Sherman
12585 Stone Lined Circle Woodbridge, VA, 22192
703-623-4071 JS
Education
Certifications
Professional Experience
Awards
Early and Middle Childhood Literacy: Reading-Language Arts, National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards, 2013
Finalist of the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, Washington Post, 2007
Presentations
Sherman, J. (2015, February). Why Carmen cant read or write: Writing workshop as an intervention for
English language learner. Paper and power point presented at Critical Questions in Education
Conference (CQIE): San Diego, CA.
Sherman, J. (2015, March). The effectiveness of implementing a writing workshop approach to increasing
literacy acquisition with English language learners in a primary classroom. Paper presentation at the
Teachers of English Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Toronto, Canada.
Sherman, J. (2016, March). Why dont students read serious books? How can teachers motivate and
encourage students to love books and not discourage them? Paper presented at Critical Questions in
Education Conference (CQIE): San Antonio, TX.
Sherman, J. (2016, March). Writing workshop and effective pedagogical practice for a few good teachers?
Paper presented at Critical Questions in Education Conference (CQIE): San Antonio, TX.
Sherman, J. (2016, April). Implementing writing workshop with English language learners in primary grades:
What does research say about this pedagogical practice? Paper presented at Teachers of English
Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): Baltimore, MD.
Sherman, J. (2016, November). Writing workshop as an effective pedagogical practice for promoting emergent
literacy with English language learners. Doctoral Poster presentation at Association for Literacy
Educators and Researchers Conference (ALER): Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Sherman, J. (2017, March). Why do so few people want to teach anymore? Paper and Power Point presented at
Critical Questions in Education Conference (CQIE): New Orleans, LA.
Sherman, J. (2017, November). The power of conferencing in the writing workshop: An effective practice in
promoting language acquisition and retaining social and cultural experiences among English language
learners in a first grade classroom. Paper to be presented at the Association for Literacy Educators and
Researchers Conference (ALER): St. Petersburg, FL.
Publications
Parsons, S. A., Gallagher, M. A., and the George Mason University Content Analysis Team . (in press). A
content analysis of nine literacy journals, 2009-2014. Journal of Literacy Research. Jan Ainger, Mary
Carmen Bartolini, Alicia K. Bruyning, Ellen Clark, Sarah Crain, Nisreen Daoud, Karen Sutter Doheney,
Stacey Duff, Susan V. Groundwater, Jacqueline Heller, Amber Jensen, Lesley A. King, Jennifer
Lindenauer, Joanna Newton, Allison Ward Parsons, Erin M. Ramirez, Jayne Sherman, and Peet Smith
Professional Service
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Site Facilitator for George Mason University Elementary PDS Program, 2010-2015
Occoquan ES
Member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ASCD, 2008-present