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Francine Winston Johnson has been a member of the Johns Hopkins School of Education faculty, in the Department of Teacher Preparation, for more than seven years. She coordinates Masters of Arts in Teaching candidates in the Baltimore ProMAT program.Her experiences as a secondary mathematics teacher and as a teacher of undergraduate mathematics, have helped to shape her focus on the professional development of mathematics teachers.Her major emphasis in professional development is on content knowledge and instructional strategies that lead to improved student achievement.

Dr. Johnson is a regular presenter at local and international conferences that focus on the mathematics preparation of K-12 teachers and has served the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) as a Specialized Professional Associations (SPA) reviewer in mathematics.She currently leads initiatives in a Saturday Algebra Academy at Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Maryland, a grant-funded Institute at Hopkins to develop K-8 Mathematics Lead-Teachers, and actively contributes to the many STEM initiatives that are a major focus of the School of Education and its partners throughout the university.Her most recent contributions to the literature include co-authoring Maximizing the Professional Development School:Two Collaborative Models in the Journal of the National Association for Professional Development Schools and a chapter about data-based decision making applications in mathematics for a text in print.

To contact Dr. Johnson, call 410-516-5293 or email her at: fwjohnson@jhu.edu

Faculty CV

Education

Ed.D., Urban Educational Leadership 1986, Morgan State University

M.A., Mathematics 1971, Morgan State University

M.S., Educational Technology, 1988 Johns Hopkins University

B.S., Mathematics 1965, District of Columbia Teachers College (presently, the University of the District of Columbia)

Professional Experience

Cohort-Coordinator Johns Hopkins University Department of Teacher Preparation 2001-present

Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department 1996-2001

Associate Professor and Coordinator of Freshmen Mathematics Howard Community College 1992-1996

Mathematics Teacher St. Paul’s School for Girls 1989-1992

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science 1971-1989

Mathematics Teacher Hart Junior High School Washington, D.C. 1965-1970

Scholarly/Research Interests

Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation

Effective Teaching of Problem Solving Strategies

Mathematics Lesson Study for Professional Development

Developing Algebraic Thinking for Problem Solving

The Relationship of Teachers’ Content Specific Knowledge to Effective Teaching of Algebraic Strategies for Problem Solving

Current Activities - Grants/Sponsored Research/Partnership Activities

Developing Partnerships with Baltimore City Schools

Professional Development for Vertical Team Building in Mathematics

Assisting High School Faculty in Planning for Implementation of AP Statistics

Principal Investigator, K-8 Lead-Teacher in Mathematics and Science – Maryland Higher Education Commission Grant and Certificate Program 2006 - present

Selected Publications

Masci, F., Beaty-O’Ferrall, M., Cohen, L., Field, T., & Johnson, F. (2007). Maximizing the Professional Development School: Two Collaborative Models. School-University Partnerships,1(2), 77-88.

Johnson, F. (in press). Chapter XII - Data-based Decision Making. D. Carron (Ed.),

Beaty-O’Ferrall, M. & Johnson, F. (in press). Using Supportive Team Building to Promote Improved Instruction, Student Achievement, and Collaboration in an Urban PDS. School- University Partnerships.