Jill Hutchinson-Bass is a Teach Plus New Mexico Teaching Policy Fellow. Jill teaches 5th grade English language arts and social studies at Carlos Gilbert Elementary. She has served English Language Learners as a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teacher. Jill is a team leader on the instructional leadership team and has served on the instructional review committee. She earned a BS in Elementary Education from New Mexico State University, a MA in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of New Mexico, and received a Certificate of Educational Technology and Informational Literacy through the State University of New York, Buffalo.