Jacquelyn Gilles

Enrolled in an alternative licensure program at SXU with and ELS and four years experience teaching community college. Dedicated to creating a safe space for students to learn using an inclusive student-centered model focused on tailoring lessons to fit student needs.

English Instructor - College of Lake County; College of Dupage; Moraine Valley Community College; Joliet Junior College

(2016 - 2020)

Four years of experience teaching students with diverse and challenging backgrounds in higher education, fulfilling the following:

• Communicate in clear, direct language
• Create structured lessons to maximize class time
• Backwards planning approach to design curriculum and lessons to ensure students meet learning objectives
• Appropriate instruction materials, including culturally responsive curriculum
• Implement a wide range of instructional and learning strategies to cater to a diverse audience of learners
• Summative and cumulative based assessments, including portfolios
• Utilize assessment data to shape and adjust curriculum/instruction
• Reliance on Bloom’s Taxonomy for higher order thinking skills
• Provide meaningful feedback and grade student work in a timely fashion
• Accessible and responsive to students, parents, and guardians to facilitate achievement

M.A in Teaching - Teaching - St. Xavier University

M.A in Professional Writing - Professional Writing - University of Denver (2018)

M.A in English Literature - English Literature - Governors State University (2015)

B.A in English Literature - English Literature - Governors State University (2013)