Dr. Jennie Winters has facilitated curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development for over two decades.  She has served as a teacher, district administrator, regional, state, and national trainer. She led the Illinois State Board of Education Model Mathematics Curriculum Project to guide educators to revise curriculum, instruction, and assessment for the CCSS.  Jennie has an M.A. in Teaching and an M.A. in Educational Leadership from Aurora University and a B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She earned a PhD, specializing in Assessment, Evaluation, and Accountability at Walden University.  

Dr. Winters is a full-time faculty member for the School of Education McKendree University, teaching in the paraprofessional certification, MAT, MAED, and EdD programs. She also serves as an adjunct professor of education and mathematics teaching undergraduate students. She is a national presenter, facilitating professional learning on assessment, practical data use, and standards-based instruction. Her consultant work in partnership with multiple regional offices of education supports school improvement efforts in numerous school districts in the Midwest.

She is a past recipient of the Lee Yunker Award for Mathematics Leadership from the Illinois Council for Teachers of Mathematics.  She has presented workshops for a variety of organizations and conferences.  Among them are the Visible Learning Conference, Association for Curriculum and Supervision Development National and Regional Conferences, National Multiage Conference, Illinois School Board Association, Illinois Principal’s Association, Illinois Council for Teachers of Mathematics, and the Bureau of Educational Research.  She has represented Illinois at various national meetings, including EQuIP and the PARCC Core Leadership Group.  In addition, she has served on the Illinois State Board of Education Mathematics Assessment Advisory Council, New Standards Trainer of Trainers, Response to Intervention Trainer of Trainers, and ICTM Board of Directors.  Jennie is currently a member of the National Society for Leadership and Success and serves on the Board of Directors for Illinois ASCD.

After completing her PhD, Jennie joined two colleagues in the formation of a support network for doctoral research students. Their social change agenda is to facilitate free coaching sessions for students seeking support throughout the dissertation research process. Jennie’s research interests include monitoring student growth using alternatives to standardized testing, ipsative assessment, problem-solving in mathematics, educator assessment literacy, and practical data use.

Marquis Who’s Who Registery

More about Dr Winters