Jennifer Orr, MetLife Fellow
Jennifer Orr teaches 1st grade at a public elementary school outside Washington, D.C.
She is a National Board Certified first grade teacher.
Jennifer has taught for eleven years, ten years in fourth and fifth grades.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Mary Washington College and a Master of Arts in Social Foundations of Education from the University of Virginia.
Jennifer co-authored the article, Reader Responsiveness 2.0, for ASCD’s Educational Leadership.
She has presented at many conferences and led professional development, on a variety of topics including social studies, arts, literacy, and technology.
Jennifer presented previous research, in part, at the National Education Computer Conference in 2009 with MetLife Fellows Mark Smith and Jennifer Metcalfe.
She has been involved in developing and piloting technology and progress report projects in her district.
Previous Research Includes:
Research Title: Language Arts Workshop Share Research Year: 2009 Research Classification: Student Support/Enrichment Research Summary: We began investigating our reading and writing workshop share. We felt, after studying other aspects of our workshops, it was an area of need for us. We began by reading professional books, especially Don’t Forget to Share! by Leah Mermelstein, about share and analyzing the types of share going on in our classrooms. In the future we plan to look at the types of shares and how they facilitate different types of learning for our students and reflection on their lives as readers and writers.
Research Title: Effective Reading Conferences Research Year: 2008 Research Classification: Curriculum Development Research Summary: In order to strengthen our teaching and assessing of reading, we decided to focus on the weakest area of our reading block – reading conferences. We spent the year researching and deconstructing our reading conferences. By taping our conferences, we were able to notice patterns and trends and synthesize our thinking on our wiki. The research will continue next year.
Research Title: Effective Reading Conferences Research Year: 2007 Research Classification: Curriculum Development Research Summary: In order to strengthen our teaching and assessing of reading, we decided to focus on the weakest area of our reading block – reading conferences. We spent the year researching and deconstructing our reading conferences. By taping our conferences, we were able to notice patterns and trends and synthesize our thinking on our wiki. The research will continue next year.
