Jennifer Carvajal has coached for Teaching Beyond the Square since 2013, leading professional development workshops and partnering with teachers and directors across the country as they strive to take a more progressive approach to education. Jennifer has a passion for literacy, emergent curriculum, loose parts and open-ended learning experiences. She has partnered with The Jewish Education Project, The Paradigm Project, The Orchard ECE, and ElevatED to lead special projects and cohorts, and she has presented at several conferences including the JCC Manhattan’s Come Learn with Us Conference; the Jewish Early Childhood Association's Long Island, Westchester and Manhattan conferences; Think Small Institute’s Loose Parts Summit; the National Art Education Association’s Annual Conference; and the Early Childhood Education of Reform Judaism’s Annual Conference. Jennifer taught at Beginnings Nursery School from 2002 to 2009 and participated in study groups in Reggio Emilia, Italy in 2007 and 2026. She received her B.S. in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA and her M.S. in Education, with a concentration in Literacy, from Hunter College in New York, NY. When she's not chauffeuring her twin daughters around to basketball practice and voice lessons, Jennifer enjoys finding adventure in new places around the world and beating her family in competitive games of Rummy 500.