Welcome to Literacy Changes Everything!
From Jennifer Dines
Jennifer Dines is an essayist and a poet. She has taught in the Boston Public Schools since 2005 and currently serves as a grade 4-8 Reading Specialist. Jennifer lives with her husband, David, and her three daughters in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood. She is an alumni of Grub Street‘s Essay Incubator program.
Licensure, State of Massachusetts
Elementary Education (1-6)
English as a Second Language (PreK-6, 5-12)
English (5-8)
Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8, 5-12)
Reading Specialist (All Levels)
Certifications
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards English as a New Language Certification
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages – Advanced Speaker of Spanish, Intermediate Writer in Spanish
Education
- Bilingual Education Certificate, Boston College
- Certificate of Advanced Study in Reading, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA 2013
- M.Ed., Special Education, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies, Boston, MA, USA 2009
- M.Ed., Creative Arts in Learning and Elementary Education, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, USA 2006
- B.Mus., Piano and Music Synthesis, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, USA 2002
Honors and Awards
- 2018 Born This Way Foundation/Donors Choose Mental and Emotional Wellness Innovation Challenge Winner
- 2017 Chairwoman, ECET2Boston – A Convening of Culturally Responsive Educators in Massachusetts
- 2015 Team Leader, Boston Teach to Lead Summit, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the US Department of Education; Team Idea: Writing Across the Curriculum for English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities
- 2014 #Pages4Progress Education Activist Award, World Education
- 2014 Finalist, Boston Ed Talks, The Boston Foundation; Presentation on the positive relationship between Boston Teachers Union representation and administration at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School
- 2014 Sontag Prize in Urban Education, Lawrence Public Schools and the Lynch Foundation, Lawrence, MA
- 2013 – 2015 Teacher Advisory Board Member, The Boston Foundation
- 2012 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Take One! Passing Score – English as a New Language
- 2012 Greek Studies Fellow, The Examined Life: Greek Studies in Schools, Newton, MA
- 2012 and 2011 Sontag Prize in Urban Education, Boston Public Schools and the Lynch Foundation, Boston, MA
- 2011 Harvard Allston-Brighton Community Scholarship, Harvard Office of Community Affairs, Cambridge, MA
- 2010 Fund for Teachers Grant, Summer Literacy Fellowship: Cabarete, Dominican Republic
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