About Ashley
Primary Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: By appointment. If you need extra help, please make an appointment with me by talking to me in class during work time or emailing me.
I attended Dartmouth College where I majored in English and Education, played soccer, and received my teaching certification. After graduating in 2005, I traveled to Kenya with two friends from Dartmouth (Fred and Milton Ochieng') to build a medical clinic in their rural village of Lwala. While there, I helped start a tuition assistance fund for primary school students to continue their schooling in high school. Lwala Community Alliance Website Link
After returning from Kenya, I moved to Seattle in order to work for the International Rescue Committee. There, I led a cultural orientation and English language program for recently resettled refugees and learned to tolerate Turkish coffee!
I have been passionate about school innovation and education reform since my days in Dartmouth's teacher education program, but did not put my passion into practice until my second year as a teacher at Basalt Middle School in the Roaring Fork Valley. At BMS, I piloted a school-within-a-school, which emphasized project-based learning, outdoor education, and internships. This experience inspired me to pursue my Master's in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at Stanford University in 2010 in order to gain exposure to effective school leaders seeking to transform the traditional educational paradigm.
Growing up with the mountains of Colorado as my playground instilled in me a strong sense of place rooted in scree fields, aspen tree groves and small mountain towns. After brief stints in other parts of the world (Dominican Republic and Kenya) and the U.S. (New Hampshire, Seattle, San Francisco) I came bounding back to my roots. When I saw that Durango was opening a charter middle school centered around High Tech High principles, I leaped at the opportunity to merge my passion for teaching and school innovation. I am inspired by the staff, parents and students who invested their faith, time and energy into making Mountain a success in its first year. I am excited to be a part of another world class school community, and teach 11th and 12th grade, at Animas High School.
Primary Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: By appointment. If you need extra help, please make an appointment with me by talking to me in class during work time or emailing me.
I attended Dartmouth College where I majored in English and Education, played soccer, and received my teaching certification. After graduating in 2005, I traveled to Kenya with two friends from Dartmouth (Fred and Milton Ochieng') to build a medical clinic in their rural village of Lwala. While there, I helped start a tuition assistance fund for primary school students to continue their schooling in high school. Lwala Community Alliance Website Link
After returning from Kenya, I moved to Seattle in order to work for the International Rescue Committee. There, I led a cultural orientation and English language program for recently resettled refugees and learned to tolerate Turkish coffee!
I have been passionate about school innovation and education reform since my days in Dartmouth's teacher education program, but did not put my passion into practice until my second year as a teacher at Basalt Middle School in the Roaring Fork Valley. At BMS, I piloted a school-within-a-school, which emphasized project-based learning, outdoor education, and internships. This experience inspired me to pursue my Master's in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at Stanford University in 2010 in order to gain exposure to effective school leaders seeking to transform the traditional educational paradigm.
Growing up with the mountains of Colorado as my playground instilled in me a strong sense of place rooted in scree fields, aspen tree groves and small mountain towns. After brief stints in other parts of the world (Dominican Republic and Kenya) and the U.S. (New Hampshire, Seattle, San Francisco) I came bounding back to my roots. When I saw that Durango was opening a charter middle school centered around High Tech High principles, I leaped at the opportunity to merge my passion for teaching and school innovation. I am inspired by the staff, parents and students who invested their faith, time and energy into making Mountain a success in its first year. I am excited to be a part of another world class school community, and teach 11th and 12th grade, at Animas High School.
