Join us today! All Denver SSPs & Special Educators welcome!
Our volunteer team of organizing leaders work tirelessly to advocate for positive change in our district. We make up the ACCESS (SSP & SpEd) Organizing Leaders Committee of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association, charged with building SSP & SpEd unity, power, and voice for advocacy and representation within DPS and DCTA, as well as advising the bargaining team regarding contract language relevant to the groups we represent.
Maria Falcon, Mild/Moderate Special Educator - Sector B
Jennifer Holtzmann, Itinerant Float Special Educator - Sector D
Alicia Lee Rhodes, Mild/Moderate Special Educator - Sector C
Early Childhood Special Educators (ECSE):
Sarah Foster
Itinerant Gifted & Talented Teachers (G/T):
Chelsea Chappell-Cox, Janet Draper
Special Educators:
Jennifer Holtzmann, Grace Hauck
Low Incidence Disability (LID) Team:
Catherine Kopp
Nurses:
Merri Hoffman, Ashley McMullen, Carter Quinn, Antoinette Schmitz
Occupational Therapists (OT) & Physical Therapists (PT):
Susan Fortney, Kirsten Cowgill (OTs)
Psychologists/Social Workers:
Shannon McKinney, Rasheeda Ouedraogo (School Psychologists)
Jerry Frangas (School Social Worker)
School Counselors:
Jillian Gleason
Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP):
Hannah Shippey, Michelle Horwitz, Julia Cabal
TOSA/Peer Observer/Balarat:
Rob Gould
Rob Gould, Special Educator - DCTA President
Jane Lineman, School Psychologist
Michelle Horwitz, Speech-Language Pathologist
Ashley McMullen, School Nurse
Alicia Lee Rhodes, Special Educator
Grace Hauck, Special Educator