Jody Schmidt has been a principal for 7 years at Whitman Elementary. Over her 28-years in education, Jody has been an elementary and middle school teacher and instructional coach in Title I schools. She serves as Spokane's Principal Association president, and she currently onboarded with the University of Washington Harding Center as a demonstration site around inclusionary practices that support student engagement. With Jody's leadership and focus on PLCs using assessment data and high-leverage instructional strategies, Whitman Elementary School was able to exit improvement as a Title I school in Washington.