Dr Jamie Gustava Gillespie

Research Associate

jggilles@ncsu.edu

Office: 919-513-8553

About Jamie

Jamie graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1987 with a degree in teaching French and German. She was a teacher from 1987 to 1997, during which time she also earned her M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction at National-Louis University. Between 1997 and 2016, Jamie worked as a coordinator of talented and gifted programs, a director of student services and special education, a principal, a director of secondary education and a director of career and technical education. In 2021, Jamie earned her Ph.D. in educational research and policy analysis at NC State.

In her spare time, Jamie likes to knit, read, surf, play with her dogs, and spend time with her family.

Updates

FI Research Associate Jamie Gillespie explores relationship between media coverage and outcomes of teacher strikes at Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference
Nov 11, 2021
How does the media depiction of teacher strikes impact public perception of these issues – and ultimately drive change within the public school system? It’s a question that Jamie Gillespie,...
Staff Spotlight: Jamie Gillespie
Nov 18, 2020
Friday Institute Research Associate Jamie Gillespie is working on a project focused on increasing the availability and quality of mentoring for female faculty, especially those of color, in STEM. Learn more about Jamie in this staff spotlight video.

Resources

Providing models for local policies on e-rate required policies including data confidentiality, data privacy, and responsible use. (Nov 2017) (Memo)
Co-Author

This memo from the Friday Institute summarizes policy findings from the 2017 Digital Learning and Media Inventory survey, provides model policies for consideration, and suggested next steps.
The North Carolina Digital Learning Plan: Policy Recommendations and Action Steps -June 2021 (FI Education Brief)
Co-Author

In this Friday Institute Education Brief, the authors break down current recommendations and distinct action steps to continue work on the six key areas of the North Carolina Digital Learning Plan.

Teams

North Carolina Digital-Age Learning Initiative
Program Evaluation and Education Research (PEER) Group

Projects

Evaluation of ASSISTments

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the use of ASSISTments to support students' mathematics homework completion, differentiated instruction and ultimately students' understanding of mathematics.
North Carolina Digital Learning Plan

The detailed NC Digital Learning Plan (DLP), published September 2015, articulates specific and actionable recommendations for State-level leadership in supporting local education agencies and all public schools in transitioning to digital learning.
North Carolina Digital-Age Learning Initiative

The NC Digital-Age Learning Initiative builds upon the existing foundation of digital learning initiatives to develop a coherent long-term strategy that sets directions and priorities, supports innovation, and provides resources to enable the State's educators and students to benefit fully from digital-age teaching and learning.
STEM East Network Evaluation

From August 2016 through February 2019, the Friday Institute Research and Evaluation Team (FIRE Team) partnered with the STEM East leadership to build the evaluation capacity of 7 network districts who received STEM education grants from the Golden LEAF Foundation. Specifically, the FIRE Team worked with districts leadership teams to more strategically plan, execute, evaluate, and maintain their district’s STEM programs.