Adult Basic Education Staff
Associate Dean of Adult Basic Education
acarvario@massasoit.mass.edu
508-588-9100 x1301
Ms. Jacobs has a master’s degree in education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and has worked in special and general education since 2011. Since 2015, she has worked as an ESL instructor in a number of community education programs throughout Massachusetts. She has also worked to create and implement curriculum for culturally and linguistically diverse learners and to create curriculum that is accessible for learners of diverse needs and abilities. For the last five years, Ms. Jacobs has also worked extensively to advocate for and provide resources and opportunities to adults from diverse backgrounds.
Part-time Assistant Director, ABE ESOL
dbowker@massasoit.mass.edu
Ms. Bowker holds a MEd in School Librarianship from Bridgewater State University and a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Rhode Island. She taught Library Skills at Bridgewater State University from 1994 to 2000.
From 1987 to 2015, Ms. Bowker worked at the Middleborough Public Library, serving as Director from 2005 to her retirement in 2015. She joined the Massasoit Community College family in 2017 as an assistant to the Transitions and ESOL program. She began work in her current position in 2020.