School of Education
Jennifer Maccarone Hardin
Master Teacher in Residence
Department:
Recruitment, Retention, and Professional Development
Education:
BS in Middle Grades Mathematics and Social Studies from UNCG, 2004
Masters in Middle Grades Mathematics from UNCG, 2006
Advanced Learner Certification, High Point University, Anticipated Completion May 2009
Post Master’s Certificate in School Administration, UNCG, Anticipated Completion May 2010
Reasearch/Area of Interest:
Teacher Recruitment, especially at the middle school level
Accomplishments:
2005 Guilford County Schools Rookie Teacher of the Year
2006 UNCG SOE Early Career Award
Biography:
Jennifer grew up in Jacksonville, NC and received the NC Teaching Fellows Scholarship at UNCG in 2000. She received her bachelor’s degree in Middle Grades Education in 2004, and began working for Guilford County Schools at Guilford Middle School as a 7th grade math teacher in the fall of 2004. During her first year of teaching, she received the Guilford County Schools Secondary Rookie Teacher of the Year and was named the Rookie Teacher of the Year, which earned her a scholarship to complete her master’s degree at UNCG. She completed her master’s degree in 2006 with a degree in Middle Grades mathematics and was awarded the UNCG School of Education Early Career Award that same year. Currently, she is working on her advanced learner certification, national board certification, and a post master’s certificate in school administration at UNCG.
She resides in High Point with her husband, Josh.
Hobbies/Nonprofessional Interests
Ministering to the people in Philadelphia, PA in the summers
Ministering to the Roma people in Eastern Europe
Coaching the boy’s and girl’s soccer teams at Guilford Middle School
Watching Auburn football with her husband
Favorite Book
Anything by John Grisham
Favorite Movie
A League of Their Own
Most Admired Individual
My Granddad