Janee Williams

Doctorally prepared English educator and instructional leader with 15+ years of experience in secondary ELA instruction, AP Language and Composition, curriculum leadership, and department-level coaching. Proven record of improving literacy outcomes, leading professional learning, and mentoring teachers while maintaining excellence in classroom instruction and athletic coaching.

English Department Co-Instructional Leader / AP Language & Composition Teacher / 10th Grade Literature Lead Teacher - Dunwoody High School - Dunwoody, GA

(2022-01)

• Lead curriculum alignment, assessment calibration, and instructional coaching
• Facilitate PLCs, professional learning, and data-driven decision making
• Serve as liaison between department and school leadership
• Teach college-level rhetoric and composition aligned to the College Board AP Language and Composition framework
• Guide students in analyzing rhetorical situations, author's purpose, audience, and context across complex nonfiction texts
• Prepare students for the AP Exam through explicit instruction in rhetorical analysis, argument, and synthesis essays
• Emphasize thesis development, line of reasoning, evidence integration, and stylistic control in academic writing
• Use close reading, Socratic seminars, timed writings, peer review, and data-driven feedback to strengthen performance
• Differentiate instruction to support diverse learners while maintaining high academic rigor
• Guide team curriculum development and vertical alignment
• Mentor teachers and support instructional innovation
• Teach gifted, honors, general, and collaborative sections
• Emphasize analytical, argumentative, and rhetorical writing

Accelerated & Gifted World/British Literature Teacher - Tucker High School - Tucker, GA

(2021-01 - 2022-01)

12th Grade Language Arts Team Lead / Honors/Gifted Language Arts Teacher - Grayson High School - Grayson, GA

(2016-01 - 2021-01)

9th Grade English Teacher - Columbia High School - Columbia, GA

(2009-01 - 2013-01)

High School ELA Literature and Composition II Curriculum Development Team Member / ELA Master Teacher Cadre / ELA 9-12 Unit Enhancement Team / Gateway Exam Scor - DeKalb County School District

Head Girls Basketball Coach - Dunwoody High School - Dunwoody, GA

(2023-01)

Assistant Varsity Girls Basketball Coach - Grayson High School - Grayson, GA

• Multiple State Playoff & Championship Appearances
• Region Assistant Coach of the Year (2018–2019)

Doctor of Arts - English Pedagogy (English Literature) - Murray State University

Master of Arts in Teaching - Secondary English - Agnes Scott College

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature - Agnes Scott College