{"id":55223,"date":"2021-09-14T09:48:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T13:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=55223"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:52:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:52:36","slug":"jennifer-altavilla","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/jennifer-altavilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Altavilla-Giordano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Dr. Jennifer Altavilla-Giordano is a lecturer of language education and director of the TESOL Multilingual Learner Education (Licensure) program at BU Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development. Her research focuses on professional development, preservice training, and instructional coaching for teachers who work with students classified as English learners. She is passionate about collaborating with districts, schools, and teachers through research-practice partnerships to improve multilingual learners\u2019 school experiences and access to grade-level curriculum. Her work has been published in the International Multilingual Research Journal, the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Kappan, MATSOL Currents, and The Sacramento Bee. Additionally, she is a Posse Scholar mentor and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/newbury-center\/about\/terrier-f1rsts\/\">Terrier F1RSTS<\/a> advocate for first-generation graduate students.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Previously, Dr. Altavilla-Giordano taught undergraduate and graduate students at Stanford University, Lesley University, and the Alder Graduate School of Education. She served as a literature instructional coach and dean of faculty for Breakthrough Silicon Valley, and consulted with the National Network of Education Research Practice Partnerships (NNERPP) and the Council of Great City Schools (CGCS). Before that, Dr. Altavilla-Giordano was an elementary and middle school teacher and English as a Second Language (ESL) program coordinator in Boston. She was also a course instructor for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.<br \/>\n<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"profile-section-label\">Recent News<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2022\/add-on-esl-license-a-band-aid-not-a-cure\/\">Add-On ESL License: A Band-Aid, Not a Cure<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2022\/faculty-research-spotlight-dr-jennifer-altavilla-giordano\/\">Faculty Research Spotlight: Dr. Jennifer Altavilla-Giordano<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2021\/bu-wheelock-welcomes-new-faculty-for-fall-2021\/\">BU Wheelock Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2021<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":7726,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/55223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7726"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/55223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71727,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/55223\/revisions\/71727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}