Jamie Gustava Gillespie

Research Assoc

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 2013, Jamie enrolled in a Ph.D. program at NC State in educational research and policy analysis. She is currently completing her dissertation.

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

Teams

North Carolina Digital-Age Learning Initiative
Research and Evaluation Team

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.
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.