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Amy Jacobs, MEd NBCT (she/her/hers)

Lower School Science Teacher
Science and Arts Academy, Illinois

Mrs. Amy Jacobs is the current Lower School Science Teacher at Science & Arts Academy. Amy began her career in education in 1996 as a preschool teacher, and then served as a teacher's aide for library and information systems. She received her BA from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and earned her MEd from DePaul University. Amy recieved NAtional Board Certification in Gifted Education in 2021.

Throughout her teaching career, Mrs. Jacobs has taught in both public and independent schools as a classroom teacher, a self-contained gifted teacher, and as a gifted resource/support teacher. Amy eventually went on to teach in an independent school for gifted students and earned Illinois certification as a Gifted Education Teacher.

Amy has taught courses in education and early childhood at the College of Lake County and has worked for both the Center for Gifted and Center for Talent Development as an instructor and site coordinator. Amy is a member of the Illinois Association for Gifted Children, and the National Association for Gifted Children. She has presented at conferences for the Illinois Assoication for Gifted Children, the National Association for Gifted Children and the Independent School Association for the Central States.

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