Elise Tilson
Elise believes learning should be fun for kids! Her teaching style incorporates songs, movement, puppets, lego, or art to bring concepts to life and help children remember what they learn. Her fun personality, engaging story-telling, and love of children have made her a favorite teacher everywhere she’s worked. Elise holds twelve years of elementary classroom […]
Leslie Branson
Leslie is an experienced and passionate educator with over 16 years of experience helpings elementary students grow and achieve success. Throughout his career Leslie grew as an educator, serving in multiple roles from classroom teacher, math lead, reading specialist, interventionist, and MTSS coordinator. As an MTSS Coordinator, Leslie used data to identify individual student needs […]
Katie Coggin
Katie Coggin is an experienced educator with over 20 years of teaching in both Adams 14 School District and Cherry Creek School District. She holds a Doctorate in Education and has extensive experience working with students in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. She currently serves as a Gifted Learning Specialist supporting students in kindergarten through […]
Robin Wiley
Robin Wiley has worked in education for 21 years. She taught Kindergarten for one year, first grade for 4 years and 2nd grade for 11 years. All those years were spent at a top performing title 1 school where she learned a lot and worked with amazing people. Robin also spent one year as a […]
Isabella D’Agostino
Isabella is passionate about helping students build confidence and succeed academically. She holds a Master’s degree in Literacy and is a licensed Elementary Education Teacher, Reading Teacher, and Reading Specialist. She currently works as a Kindergarten Reading and Math Intervention Teacher, where she provides targeted support to help young learners strengthen foundational skills and grow […]
Pam McClintock
Pam has been teaching for 40 years and loves to see the look on a student’s face when the lightbulb goes on. After a career teaching English to refugees and immigrants, she went back to school to get her elementary teaching credential. Pam spent the next 15 years teaching 4th and 5th graders. Pam knows the […]
Natalie Mills
Natalie is a passionate, energetic, and highly driven educator with 15+ years of experience spanning preschool, elementary, and middle school classrooms, along with years of after-school tutoring. She currently serves as the K–8th Gifted & Talented teacher and the 2nd–7th ELD (English Language Development) teacher at her school, where she supports a wide range of […]
Azita Shakibafar
Azita is an experienced and dedicated elementary educator with over 15 years of service in the field of education. She holds a dual degree in Regular Education and Special Education and is committed to creating inclusive, equitable, and engaging learning environments that support the academic and social-emotional growth of all students. Currently, Azita teaches fourth […]
Lyly Zaragoza
Lyly is a Denver native who herself attended Denver Public Schools from elementary through high school. She earned her teaching license through the University of Northern Colorado and later completed her master’s degree at the University of Colorado Denver. She began her teaching career in kindergarten as a dual language teacher and quickly fell in […]
Alicia Lee Rhodes
Alicia Lee Rhodes is a current private special education consultant, grad student, and department manager at Metro State University in Denver. From 2019 to 2026, Ms. Rhodes was a special education lead in Denver Public Schools. She spent her entire career advocating for better resources and outcomes for students as both a school level advocate […]