Jennifer Tressa Klein

Jennifer Klein began her teaching career in 1999 in Brooklyn, New York and has since served New York and New Jersey Schools in a wide range of roles including: Inclusion Teacher, Reading Specialist grades K-12, Creative Writing Teacher, Teacher Leader, Field Supervisor and active parent volunteer.

Professor Klein received her MA from Teachers College, Columbia University in Applied Educational Psychology where she was the recipient of the Neff Fellowship, which afforded her the opportunity to focus on conducting and researching effective literacy intervention strategies for struggling readers with a focus on Dyslexia. She has supervised graduate students in literacy at The Dean Hope Center for Educational and Psychological Services at Columbia University and taught Educational Psychology at William Paterson University.

Professor Klein has taught full time at Hunter College since 2010 and is program Leader for the Learning Disabilities Dual Certification Program K-6 where she teaches and coordinates methods courses in Reading and Writing, advises students and oversees program logistics. She coordinates the Hunter College Learning Lab K-6, an after-school clinical tutoring program that serves the needs of children with learning disabilities. In 2015 Professor Klein was the recipient of the Hunter College School of Education Harold S. Ladas Award for Exemplary Teaching.

Professor Klein is currently on the New York State Education Departments Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Task Force and has previously served on The New York State Education Departments edTPA Task Force and Stakeholder Forums on Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia.

• Teachers College, Columbia University