About me
Dr. Pinckney is an inovative Design Thinker, Inclusion Advocate, Coalition of Parent and Attroney Advocates (COPAA) member, and Instructional Design & Technology Leader. She is a former K-12 Spanish Educatorand Intelligence Community (IC) civil servant. She currently serves as an Associate Director of Professional Development and Instructional Issues at the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA). As the Consortium Coordinator, she oversees professional development opportunities for NJEA members in alignment an NEA-awarded three-year grant: Cultivating Community, Action, Justice, and Understanding through the NJEA Consortium: Connections. Community. Curriculum. The consortium is composed of NJEA staff members and three cohorts of member design-teams. It is partnered with more than 25 colleges and universities, museums and historical commissions, and social and racial justice advocacy organizations. The consortium will lead an innovative initiative that intends to infuse historically marginalized identities into K-12 teaching and learning. Curriculum alone is not enough; the consortium will also focus on developing high-quality professional learning for members and foster meaningful community conversations that will prepare all stakeholders to understand, embrace and celebrate New Jersey’s diversity.
