Emilie+Jones

Hey y'all!

I'm Emilie. I teach 7th grade ELA in the Bronx at CIS 303: The Leadership and Community Service Academy. I'm about to finish my fourth year of teaching in NYC. (I previously taught one year of high school ELA / theatre in South Carolina.) I am originally from Clinton, South Carolina. I was a 2009 Teach For America corps member and have continued teaching at my placement school after my two year commitment. I am an ELA curriculum leader / writer for my school and have spent numerous hours writing common core aligned ELA units over the past year.

Other than teaching and hanging out with 12 year-olds, I love broadway, __This American Life__ and reading. I'm especially interested in LGBT YA literature (acronym, overload?). I love theatre - reading about it, doing it, talking about it, going to it, researching it, etc. I worked for Broadway.com during the 2010 - 2011 Broadway season reviewing shows. Check me out! [|This is me reviewing James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave!]

Getting married is currently the other big time occupier in my life - so much planning. My fiancee and I had a twenty minute conversation about napkins the other day. Yes, that's right. Napkins.

I'm excited to work and learn from all of you!