About
Hi, I’m Yvette Jordan
Yvette Jordan was born and raised in New York City and worked in local government for over 20 years as well as the New York City Mayor’s Office for Children and Families as Policy Analyst; her area of expertise was youth services for the Dinkins Administration. Following the fall of apartheid, Yvette went to South Africa to serve as a Consultant to NGOs (non-governmental organizations) on governance for two (2) years. In addition, she developed international conferences with HBCUs and African universities about public policy in Johannesburg, South Africa and Harare, Zimbabwe. Following her sojourn to the ‘motherland’, Yvette realized she enjoyed imparting information and training constituencies. She applied to Newark Public Schools and became a History teacher in 2005. Since that time, Yvette has enjoyed teaching high school students African American and US History as well as Social Justice.
Her activism in Newark began as a founding member of Newark Education Workers Caucus (NEW Caucus), a group of educators committed to fighting for social justice issues within education for all educators, students and their families. Since the lead water crisis in Newark, she has been a fierce advocate for environmental justice.
She and her husband Frank reside in Newark, New Jersey.
My diplomas
Wagner College – Bachelor of Science, Economics
University of Phoenix – Masters of Arts – Secondary Education
Yale University – PIER Institute – Post-Graduate work – focus Africa
Professional Development
Co-Curriculum Writer Newark Public Schools Social Studies – Responsible for developing and writing History of Newark course for the District
Professional Development
FEA CAR Model Training Summer Teacher Leader training that connects the Common Core State Standards, student learning, professional learning, and teacher and leader effectiveness to the work of professional learning communities (PLCs).
Professional Development
Amistad Implementation District Co-Chair January 2020 – present Responsible for Co-Chairing and directing the framework and implementation of the Amistad curriculum in the Newark, NJ schools, grades 6-12.
Co-Curriculum Writer – Genocide/Slavery for the NJ Amistad Commission and Commission on Holocaust Education – January 2010
Co-Curriculum Writer – Yale University PIER Institute – Africa – Develop classroom materials and lesson plans related to the teaching of Africa
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Social Studies Teacher – Social Studies 2015–present
Newark Public Schools – Central High School – Newark
Newark Early College High School, Newark, NJ August 2013 – August 2015
Teacher Leader – Social Studies – August 2012 – June 2013
Newark Public Schools – West Side High School, Newark
Social Studies Teacher – August 2005 – August 2012
Newark Public Schools – West Side High School Newark
Other Experiences
- Consultant – Republic of South Africa April 1995 – November 1997
- Trained South African non-governmental organizations on governance following the fall of Apartheid.
- Served as a Consultant and Coordinator for Southern University for the first trans-Atlantic conference with HBCUs and Black African universities in South Africa.
- Developed cross-continental educational events with USA, South Africa and Zimbabwe
- Event Producer: Bahia Jazz Festival, Comic Relief Newark and New Jersey Inspirational Choir South Africa Gospel Tour
- Policy Analyst: New York City Mayor’s Office for Children and Families
If you have no critics – You’ll likely have no success.
I learned early in life that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
Malcolm X
If you have no critics – You’ll likely have no success.
I learned early in life that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
Malcolm X
If you have no critics – You’ll likely have no success.
I learned early in life that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
Malcolm X