Our Staff

Staff at VALE work collaboratively to design meaningful learning experiences for our students that transcend traditional content areas and ask students to design, create, and test real solutions to the daily global challenges we face. Staff hold relationships at the core of their interaction and instruction while embodying an entrepreneurial spirit of curiosity and lifelong learning.

Administration Team

Lee-Ann Hayen (she/her)
Chief Learner and Disruptor

Katy Kollasch (she/her)
Chief Intrapreneur and Change Agent

Kristi Bala (she/her)
Project Manager

Core Design Team

Susie Conner (she/her)
Chief of Instructional Design

Jennie Preece (she/her)
Work-Based Learning Architect

Lauren Kinney (she/they)
Chief of Inclusion and Belonging

Carolynn Williams (she/her)
Leadership & Entrepreneurship Learning Experience Facilitator

Kendra Ackerman (she/her)
Humanities (English Language Arts) Learning Experience Facilitator

Martin Arellano (he/him)
Humanities (Social Studies) Learning Experience Facilitator

Cari Corley (she/her)
Mathematics Learning Experience Facilitator

TBD
Science Learning Experience Facilitator

NOTICE OF DESTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS

Special Education records which have been collected by Douglas County School District related to the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of special education in the district, must be maintained under state and federal laws for the period of five (5) years after special education services have ended for the student. Special education services end when the student is no longer eligible for services, graduates, or completes his/her educational program at age 21, or moves from the district. This notification is to inform parents/guardians and former students of Douglas County School District's intent to destroy the special education records of students who exited special education services as of June 30, 2016. These records will be destroyed in accordance with state law unless the parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student notifies the school district otherwise. After five years, the records are no longer useful to the district, but may be useful to the parent/guardian or former student in applying for social security benefits, rehabilitation services, college entrance, etc. The parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student may request a copy of the records by requesting the records at this link ( Douglas County School District Transcripts and Records Requests ).