Jennifer Carnahan, a National Board-Certified teacher, supports student-centered coaching practices at Whitman Elementary School in her seventh year as a Title I literacy coach. She excels in technology integration and implementation of high-leverage instructional strategies using data-driven dialogue to inform practices with grade level PLCs.

Heather Chase, third-year principal at Chase Middle School, brings 13 years of secondary math teaching experience and seven years in leadership. She has presented at the WASA/AWSP and WSSDA conferences with a focus on serving special populations. She has worked in partnership with the University of Washington since 2019 as a demonstration site for inclusionary practices. Over the last five years, she has presented to visiting educators, administrators, and government officials about Chase's journey to serve all students through an equity lens. After being identified for school improvement, she utilized UDL practices, coaching support, and best practices to lead data-driven dialogue discussions with PLCs to exit improvement status.

Mary Douthitt has been an exemplary special education teacher, inclusion coach, and literacy coach in Spokane Public Schools for over 20 years. Mary has facilitated presentations, PLCs, and work groups with eleven co-teachers in multiple inclusionary models. She has implemented best practices for collaboratively serving students with special education needs and developed a system for reporting progress monitoring data on Individualized Education Program goals.

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.