Jacqueline Frangis

Jackie Sicari Frangis entered the education profession after ten successful years in private business. As a scholarship recipient from Fordham University, Jackie earned a Master’s in Elementary Education in 1996 and began teaching early childhood grades for eight years at a progressive K-8 school in northern New Jersey. Her thirst for learning had not been quenched and soon after she completed a master’s degree in Leadership and Supervision from Fordham University. Jackie has garnered recognition in Excellence in Educational Leadership from NJPSA in 2005 where she was awarded a Golden Lamp Award. The work that she conducted with researcher and assessment expert, Dr. Dylan Wiliam from the UK, on formative assessment positioned her to facilitate workshops on trending topics such as student led conferences, quality questioning techniques for teachers and formative assessment for the FEA- Foundation Education Association in New Jersey. For the next ten years, Jackie Frangis led schools in educational reform as a school administrator. From increasing levels of student achievement, to providing differentiated professional learning for her faculty, and building partnerships with school and family to support student learning, she stepped in fully as instructional leader. Over the years, Ms. Frangis has presented at the NJPSA/FEA annual state conference on a host of topics including, Administrator as Instructional Leader, Instructional Rounds-A Collaborative Protocol and Close Reading Strategies. The overwhelming positive feedback received from these workshops have led to subsequent workshops for districts around the state and in New York and Texas. The NJEXCEL program, a division of FEA and a state approved Principal and Supervisor certification program, brought Jackie into the program in 2009 as an instructor. On the University level, Jackie returned to her alma mater, Fordham University, to give back to the educational community as a field specialist mentoring graduate students enrolled in the Master of Science in Teaching in Early Childhood Education.Jackie was invited to join the Montclair University Graduate School of Educational Leadership team of professors to teach graduate courses for promising school leaders. In 2016, Jackie launched Elevate Educators, a professional learning organization. Jackie believes in honoring and supporting educators to be the best versions of themselves with the highest quality of professional learning services and resources. “Elevating you to your highest potential” is Jackie and her team’s goal and purpose on this next leg of Jackie's professional life. After years of learning about the Reggio Emilia Approach at Bank Street College, Jackie yearned to study firsthand about this "Experiential Education" grounded in the work of John Dewey and Lev Vygotsky. Subsequently in 2019, she travelled to Reggio Emilia, Italy and immersed herself in an in-depth study of this early childhood constructivist approach to teaching and learning. Jackie's ultimate goal is to provide U.S educators the opportunity to eyewitness and experience this approach in Italy. This study abroad program will allow for engagement, collaboration, reflection and the development of relationships with like minded professionals. Jackie’s pastimes include travelling worldwide, outdoor cycling, downhill skiing, cooking and practicing yoga. As an education evangelist her unquenchable thirst for learning and sharing is limitless. Volunteering her time to help others actualize their personal and professional goals brings her great joy.

Jackie's Accreditation and Credentials

• Fordham University
• Bachelors of Arts – Major : Italian Minor: Economics 1985
• Masters of Science – Elementary Education 1996
• Masters of Science – Educational Leadership 2000
• United Federation of Coaching- Professional coach certification – 2015
• Columbia University- Teachers College- Trained in Reading and Writing workshop
• Orton-Gillingham Level II Trained - 2018
• 1995 Fordham University Full Scholarship Award Recipient - Masters of Science Elementary Education
• NJPSA 2005 Golden Lamp Excellence in Educational Leadership Award Recipient
• New York Principal certification and license SAS 2014
• New York Teacher certification 1995
• New Jersey Principal Certification and license 2005
• New Jersey Teaching Certificate 1996

Jackie Presented At:

• 2019 NJPSA/FEA Collaborate Conference – Creating and Sustaining the Wonder of Learning in Early Childhood Classrooms
• 2019 Rutgers University 52nd Annual Conference on Reading and Writing: Making Comprehension and Fluency Visible K-3
• 2019 New Jersey Booksource Spring Luncheon – You’ve Got This! Developing Text Dependent Questions that Supports Deep Levels of Discussion K-8
• 2018 NJPSA/FEA Lead Conference – New Jersey Tiered Systems of Support – RtI on Steroids
• 2017 NJPSA/FEA EMPOWER Conference- Using Data Driven Decision Making in RtI to Support NJTSS
• 2015 NJPSA/FEA Innovate: Zooming in on Close Reading.
• 2014 NJPSA/FEA ENGAGE: Conference Administrator as Instructional Leader in Providing Differentiated Professional Development.