Senior Associate, Science

Jean Slattery has been a consultant for Achieve since 1999, and she currently serves as a senior associate for the Benchmarking Initiative. She was supervising director of curriculum development and support in Rochester, NY, from 1989 to 1997, with responsibility for overseeing the work of all subject-area directors in the K–12 instructional program. Her earlier responsibilities as a district-level administrator included serving as director of the middle school (1987–89) and junior high (1985–87) programs. During this period, she initiated Teachers as Partners, a peer-coaching staff development program funded by the Ford and Matsushita (Panasonic) Foundations. Prior to becoming an administrator, Jean taught high school science for more than a decade.

Jean also is a peer consultant on standards and assessment for the U.S. Department of Education. She has served as consultant to the San Diego Unified School District, a Washington state consortium of rural schools, and the Alabama and Illinois departments of education. She also has worked for the Council for Basic Education on projects involving the Flint Community School District, the Nevada Education Department and the Cleveland Municipal School District.

Jean received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Albertus Magnus College, a master's degree in science education from Yale University and a doctorate in science curriculum from the University of Rochester.