October 30, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 172 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1377-E1378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING ERICA WEBBER JONES

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 30, 2019

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable public servant, Mrs. Erica Webber Jones. A native of 
Houston, Mississippi, Mrs. Jones earned a bachelor's and master's 
degree in Elementary Education from Jackson State University in May 
2000.
  Mrs. Jones served as an instructional coach and teacher in the Hinds 
County School District for four years. While there, she improved her 
students' passage rate on district-level assessments and saw profound 
academic growth in her pupils. Because of her effective instructional 
practices, she was named Teacher of the Year for Gary Road Elementary. 
It didn't take long before district leadership took notice of her 
superb performance in the classroom.
  Jones was named Hinds County's District Teacher of the Year and her 
class became a model classroom for teachers to visit.
  In 2018, she was also selected by the NEA Foundation to serve as a 
Global Leaming Fellow. Later this summer she will travel to South

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Africa where she will share educational experiences from the United 
States. Jones has served as a local president for the Jackson 
Association of Educators and been an advocate for educators in 
Mississippi for eighteen years.
  She has served on MAE's state leadership team as Mississippi's 
national education director and, most recently, as the organization's 
secretary-treasurer. Jones is also a prolific Praxis trainer and has 
helped to place dozens of teachers in Mississippi classrooms.
  Mrs. Jones is a member of several professional organizations, 
including the Mississippi Association of Educators and the National 
Education Association, The Byram-Terry JSU Alumni Association, Byram-
Terry Junior Auxiliary, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is 
married to Arthur Jones and is the proud mother of two children: 
Nicholas and Kenley Grace.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mrs. 
Erica Webber Jones.

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