshop to develop and improve literary analysis and expression

Bayard Rustin Educational Complex, New York, NY February 2000-June 2009ESL Teacher● Taught all levels of ESL including literacy, college preparation and English Literature● Developed units of study which promoted Inquiry Based Learning ● Coordinated credit-recovery program for SIFE students ● Worked closely with content and staff to ensure ESL students meet New York State requirements ● Worked with Institute of Student Achievement to analyze and document best practices for ESL studentsTheodore Roosevelt High School, Bronx, New York October 1994-June 1999ESL Teacher

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● Taught all levels of ESL including a reading workshop for ninth graders using individualized reading and writing program

● Collaborated with interdisciplinary staff to develop Social Studies and Science curricula for LEP students ● Designed and edited student newsletter for ESL literacy students● Wrote courses of study for beginning and transitional English as a Second Language courses incorporating

Performance Standards● Developed and supervised computer activities intended to promote literacy and problem solving skills

STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATIONS● Integrated ENL: Meeting the Needs of ELLs through Co-Teaching and Collaboration: Spring 2015● At Risk High School Educator, Certificate of Completion, April 2015● Beyond Academic Language: Supporting Grade Level Instruction, March 2015● Grader, Common Core ELA, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016● Instructional Strategies for English Learners with Special Needs, October 2014● Creating Opportunities for ELLs to Succeed in the Common Core: The Research-Based Approach, June 2013● Demystifying the Bilingual Common Core Progressions, May, 2013, CFN 206● What Works in Urban Schools, New York Hilton, January 2013● Co-Teaching: How to Have a Successful Push-in ESL Model, January 2013● Balancing Reading and Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English Language Learners, Nov. 2013● ESL and the Common Core: Researched-based Pathways to Success, Columbia University, June 2012● What Works in Urban Schools, New York University, January 2012● Wilson Reading Fundamentals Level One, June 2011● Technology Grant Recipient, CFN 101 Network Symposium, May 2011● Grader, ELA Exam, Spring 2011 ● East Asia Regional Conference, Manila, The Philippines March, 2010● Thailand TESOL, Annual Convention, January, 2010● Institute of Student Achievement, Teachers College, Columbia University Fall 2008● Summer Institute on the Teaching of Reading, Teachers College, Summer 2007● Read, Think, Play: Teaching with Popular Culture, Teachers College, Spring, 2007● Museum Resources for Diverse Learners, Museum of Natural History, Spring 2004● Manhattan High School Superintendent, “Ready, Tech, Go”, Spring, 2002

EducationTeachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY May 1998Master of Arts, TESOL K-12 Certification,

Professional Affiliations ASCD, TESOL, New York City Writing Project, Columbia Teachers College Alumni, National Clearing House of English Language Acquisition,

Language: Proficient in Spanish