Hispanic DCTA leader, Ann Franco is a Northside Denver native and a career-long DPS teacher of 31 years. Fourteen years ago, Ann began teaching at Colfax elementary, a school close to her heart because it is located in the same community in which she grew up. Ann is a strong well-trusted DCTA member within her building and respected mentor in our DCTA community....
Member Profiles
14 Aug Anna Noble, East High School
Above: East High School science teacher Anna Noble ?I really love teaching. I just can?t afford to do it anymore.? Anna Noble has two master?s degrees, 15+ years of experience in her chosen field, an exemplary work history and students who return year......
Above: Emily Griffith High School teacher Rebecka Hendricks ?If the agreement is no good, next year may be my last year.? Teachers shouldn?t have to live on the edge. But that?s just where Rebecka Hendricks resides. Financially, she?s stuck between loving her life?s......
Above: Kevlyn Walsh in her classroom at East High School I don’t think DPS is concerned with being competitive. If you happen to catch East High School teacher Kevlyn Walsh on her way out the door on a typical school morning, you’d notice......
?My joy is working with young people.? Jessica Donovan-Massey, East High School If you can?t get excited about learning in Jessica Donovan-Massey?s class, it?s not for her lack of trying. Walking down the hallway toward Donovan-Massey?s East High School classroom, you can feel the......
?I know how important my job is.? Suzanne Hernandez, Westerly Creek Elementary The best part of being a teacher, according to Westerly Creek Elementary first grade teacher Suzanne Hernandez, is when you know you are making a difference in a student?s life. Unfortunately, the......
Photo above: Stedman Elementary ECE teacher Pablo Benitez Pablo Benitez, Stedman Elementary Pablo Benitez was a terrible student. Throughout his middle and high school years, he felt disconnected from his teachers and school. It didn?t seem like his teachers were trying to connect......
Photo above: Valerie Lovato in her Eagleton Elementary classroom Eagleton Elementary teacher chosen to help inform statewide education policy matters Valerie Lovato first received the news while she was on vacation. The First Grade teacher at Eagleton Elementary was relaxing and enjoying some......
?I am passionate about having high expectations for my students.? Mollie McGrath, Bryant Webster A 4th Grade?ELA-S teacher at Bryant Webster, Mollie McGrath brings an international flair to her teaching perspective. The Wisconsin native spent her teen-age years growing up in Colorado and then......
?We can be proud as educators that we were a positive influence.? Silvia Curiel-Torres, Peer Observer Silvia Curiel-Torres has been an educator for 39 years ? but she started rehearsing for the role long before she ever started teaching professionally. The childhood neighbors of......
?My students have brought immeasurable joy into my life.? Dana Berge, Pascual LeDoux Academy As you enter Pascual LeDoux Academy on any given weekday morning, you might hear the familiar sounds of what sounds like morning announcements as little ones scamper down the school?s......
DCTA Member Profile ?Teachers are the driving force of education.? William Anderson, Manual High School William Anderson is what you might call a ?teacher?s teacher.? Passionate for his profession and determined to make a difference, he happily works tireless hours (well, maybe not always......
?If my students aren?t able to focus?then we are all wasting our time.? Michael Diaz-Rivera, Columbine Elementary A 5th grade ELA teacher at Columbine Elementary, Michael Diaz-Rivera may be a rookie in the profession (he?s been teaching for one year), but he?s already learned......
DCTA Member Profile There Were Never Such Devoted Sisters Deb Vigil & Loyeen Vigil-McKenna, Skinner Middle School Sisters Deb Vigil and Loyeen Vigil-McKenna have shared a lot over the years. With just a few years between them, both have borrowed each other?s clothes from......
?I realized there are good teachers ? and I wanted to be one.? Kris Bethscheider, West Early College When Kris Bethscheider was just a wide-eyed 13-year-old student, she used to tell her teacher that she hitchhiked to school. Whether or not that was true,......