In this interview, Jennifer Mitchell, Coordinator of K-12 Curriculum and Professional Development for the Mifflin County School District in Pennsylvania, sits down to discuss the complexities of curriculum mapping and best practices to succeed. She expands on the insights she offered in a recent SmartBrief op-ed, Why curriculum mapping matters and how to pull it off,
- Jennifer Mitchell: AuthorView all posts
Jennifer Mitchell is an experienced educational leader who has served in the role of teacher, instructional coach, principal, and central office administrator. As a teacher leader, she assisted her district in the implementation of full-day kindergarten and an Rtii system. While in the role of instructional coach, she modeled and aided teachers in developing best practices at tier I instruction. During her role as principal, she led two different high poverty elementary programs to develop a multi-tiered system of support from the ground up with a focus on behavior and literacy. Currently, as the Coordinator of K-12 Curriculum and Professional Development for the Mifflin County School District, she has embarked on further developing multi-tiered systems of support in elementary mathematics and begun building the foundations for secondary MTSS. Jennifer Mitchell knows firsthand the challenges schools face in providing high-quality instruction for all learners but embraces finding the solutions through collaboration with others utilizing the MTTS framework for school improvement.
