Jennifer Bjornstad

Jennifer Bjornstad is a secondary school administrator and math teacher with over 25 years of experience. She began her career teaching all levels of mathematics in the public schools in Colorado and California before joining Pacific Ridge School, an independent school, in 2007. In addition to teaching math each year, she has served as Department Chair, Staff Collaboration Coordinator, Academic Dean, Dean of Faculty, Assistant Head of School, and Director of Enrollment. Through all of her experiences, she has learned that effective math education and problem solving is grounded in dialogue and enhanced by creativity and collaboration.

Jennifer has a B.A. from Northwestern University, received her teacher training and math credential at the University of Colorado, Boulder and has completed graduate coursework in math education at University of Colorado, Denver as well as San Diego State University.