Jennifer Goen is a high school English teacher and Instructional Lead Teacher at the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program, a democratic public school in Arlington, Virginia. She is committed to student-centered learning and to upholding the school’s pillars of self-governance, self-directed learning, caring community, and equity. In her leadership role, she coaches teachers in SDL and designs professional learning. At the district level, Jennifer facilitates a K–12 cohort for National Board Certified Teachers and leads learning on technology, media literacy, and student-centered pedagogy. She is an ambassador for the Teacher-Powered Schools Network and a doctoral student at Marymount University studying AI and self-directed learning.
