| 词条 | Jenifer Fox |
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Jenifer Fox (born December 9, 1960) is an American educator, author, and speaker. She is best known for her work in promoting strengths-based approaches in K-12 schools. In 2008, her book Your Child's Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them was published by Viking Press. In 2007, Jenifer traveled around the country on a bus tour with strengths pioneer Marcus Buckingham promoting the Strengths Movement, Buckingham wrote the foreword to Fox's book citing her vision for education as something revolutionary. A Your Child's Strengths is also published in Poland, Japan, China, Indonesia and South Korea. Jenifer Fox is considered the leader of the Strengths Movement in Schools. Fox created a high school curriculum called the Affinities Program and this was changed in 2009 to Strong Planet.Her school program is used in schools throughout the country and around the world. Fox also authored The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists published in 2011 by Jossey-Bass. In 2014, Fox was hired to develop a new school in the Mississippi Delta. She founded The Delta School. The Delta School Jenifer founded the school based on her strengths program, The Makers Movement and The School to Farm Movement. Fox serves on the national committee on Makers Educator founded by the White House under the Obama administration. Jenifer Fox has provided keynote speeches on 21st century education, business and school innovation, and developing children's strengths to over 2000 organizations. She has made numerous television appearances and radio broadcasts as herself speaking on schools, students and leadership. Fox holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and two Masters Degrees: an MA from Middle bury College's Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English and an M.Ed. from Harvard University.[1] Jenifer Fox is also known for turning-around struggling schools. She has led five schools through times of significant challenge and into sustainability. Born in Milwaukee, WI, Jenifer is the grand niece of renowned circus historian Chappie Fox who is the founder of The Great Circus Parade References1. ^{{cite web|title=Jenifer Fox |url=http://www.strengthsmovement.com/ht/d/sp/i/3117/pid/3117 |work=Strengths Movement |accessdate=12 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414151128/http://www.strengthsmovement.com/ht/d/sp/i/3117/pid/3117 |archivedate=14 April 2011 |df= }} External links
6 : 1960 births|Living people|American educators|University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni|Middlebury College alumni|Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni |
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