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Ashley Barker

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Inclusion Project Director

Ashley joined AWSP in September 2022 as the Inclusion Project Director. She has served in education the past 20 plus years as a special education teacher, K-12 Principal in both rural, urban and international schools.  In addition to her work at AWSP, Ashley is a mentor for new principals and provides administrative support to districts in the Spokane area.

Responsibilities

  • Liaison between OSPI Inclusionary Practices Project and AWSP.
  • Collaboration and Consultation with Nine ESD Regional Coordinators.
  • Coordination/Implementation of Inclusionary Practices Pro Learning for school leaders.
  • Primary Resource for WA School Leaders on Inclusionary Practices.
  • Implementation and Sustainability.

 



About Ashley

Ashley joined AWSP in September 2022 as the Inclusion Project Director. She has served in education the past 20 plus years as a special education teacher, K-12 Principal in both rural, urban and international schools. Upon returning to the United States from Bogota, Colombia, Ashley is relocating to the Spokane Valley area where she will be an AWSP mentor and supporting several school districts as a guest administrator, substituting for principals and working on assigned projects.

Ashley believes in the power of relationships and interconnectedness as a means to remove barriers and provide opportunities and access to students. She believes in a school system that supports and prepares young people for their next level of achievement. Ashley and her husband John live in Spokane Valley with their son Gus (9th grade) while their daughter, Blaine (10th grade), studies abroad in Ireland.


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