Meet Our Faculty & Staff
LaShawn D. Jefferies
UFT Specialist and Instructional Coach
My name is LaShawn D. Jefferies. I am the United Federation of Teacher Center (UFT)
Specialist and the Instructional Coach for grades 3-5.
As the Instructional Coach for grades 3-5, I work with teachers to develop and enhance their practice.
A big part of my work entails providing content professional development (PD) sessions.
My name is LaShawn D. Jefferies. I am the United Federation of Teacher Center (UFT) Specialist and the Instructional Coach for grades 3-5.
As the Instructional Coach for grades 3-5, I work with teachers to develop and enhance their practice. A big part of my work entails providing content professional development (PD) sessions. The goal of these sessions is to develop teachers’ content knowledge of our new curriculums in reading and math.
In my role as the UFT Teacher Specialist, I provide PD with the other members of the team. I also provide information about various PD opportunities outside the school that are offered by the UFT, a state approved vendor of professional development. As such, I am able to provide PD credit to those who need it.
My work with teachers will involve the following:
· Coaching cycles (teacher focused) · Unit planning
· Lesson planning
· Looking at student work
· Co-teaching
· Providing researched-base teaching strategies
· Student-centered Coaching cycles
· Data analysis
· Demo lessons
In both roles, the desired end goal is improved student progress, which leads to proficiency in reading, writing, and math.