"I'm passionate about supporting educators and leaders in adaptive student-centered approaches to provide concrete, quality, purposeful, reflective and on-the-ground personalized learning supported through technology to work towards equity for all learners."
Supporting educators & leaders in adaptive student-centered approaches to provide quality, purposeful & reflective personalized learning through technology.

Teacher. Leader. Learner.
Empowering academic leaders recognized for innovation and quality in teaching and learning, personalized equitable experiences for each student, and commitment to outreach and service to North Carolina and beyond through collaboration and teamwork.

Jaclyn is a unique combination of media designer and educator, beginning her career in education after her successful work as a media consultant and award winning graphic designer. As a Research Scholar and Instructional Innovator (more like an Instigator) with the Professional Learning and Leading Collaborative at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, part of North Carolina State University's College of Education, she coaches and assists K-12 educators, ITFs, and Leadership in the transition from the traditional education setting to one enhanced and transformed with digital-age tools and resources through professional capacity building and development workshops, online training, and face-to-face strategic planning for districts large and small.

Her mantra is to adapt, not adopt -  fostering digital-age initiatives to transform professional learning through changes in pedagogical shifts and meeting the needs of all learners to champion creativity and innovation.

She engages leadership teams and educators at all levels in innovative models of professional capacity building and strategic support to serve the visioning, planning, implementation, and assessment of blended and personalized learning and teaching programs. At a national level, Stevens presents regularly on educational frameworks, equitable digital-age strategic approaches for schools and districts, school culture and team building, and student-centered approaches to promote personalization and differentiation. Her mantra is to adapt, not adopt - fostering initiatives to transform professional learning through changes in pedagogical shifts and meeting the needs of all learners to champion creativity and innovation.

As of July 2020, Jaclyn is also serves as an educational innovation specialist consulting with American Institutes for Research as their lead remote learning subject matter expert. 

Prior to this, Stevens transitioned from a career as a media designer to that of educator thanks to her time with Americorp. She has taught middle and high school English Language Arts as well as Digital Media while supporting the creation of a New Tech High School in rural North Carolina.  She is licensed and certified as an Instructional Specialist, an Instructional Technology Facilitator, a Secondary Digital Media educator, a Secondary Language Arts educator, and holds a special endorsement in Computer Education.
Some Favorite Past Presentations Include:
  • The Nurturing of Implementation | planting-cultivating-preparing for the digital learning | Digital Learning Annual Conference, Austin TX, 2020
  • The Principles of True Leadership | NCTIES Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC2020
  • Coaching Digital Learning for Maximum Impact | NCTIES Annual Conference, Raleigh NC 2019, 2020; ISTE 2019
  • Erasing the Line | A Perspective on what is Broken with the SAMR Model, ISTE 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
  • Leveling Up Your Writing Workshop for the Digital Age | ​ SITE Conference, Austin, TX 2017
  • Unleash Student Connectivity and Engagement Through Social Media in K-16 Online Learning | SITE Conference, Austin, TX 2017
  • No More Eye Candy! Inspiring Visual Imagination, Assessing Visual Creativity, NCTIES Annual Conference, Raleigh NC 2014, 2017
  • Coaching Digital Learning | Finding Your Superpower, NCTIES Annual Conference, Raleigh NC 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Digital Writing Workshop, ISTE Conference, Denver, CO 2016
  • Share Your Epic | The Power of Digital Storytelling and Passion Based Learning in Your Schools, NCTIES Annual Conference, Raleigh NC 2016
  • ​Personalizing Writing Workshop in the Digital Space | NCTIES Annual Conference, Raleigh NC, 2015, 2016
  • The Devil's in the Details: Developing a Comprehensive Plan for Digital Teaching and Learning, National Early College Conference, Raleigh NC
  • Maximizing Collaboration | Supporting Productivity Through Collaboration Using Digital Tools and Resources, NC Department of Instruction Institute