Jenny Maguire  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ed.D. Educational Leadership, Saint Mary's College, May 2011
  Dissertation, Math Camp: Co-Constructing Problem Solving in a Summer Mathematics Program Developed and implemented a learning trajectory of themed problem-solving lessons and documented the role of the initial introduction of the problem in the subsequent development and co-construction of teacher and student problem-solving skills
• M.S. Education, Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction, California State University East Bay, June 2004
  Thesis: The Effects of Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction on Elementary Students’ Mathematics Achievement Examined the barriers to elementary teachers’ implementation of standards-based mathematics instruction and the change in student performance when standards-based instruction was implemented.
• B.S. University of California, Davis, June 1984

Teaching Experience:

• District Mathematics Specialist - Orinda Union School District (June 2000 - August 2010)
• Classroom Teacher - Walnut Creek/Orinda (June 1993 - June 2000)

Awards:

• Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, Outstanding Dissertation - Saint Mary's College (May 2011)
• Teacher of the Year - Orinda Union School District (September 2006)
• Mathematics Teacher of the Year - Alameda-Contra Costa Counties Mathematics Educators (ACCME) (March 2004)
• SDB Teacher Recognition Award - Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (April 1999)

Grants:

• Individual Teacher Technology - Contra Costa County Office of Education (November 2003)
• Mathematics Through Technology - Educational Foundation of Orinda (EFO) (October 2003)
• School-Wide Garden Grant for Math in the Garden - Del Rey Elementary School (September 2000)

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Integer Conceptual Development. Maguire, Jenny (talk, speech or lecture, invited, primary presenter)
  California Mathematics Council, Northern California Annual Conference
  (December 2007)
• Differentiated Mathematics Through Technology. Maguire, Jenny (talk, speech or lecture, invited, primary presenter)
  California Mathematics Council, Northern California Annual Conference
  (December 2006)
• Maguire, Jenny and Kopp, Jaine (talk, speech or lecture, invited)
  California Science Teachers Association, California Science Education Annual Conference
  (February 2003)