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ABOUT Mrs. Jordan

Ms.  Jordan graduated high school in 1998 from Shenandoah Valley Academy, a college preparatory boarding academy in New Market, Virginia.  She recently graduated from South Dakota State University with a M.S.  in Merchandising. She earned her B.S. Texas Woman’s University cum laude with a B.S. Family and Consumer Science. She also holds an A.A. Degree in Liberal Arts with a Culinary Arts emphasis.

 

Ms. Jordan has enjoyed working in a professional kitchen as a Garde Manger Chef at The Gardens Restaurant in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.

 

In 2015  McIntosh High School took home top honors at the South Dakota State ProStart Invitational and got to compete at Nationals in Disneyland!  Jordan recently was also honored as the 2018 SDACTE FACS Teacher of the Year and the SD ProStart Educator of the Year in 2014 and again in 2019.

 

Thoughts about the 2018-2019 school year:

“After nine years in McIntosh, SD the family and I are relocating to Pierre, SD where we are starting a new chapter in our lives. The new school, T.F. Riggs, just completed remodeling their FACS kitchen into a brand new facility with commercial equipment. I am super excited about this new year and all the new experiences T.F. Riggs has to offer." 

 

A Week in the Life of......Family & Consumer Science

What A Mrs. J's Culinary Class Feels Like (Knife Skills)

Education

  •  SDSU  M.S. in Merchandising

  • Master Class with Gordon Ramsay

  • ProStart Summer Institute Trainings

    • Level I: Minneapolis, Le Cordon Bleu

    • Level II: Orlando, Le Cordon Bleu

    • Level III: Daytona Beach, Daytona State College

    • Level IV: Spotlight Daytona Beach, Daytona State College

  • Texas Woman’s University B.S. Family and Consumer Science, with honors

  • Tarrant County College A.A. Liberal Arts emphasis Culinary Arts

  • Shenandoah Valley Academy College Preparatory

Interesting Facts About Mrs. J

  • Is married to James Jordan. Mr. Jordan is also the Culinary Team's Chef Mentor :)

  • Has two sons named Hunter  (18) and Jackson  (8)

  • Enjoys cooking, writing, catching up on Tivo’d shows, kayaking, camping, and reading cheesy romance novels!

  • Ms. Jordan’s iPod consists of country, alternative, musicals, oldies, and classical/celtic music.

  • Ms Jordan is hugely obsessed with the BBC TV show Doctor Who and the cult hit tv show Mystery Science Theater 3000

  • Ms Jordan prides herself of being of mixed race, she is part Piscataway Conoy Indian, white, and Bahamian.

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Awards & Honors & Associations

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  • 2024 Schwan's Culinary Challenge 1st Culinary 

  • 2024 Schwan's Culinary Challenge 1st Place Food Art

  • 2024 Schwan's Culinary Challenge 2nd Place Cupcake Decorating

  • South Dakota ProStart Educator Excellence 2024

  • South Dakota ProStart State 2nd Place Culinary

  • South Dakota ProStart State 1st Place Cake Decorating

  • South Dakota ProStart State 1st Place Management 2023

  • South Dakota ProStart State 2nd Place Culinary 2023

  • South Dakota ProStart President's Leadership Award Ellie Noyes 2023

  • South Dakota ProStart Knife Skills Award Ayden Syll 2023

  • 2021 South Dakota Career & Tech Association Carl Perkins Community Service Award

  • 2021 South Dakota Career & Tech Association FACS Division Carl Perkins Community Service Award

  • South Dakota ProStart Educator Excellence 2019

  • 2018 South Dakota Career & Tech Association Teacher of the Year

  • National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation Certified Secondary Foodservice Educator (CSFE)

  • NATFACS Awards Committee Member

  • South Dakota ProStart State 2nd Place Culinary 2018

  • 2018 South Dakota Career & Tech Association FACS Division Teacher of the Year

  • South Dakota ProStart Advisory Committee Member

  • SD DOE Hospitality & Tourism Standards Revision Committee Member

  • SDACTE Family & Consumer Science Delegate

  • DonorChoose.org Recipient 

  • Rural Collaborative Grant Recipient

  • 2016-2017 Perkins Reserve Grant Recipient 

  • South Dakota ProStart State 2nd Place Culinary 2017

  • Association for Career and Technology Education (ACTE) Member

  • South Dakota ProStart State 3rd Place Culinary 2016

  • Featured in Celebrating South Dakota Teachers and Zebra Online 

  • South Dakota ProStart State 1st Place Culinary 2015

  • South Dakota ProStart Educator Excellence 2014

  • South Dakota ProStart State 3rd Place Management 2013

  • South Dakota ProStart State 2nd Place Management 2012

  • South Dakota ProStart State 2nd Place Culinary 2011

  •  South Dakota Teachers of Family and Consumer Science (SDATFACS)

  • FCCLA Adviser 2009-Present

  • AAFCS Certified

  • Serv Safe Certified

  • Dean’s List 2006-2009

  • Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)

  • Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA)

  • Family and Consumer Science Texas Association of Teachers (FCSTAT)

  • National Association Teachers of Family and Consumer Science (NATFACS)

  • Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)

  • Pi Lambda Theta, International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education

  • Alpha Sigma Lambda, National Honor Society of Non-Traditional Students

  • Phi Upsilon Omicron, National Honor Society in Family and Consumer Science

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