"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 Digital-Age 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.

Jaclyn's experience includes teaching middle school English Language Arts with the AmeriCorp's program, Teach For America, and teaching and developing Project Based Learning curriculum for Digital Media classes at Warren New Tech High School: a school she assisted in creating in 2008. Thanks to New Tech, Jaclyn is a 21st Century Certified Educator and was given the opportunity to teach and to conduct workshops around the country, assisting educators in best practices when it comes to Project Based Learning, technology integration in the classroom, and wide scale 1:1 implementation at the district level. This work continues today with the Friday Institute with educators and leadership in both rural and urban schools and districts throughout North Carolina.

In 2000, Jaclyn started her own award winning media design studio in New York, which is still in operation, only relocated to NC. This work includes both print, web, and video products for local businesses and non-profit organizations.
Some Favorite Past Presentations Include:
  • Erasing the Line | A Perspective on what is Broken with the SAMR Model, ISTE 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
  • Coaching Digital Learning for Maximum Impact | NCTIES Annual Conference, Raleigh NC 2019; ISTE 2019
  • 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