Colorado English teacher Ashley Lowe builds meaningful relationships and individualized student learning plans. Photo Credit: Pikes Peak Early College
Our nation’s students are very fortunate to have such dedicated teachers in the classroom. One of these is Ashley Lowe, a middle school English teacher from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Ashley teaches eighth grade at Falcon Middle School in Peyton, Colorado. Her career as an educator spans four years. Prior to entering the teaching profession, she worked as an associate editor and video journalist for Pulp Newsmagazine.
Building meaningful relationship with students is powerful and important, asserts Ashley. She also strives to listen to others, set fair but high expectations for students, and communicate her content knowledge in numerous ways to appeal to all types of learners. And she also says that, in addition to building the language skills of reading, writing, and oral communication, she also teaches empathy. “As educators, we have to remember that beyond the confines of our classrooms and schools, there are students who have been positively impacted in small and large ways,” she declares.
Ashley is well-known for working collaboratively with her peers. She is a participant in her campus Modern Teacher group. The mission of the group is to create a learner-centered culture on the campus. In fact, her individualized student learning plans are so learner-centered that they were nationally recognized at the 2021 National Conference on Digital Convergence.
For her work in the classroom, Ashley has earned many accolades. She was named her District’s Teacher of the Year in 2021. And this year, she is one of seven finalists named by the Colorado Department of Education for her state’s Teacher of the Year.
Ashely attended Pueblo Community College, where she earned her Associate of Arts degree. While there, she garnered a Rising Star Award for her participation in community service projects and programs in 2016. She served as a Destination Imagination Team Manager for elementary students, and she created the first campus book club to build a stronger reading community. In 2019, Ashley earned her Bachelor’s degree in English/Language Arts Teacher Education from Colorado State University, Pueblo. She is currently working on her Master’s degree in English through an online program at Arizona State University.
