Carol Jacobson - Milano has thirty-four years of teaching experience in the Massachusetts public school. She holds certifications in both elementary education and as a reading specialist. During the course of her career, Jacobson-Milano has taught grades one through four as a classroom teacher. She has also served as a reading specialist, working with both teachers and students K through 5. Her background enabled her to both chair and co-chair committees to develop and revise English Language Arts curriculum guides for the school department where she was employed. Since 2003, working as a senior professor, she has designed and facilitated a developmental reading and writing course at the masters level at a local college. The course covers the literacy continuum from early childhood to grade 6. She has also presented numerous workshops having a language arts focus for local school departments. She has been a member of the Grade 5 English Language Arts Assessment Development Committee and has worked with the Massachusetts Department of Education and Measured Progress in that capacity.