Heather is an experienced urban educator with 20+ years of public-school experience in K-12 general and special education classrooms and central office leadership. She provides extensive knowledge in the use of adult learning principles, integrating data-informed practices, implementation of technology systems, and professional development (PD) design and delivery. Heather has led cross-departmental collaborative work throughout Washington State public schools. She was on the design team for the Seattle Public Schools (SPS) MTSS framework and directly supported principals and teacher leaders with understanding the framework and developing their professional learning plan for staff. Heather’s passion is to increase equity in education through developing adult skills in collaboration and data-informed practice. 

Heather holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a certificate to teach Special Education from Western Washington University. Heather continued her education through Columbia University Teachers College focused on the Reader’s/ Writer’s Workshop Literacy Model and learning to become a literacy instructional coach. Heather was trained on DataWise by Harvard University to support school and district data inquiry cycles of improvement, and engaged in Learning Forward training with John Hattie’s Visible Learning organization. Heather is also a School Reform Faculty (SRF) trained protocol facilitator. Currently Heather provides consultation to multiple school districts on the implementation and systems design for the School Data Solutions (SDS) Homeroom Datahub platform.