Nicki Newton M Ed
Nicki Newton has been an educator for the past 16 years, working in inner city schools on both the East and West coasts. Having spent several years as a bilingual teacher and staff developer, she has an extensive background in Sheltered Instruction and English Language Learner Strategies. Furthermore, she has worked with Heidi Hayes Jacobs in facilitating both the Curriculum Mapping and the Interdisciplinary Curriculum Institutes at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her work as an adjunct professor at a NY university, teaching elementary curriculum and math methods courses keeps her abreast of the latest educational theories. She has presented at several national and international conferences on education-- including being an invited speaker for the NEA on developing a meaningful, student centered, interdisciplinary social studies curriculum as well as working on a special interdisciplinary social studies curriculum for the AFT.