Jessica Shaw

Special Education Teacher, 6th–8th Grades

Jess is the Lead Special Education Teacher and grades 6-8 Special Education Teacher for Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences.  Jess has worked as a Special Education Teacher for 16 years; first at Gray New Gloucester Middle School, then at Gorham Middle School and now at Fiddlehead School. She feels strongly that hands-on learning and time spent outdoors is an important part of child development and learning. After graduating high school, Jess attended the University of Maine at Farmington and earned her B.A. in English with a minor in Psychology.  Later, she attended the University of Southern Maine and earned a M.S. in Special Education.