Taylor Jones

Advocacy, Consulting and Instructional Director, Curriculum Developer

Taylor Jones specializes in educational advocacy, consulting and curriculum development. She works with schools, families, and courts to provide school selection evaluations and recommendations, and advocacy services for students who need additional supports. She holds an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from Columbia University Teachers College, an Ed.M. in Administration and Social Policy from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and a B.A. in English Literature from Boston University. Taylor holds current Arizona Principal and Teacher certifications, and is a member of Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), the National Association for Professional Special Education Advocates (NAPSEA), and Children's Services Network of Arizona. She has over twenty years of teaching, curriculum development and educational administration experience in grades Pre-K through eighth, and was a Columbia University Teachers College Klingenstein Fellowship recipient. Taylor has held administrator and teacher positions in Montessori, independent and public schools in Boston, New York City and metro-Phoenix, including Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City and Phoenix Country Day School in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Additionally, she formerly was for many years an Assistant Principal in Scottsdale Unified School District, and served as the Interim Director at Desert View Learning Center in Paradise Valley, Arizona. She has served on the Board of the Early Education Cooperative Preschool in Paradise Valley, AZ, and is a member of the Blue Watermelon Project, a group of chefs, restaurateurs, farmers, and community food advocates working to bring good food, equal and fair access to it, and systemic food systems reform, to students and schools in Arizona. Prior to her career in education, Taylor worked in the editorial department of Puffin Children's Books at Penguin Putnam in New York City, and as a reporter for various community newspapers in Boston. Taylor loves spending time with her family, and she is the proud mom of one awesome daughter.