Stephaney Jones-Vo

Stephaney Jones-Vo is an educator and consultant specializing in equity and academic achievement for English learners. She is president of Starfish Education, LLC, where her work focuses on supporting English learners through linguistically responsive instruction and systems-level support. She has extensive experience as a K–12 ESOL teacher, Title III grants director, refugee sponsor and resettlement volunteer, and teacher of adult refugees, with a professional emphasis on linguistic differentiation, literacy, and equity for multilingual learners.

Jones-Vo is coauthor of Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners: A Guide for K–12 Teachers and Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for ELLs, with Poster, which provide practical frameworks and strategies for differentiating core content-area instruction and assessment for English language learners. She is also a coauthor of Powerful Practices for Supporting English Learners: Elevating Diverse Assets and Identities, a research-based guide for U.S. and Canadian educators that promotes classroom practices harmonizing students’ home languages and cultures with school learning.