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Amy Wilson has been working with urban students and teachers for almost 20 years. She did an urban teaching internship in the Chicago Public Schools, came to Baltimore with Teach For America in 1992 and has been in Baltimore ever since. After teaching third and fifth grades at Fort Worthington Elementary in east Baltimore, she wrote math curriculum for the Success For All Foundation before moving into teacher education. In the Department of Teacher Preparation in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins, she works primarily with Teach For America teachers who choose to pursue their Master of Arts in Teaching degrees. She teaches courses in urban school reform; curriculum, instruction and assessment; and classroom management, motivation and communication. Her main areas of interest are urban teacher preparation, high quality university supervision, and elementary math instruction.

To contact Ms. Wilson, call 410-516-7950 or email her at: amywilson@jhu.edu

Faculty CV

Education

M.Ed. Concentration in Urban Education, Goucher College, 1996.

B.A. Psychology; Educational Studies Concentration. Carleton College, 1992

Professional Experience

Instructor, Johns Hopkins University, Graduate Division of Education (1999 – present)

Curriculum Specialist, Johns Hopkins University/Success For All Foundation (1998 - 99)

Adjunct Faculty Member , Western Maryland College, Department of Education (1997 – 98)

Teacher Advocate for JHU Tutorial Program. Johns Hopkins University (1997 – 98)

Teacher, Grades 3 and 5, Baltimore City Public Schools, Fort Worthington Elementary. (1992 – 97)

Math Leadership Representative, S.T.A.R.S. (Science) Leadership Teacher, Professional

Development Committee Member, School Improvement Team

Scholarly/Research Interests

Urban Teacher Preparation

Alternative Certification

Urban School Reform

Current Activities - Grants/Sponsored Research/Partnership Activities

Coordinator of the JHU/Teach for America Master of Arts in Teaching Partnership