Jennifer Dean

Jennifer has a M.A in Early Childhood Education and a M.S. in Instructional Technology. Additionally, Jennifer is a certified Google Trainer and Seesaw Certified Educator. Jenn is proud of the fact that she completed her entire university experience through online schooling. Allowing her to serve as an Early Childhood Paraprofessional in pre-kindergarten classrooms in Illinois getting hands-on experiences while completing all her coursework. After graduating, and receiving her Early Childhood Education Certificate from the state of Illinois, Jenn became a full-day pre-kindergarten teacher where she began to learn and implement best practices such as play-based learning, student agency and voice, cooperative learning strategies, and a Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

As she continued her career, she became a second-grade teacher in a beautiful small town called Galena, Illinois. While teaching there she was introduced to a learning experience platform that was founded on her same beliefs, Seesaw. Jenn began using Seesaw with her students and families and jumped right into the world of integrating technology in ways that supported the 4Cs, and UDL and truly fostered a love of learning. She also became a Certified Seesaw Educator. After a great start to her teaching career in Illinois, Jenn and her family decided to move to California, where Jenn continued teaching second grade at a new school. There, she continued her passion for teaching in innovative ways and was subsequently introduced to the world of CUE (Computer Using Educators). She began her second Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology and became a certified Google Educator and Trainer.

Currently, Jenn teaches first grade at Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International Studies in Desert Sands Unified School District in California. She is a mom to a beautiful boy named Jack, a dog named Charleston James, and a cat named California. She is very passionate about meeting the needs of all students, using technology in effective and balanced ways, and of course all things EduProtocols and Seesaw.