About me
Jamey Olney teaches 7th and 8th grade English Language Development at Glick Middle School in Modesto, CA, where she serves as the English Language Development site coordinator and advises the H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Everywhere) Club. Jamey previously taught grades K-8 and has served as an instructional coach and school administrator in underserved communities throughout Northern California and for the Department of Defense Education Activity in Germany. She helped develop the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Literacy: Reading-Language Arts certificate and was featured in the 2016 ASCD documentary “Disrupting Poverty”. She has served as a California Teach Plus Policy Fellow and a Teach Plus Emergent Bilingual Change Agent Network leader. She was recognized as 2000 DoDEA State Teacher of the Year and was a 2023 NEA Global Classroom Fellow. Her policy and research interests include English Learners, community and family engagement, and socio-emotional learning.
