JACQUE ENSIGN
Associate Professor
501 Crescent St.
New Haven, CT 06515
CURRICULUM VITA
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. 96 |
University of Virginia |
Social Foundations of Education |
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M.Ed. 73 |
Virginia Commonwealth Univ. |
Elementary Education |
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B.A. 72 |
Eckerd College |
Psychology |
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND EDUCATIONAL
POSITIONS
96-present Associate Professor (00-) Assistant (96-00),
Department of Education, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
(leave of absence 01-03)
• taught graduate foundations of education and education, undergraduate special education courses
01-03 Associate
Professor of Teacher Education, Seattle University, Seattle, WA
• team taught graduate
Multicultural Education and Diversity and Psychology of Learning components of
an integrated methods course; also taught Middle School intensive course &
Philosophy of Education
00-01 Visiting
Faculty Member, School Development Program, Child Study Center, Yale
University, New Haven, CT
• collaborated on research on
education and youth development
98 - present Adjunct
Assistant (98-99) Associate Professor (00-), University of Virginia, Falls
Church, VA
• teach graduate foundations
of education courses in summer
94-95 Instructor;
University of Virginia, Falls Church, VA
• co-taught taught graduate
foundation of education courses
Spring 94 Teaching
Assistant; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
• co-taught graduate course
in 5th year Teacher Education Program
88 -
present Educational Consultant & Evaluator for homeschool
programs in 54 school systems in Virginia
• advising families for K-12
curriculum, standardized achievement testing, individual portfolio and performance assessment, workshops on
portfolio assessment for public school teachers
94-95 Test
Director & Administrator; Albemarle County Schools, VA
• coordinated standardized
achievement testing for homeschool students
91- present Educational
Consultant for Special Needs Children; National Home School Legal Defense
Association, Paonian Springs, VA
• advising for individual
educational plans, performing portfolio and performance assessment
1992 Member
of two task forces: planning new standards for grades 6-12 language arts, and
planning and field testing authentic assessments in science and math for K-12;
Albemarle County, VA
90-92 Founder,
Program Director; Virginia Homeschool Conference, Richmond, VA
• Created, organized, oversaw
three day annual conferences with sessions for adults & children
90 - 91 Visiting
Writer; University of Virginia Writers Workshop, Charlottesville, VA
• summer national program for
gifted high school students
82-93 Homeschool
Teacher K-10 all subjects, Webster County Schools, WV and Albemarle County
Schools, VA
80 - 86 Director
and Teacher in Nonprofit Corporation; Growing Tree Early School, WV
• developed and implemented model
parenting program and model preschool, trained student teachers, administered
program
77-79 Substitute
Teacher, K-8, Webster County Schools, WV
1982 President,
nonprofit corporation to found an alternative elementary school in WV
74 - 77 Teacher,
Kindergarten, Grades 1 & 3, Webster County Schools, WV
73 - 74 Teacher
& Board Member; Temple Rock Center, WV
• helped convert VISTA program
to community school for 3-5 year old children with parent education component
72 - 73 Outdoor
Education Teacher; Richmond City Public Schools, VA
71 - 72 Assistant
Teacher; City Center for Learning, Pinellas Schools, FL
• taught preschoolers and
trained day care workers
Culturally
Relevant Education
Educational
Reform
Introduction
to Exceptional Individuals
Teaching
Exceptional Students in the Elementary Education Classroom
Introduction
to Critical Inquiry
Psychology
of Learning
Education
for Justice and Diversity
Multicultural
Education
Philosophy
of Education
Homeschooling:
Implications for Educators
Educating
Urban Students
The Child in
the American Culture
Research in
Education
Interdisciplinary
Teaching and Learning: An Internet-based Course
Research in Education
The Child,
School, and Society
Current
Issues Affecting Classroom Teachers
Controversial
Issues in Contemporary Education
Comparative
Dynamics & Designs of Educational Change
Foundations
of Moral Education
Contemporary
Issues in Education
Introduction
to Social Foundations
History of
Education: Forty Years after Brown v Board of Education
CERTIFICATION
73
- 2001 Postgraduate
Professional License, K - 8, Virginia
74
permanent Professional
Teaching Certificate, K-8, West Virginia
72 - 82 Adult
Education, Florida
AWARDS
1981 Growing Tree Early
School, which I founded and directed, was chosen by Appalachian Educational
Laboratory as one of twenty model parenting programs in a seven state area.
1993-4
Dean’s Fellowship, UVA Curry School of Education, given for
“outstanding, experienced professional pursuing a doctoral degree”
PUBLICATIONS
Book
& Book Chapters:
Norris
Haynes, Michael Ben-Avie & Jacque Ensign (Eds.) (2003) How Social and
Emotional Development Add Up: Getting Results in Math and Science Education, New York: Teachers
College Press. (Chapters: Jacque Ensign. “Nurturing Mathematics Learning
in the Classroom;" Michael Ben-Avie,
Norris Haynes, Jacque Ensign, Trudy Raschkind Seinfeld, “Social &
Emotional Development in Relation to Math & Science Development: An
Introduction to the Argument;” Michael Ben-Avie, Norris Haynes, Jayne
White, Jacque Ensign, Trudy Raschkind Steinfeld, Loleta Sartin. “Youth Development and Student Learning
in Math and Science”)
Jacque
Ensign. (accepted, in press) " Helping Teachers Use Students' Home
Cultures in Mathematics Lessons," Preparing Prospective Mathematics and
Science Teachers to Teach for Diversity: Promising Strategies for
Transformative Action.
Alberto Rodriguez & Rick Kitchen (Eds.). Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.
Jacque
Ensign. (accepted, in press). “A Story of Complexity: Identity
Development, Difference, and Teaching for Social Justice,” Community
and Difference: Stories about Teaching and Social Justice. Roberto Pena, Kristen
Guest & Lawrence Matsuda. New York: Peter Lang.
Journal
Editor:
Jacque
Ensign, co-editor of “Ritual in Education” special issue of Urban
Review,
Vol. 29, No. 4, 1997.
Jacque Ensign. Review of Performance-Based Student Assessment:
Challenges and Possibilities, by Joan Boykoff Baron and Dennie Palmer Wolf,
ed., In
Educational
Studies: A Journal in the Foundations of Education, Winter 1997, Vol 28,
No. 3/4, 199-203.
Jacque Ensign. Review of Pedagogy of the City, by Paulo Freire,
translated by Donaldo Macedo, In Educational Studies: A Journal in the
Foundations of Education, Vol. 29, No. 1, 82-86., Spring 1998.
Booklet:
Jacque Ensign. How to Start a Writing Club. Crozet: Learning
Connections, 1991.
Monograph:
Ben-Avie, Michael, William Brown, Jacque Ensign,
Jayne White, Loleta Sartin. Learning and Development Among High School
Students: Responses of Central High School Students to the Learning and
Development Inventory.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Child Study Center, April 23, 2001.
Psychological Instrument:
Ben-Avie, Michael, Trudy Steinfield, Jacque
Ensign, William Brown. Learning and Development Inventory. New Haven, CT: Yale
Child Study Center, 2001.
Articles: Peer Reviewed
Jacque Ensign. (in revision) A Challenge for Educational Studies: Prospective Teachers’ Views of Working with Non-Traditional Families Educational Studies
Jacque Ensign. Including Culturally Relevant Math in an Urban School," Educational Studies: A Journal in
the Foundations of Education, 2003.
Jacque Ensign. Subsequent Educational and Professional Attainment of Black and White Students from Two Segregated Schools, Journal of Negro Education, Vol.71, No. 4, 2002.
Jacque Ensign. Weaving Experiential Education into a Preservice Special Education Course: The Klutz Experience, Teacher Education and Special Education, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2002.
Jacque Ensign. Homeschooling Gifted Students: An Introductory Guide For Parents, A Gifted Education Resource Guide for Indiana Parents
and Educators.
Carmel, IN: Indiana Association for the Gifted, 2002.
Jacque Ensign. Culturally Connected Math Problems in an Urban School, Connecticut Mathematics Journal, in special issue Multicultural Issues in Mathematics Education, spring 2001, 3-10.
Jacque Ensign. Defying the Stereotypes of Special Education: Homeschool Students. in special issue, "Home Education in Context, Practice,
and Theory." Peabody Journal of Education , Vol. 75, No.1 &
2, 2000.
Jacque Ensign. Parents, Portfolios, and Personal Math, Teaching
Children Mathematics,
Vol. 4. No. 6, 346-351, 1998.
Jacque Ensign (invited author). Homeschooling Gifted Students: An Introductory Guide For Parents, ERIC Digest E543, December 1997. Also available at
http://www.cec.sped.org/ericec.htm
Jacque Ensign, Ritualizing Sacredness in Math, Profaneness in Language Arts and Social Studies, The Urban Review. Vol. 29, No. 4, 1997,
253-261.
Jacque Ensign. A Conversation between John Dewey and Rudolf Steiner: A Comparison of Waldorf and Progressive Education, Educational Theory, Vol 46 (2), Spring
1996, 175-188.
Jacque Ensign. Failure to Change Roles in a Classroom: Egalitarianism or Hierarchy in Conflict, Taboo: A Journal in Culture
and Education,
Spring 1996, 129-140.
Jacque Williamson. "Learning to Read at 39," Mothering Magazine, No. 57, Fall 1990.
Jacque Williamson. "Easing Children into Writing," In Anne Pedersen
and Peggy O'Mara (eds) Schooling at Home: Parents, Kids, and Learning, Santa Fe: John Muir Publications, 1990.
Jacque Williamson. "Easing Children into Writing," Mothering
Magazine. No. 37, Fall 1985.
Articles:Other
Jacque Ensign. Weaving Experiential Education into a Preservice
Special Education Course: The Klutz Experience. Resources in Education, December 1999.
Jacque Ensign. Defying the Stereotypes of Special Education: Homeschool Students." Resources in Education, July 1998.
Jacque Ensign. "Changing Roles in a Classroom: An Attempt that
Didn’t Work," Resources in Education, July 1995.
Jacque Ensign. "Results of Virginia Testing of
Homeschoolers," in H.B.
Richman, J. Snyder, and W. Girten, "Math: What Works at Home," The Home School Researcher, Vol.7 (4), 1993.
Jacque Ensign. "Assessing Children's
Progress: Standardized Testing is Not the Only Way," “ Finding Joy in Math," "Rethinking the
GED," Home Educators Association of Virginia, Jan.1991, Jan.1992,
Jan.1993.
Jacque Williamson. "A Grand Experiment," in Letters, Teacher
Magazine,
November/December 1992.
Jacque Ensign. "Evaluations:
An Alternative to Testing," Home School Brief (legal educational
issues), November 1992.
Jacque Williamson. 16 articles, Pennsylvania Homeschoolers, 1986-1992.
Jacque Williamson. "Evaluations: A Wonderful Alternative to Tests," Bayith
Educator,
April 1992.
Jacque Williamson. "Using Math Olympiad Problems for Middle
Schoolers," Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary Schools Newsletter, Vol. 7 (8), April
1991.
Jacque Williamson. 7 articles, Growing Without Schooling, No. 31, 38, 39, 77, 80
& 82, 1982-1991.
Jacque Williamson. "Observing Up Close," "Meeting the World," "Loving Books," in Susan Richman, Writing from
Home: A Portfolio of Homeschooled
Student Writing,
Kittanning: Pa. Homeschoolers, 1990, 31, 76-77, 98-100.
Susannah Sheffer, Nathan Williamson, and Jacque
Williamson. "Writing in Groups," Growing Without Schooling, No. 77, 1990.
Jacque Williamson. "Our Lives Are Richer: A Tribute to John Holt," Growing Without Schooling, Tenth Anniversary
Issue, No. 58, 1987.
Jacque Williamson. "Using Learning Logs for Independent Reading," West
Virginia Writing
Project News,
Spring 1987.
Jacque Williamson (ed.) "Student Writers Section," Webster
Echo Newspaper,
1984-85.
Jacque Williamson. Features writer on educational topics, Webster Echo, 1980-1986.
Jacque Williamson. "One Day in School," in John Holt and Donna
Richoux (eds), Young Children: Natural Learners, Boston: Holt
Associates, 1984.
Jacque Williamson. "Community Learning Opportunities," Alternatives
in Education. Spring 1981.
PROCEEDINGS
Jacque Ensign. “Conceptualization of
Qualitative Comparative Studies: Studying Elementary Math Education and
Out-of-School Life Experiences,” Southeastern Association of
Educational Studies Proceeding, September 1997.
PRESENTATIONS (all podium unless
noted)
Nov. 03 “Promoting Preservice Teachers’ Growth in Culturally Relevant Teaching,” in invited panel paper presentation, “Multicultural Pedagogy: From Resistance to Integration in Pre-service Teacher Education,” American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL
Feb. 03 “Helping Prospective Teachers Become Effective Teachers of Diverse Students” (roundtable presentation) The Association of Teacher Educators, Jacksonville, FL
Nov. 02 (chair of session) “Rethinking Race and Space: The Workplace” Race, Space, and Place: Living in America Conference, Seattle, WA
Nov. 02
“Teaching All Those Different Students: Learning to Teach in Culturally
Relevant Ways” in symposium I chaired, “Preparing Teachers for
Working with Diverse Students: Moving beyond Awareness to Practice”
American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 02
“Workshop on Teaching Social Foundations in Professional Preparation
Programs” (panelist) American Educational Studies Association,
Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 02
“Insinuating the Social Foundations into Teacher Education”
(panelist) American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 01
"What Does Social/Emotional Have to Do with Diverse Students Learning
Math/Science?" American Educational Studies Association, Miami, FL
April
01Panelist "Mathematics and Science Teachers Grapple with Diversity:
Strategies for Transformative Action: An Interactive Symposium" American
Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
Nov. 00
Panelist on Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation, “The
Status of Social Foundations,” American Educational Studies Association,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Nov. 00
Panelist on “Working Session for NCATE Standards Assessment in
Foundations,” Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation, American
Educational Studies Association, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
April 00
“Subsequent Educations and Professions of Black and White Students from
Two Segregated Schools” American Educational Research Association Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, LA
April
00 Keynote Speech: “Through
a Philosophical Lens: Culturally Relevant Teaching in Urban Schools” North East Philosophy of Education
Society, Willimantic, Connecticut
Nov.99 “Including Culturally Relevant
Math in an Urban School,” American Educational Studies Association,
Detroit, MI
Nov.99 “A Challenge for Ed
Studies: Prospective Teachers’ Views of Working with Non-Traditional
Families,” American Educational Studies Association, Detroit, MI
Nov.99 Panelist on Committee on Academic
Standards and Accreditation, “The Status of Social Foundations:
Grassroots Organizing at the State Level,” American Educational Studies
Association, Detroit, MI
April 99
“Weaving Experiential Education into a Preservice Special Education
Course: The Klutz Experience,” American Educational Research Association
Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
April 99
“Using On-line Assignments in Graduate Foundations and Undergraduate
Special Education Courses,” The Connecticut State University Computer
Conference, New Haven, CT
Nov. 98
“Promoting Community in an Internet-Based Course,” American
Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 98 Chair and Commentator for SCSU
Foundations Students’ Paper Symposium, “The Power of Parent &
Teacher Ideas in Reform Efforts,” American Educational Studies
Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 98 “Homeschooling and Its
Implications,” Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut
April 98
“Defying the Stereotypes of Special Education: Homeschool
Students,” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San
Diego, California.
April 98
“The Use of Web-based Case Analysis Testing in a Graduate Internet-based
Course in Education,” The Connecticut State University Computer
Conference, Willimantic, Connecticut
Nov. 97
"Using Student-searched Articles as Assigned Readings in Teaching the
Foundations," American
Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas
Mar. 97
“Linking Life Experiences to Classroom Math,” American Educational
Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Nov. 96 “Ritualizing Sacredness in Math,
Profaneness in Language Arts and Social Studies,” American Educational
Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
Nov.95 “Elementary Math Education and
Out-of-School Life Experiences: A Comparative Qualitative Study,”
American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio
Oct.95 “Linking Life Experiences to
Classroom Math,” Math Learning Research Seminar, Michigan State
University, E. Lansing, MI
Mar.95
“Conceptualization of Qualitative Comparative Studies,”
Southeastern Association of Educational Studies, Chapel Hill, NC
Mar.95
“Philosophical Perspectives: John Dewey and Education,” Social
Foundations of American Education course, University of Virginia/Northern
Virginia Center, Falls Church, Virginia
Nov.94 “Segregated Education in One-Room
Schools: Black and White Segregated Education in a Mountain Community,”
The History of Education Society Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC
Nov.94 “Examining Ritual and Novelty in
School Roles,” American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting,
Chapel Hill, NC
Feb.94 “Alternatives to the One
Best System: Homeschooling,” Social Foundations of American Education
course, University of Virginia/Northern Virginia Center, Falls Church,
Virginia. (given 11 subsequent times)
Nov.93
“The One Room School in Sugar Hollow: A School Isolated from
Progressivism,” American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting,
Chicago, Illinois.
Nov.93 “A Conversation between John Dewey
and Rudolf Steiner: A Critique of Waldorf Schools,” American Educational
Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Dec.92 “Including Parents in
Assessment,” general session of Virginia Department of Education's
Assessment Conference, Charlottesville.
Oct.92 "Using Portfolios in the
Classroom," workshop for Albemarle County Public Schools' teachers,
Charlottesville.
Sept.92
"Economical Resources for Homeschooling," "Literature-Based
Reading Program," workshops for Homeschool Educational Conference,
Richmond.
May 92
"Evaluations: A Wonderful Alternative to Testing," speech for Home
Educators Association of Virginia Annual Convention, Virginia Beach.
Feb.92 Interviewee as expert on
homeschooling, Channel One, Whittle Communications, nationwide broadcast.
Nov.91 "Standardized Tests and Portfolio
Evaluations for Homeschoolers," parent meetings in 10 VA cities.
July 91
"Using Peer Evaluations in Revising," workshop for University of
Virginia Writers Workshop, Charlottesville.
May 91
"Assessing Progress," "Starting a Writers' Group,"
"Reading Beginnings," workshops for Learning Connections Conference,
Richmond.
Aug.90 "Getting Published," workshop
for University of Virginia Writers Workshop, Charlottesville.
Aug.90 "Beyond Math Basics, on Toward
Problem Solving,"
"Writing from Home",
"Homeschooling Together: Sharing Learning with Other
Homeschoolers," workshops for Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Conference,
Kittanning, PA.
Sept.90 "Encouraging Writing," "Writing Your Own Curriculum:
Exploring Options in Structure,"
"Math Texts and the Real World, “Virginia Homeschool
Conference, Richmond.
June 89 "Writing at Home and Spelling for
the Hopeless!",
"Homeschooling Together: Sharing Learning with Other
Homeschoolers," workshops for
Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Conference, Kittanning, PA.
Nov.88 "Using Manipulatives in Math,"
speech for Charlottesville Area Homeschoolers meeting, VA.
June 87
"Science and Math Share-In,"
"Encouraging our Kids and Ourselves to Write," workshops for
Pennsylvania Homeschoolers conference, Kittanning, PA.
Grants
• 02-03 Seattle University Endowed
Fund for Faculty Development in Mission, “Helping Teachers Become
Effective Teachers of Diverse Students” Jacque Ensign
• 01-02 Connecticut State University Research Grant,
"Successful Mathematics Teachers of Urban Students," Jacque Ensign
• 01 SCSU Faculty Development Grant, “Workshop:
Action Research Strategies led by Mary Bushnel, Queens College” Jacque
Ensign, Norris Haynes
• 00-01 Connecticut State University Research Grant, “Linking
Students’ Out-of-School Experiences to Classroom Math” Jacque
Ensign
• 00 SCSU Faculty Development Grant, "Internet and
Curriculum Integration Workshop led by Apple Learning Systems," Jacque
Ensign & Jim Granfield
• 00 SCSU Faculty Development Grant, "Integrating Best
Practices in Teacher Education led by Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Michigan State
University," Jacque Ensign & Jim Granfield
• 99-00 Connecticut State University
Research Grant, “Linking Students’ Out-of-School Experiences to
Classroom Math” Jacque Ensign
• 99 SCSU Curriculum Related Activities Grant,
“Development of Internet Study and Research Materials for Two Education
Courses”
• 99 SCSU Faculty Development Grant,
“Web-Based Testing Alternatives at Southern Connecticut State University
- A Panel Presentation”
Ellen Beatty, Mary Brown, Jacque Ensign, Lisa Lancor, Robert Workman
DISSERTATION
1996 Linking Life Experiences to
Classroom Math, a sociocultural study of elementary math education