Regional Facilitator: Las Cruces Region
Ali Nava is a regional facilitator and LEAP coach. Ali taught 1st and 2nd grade at Lew Wallace Elementary school in the Albuquerque Public School system for over 10 years and now serves as the director-delegate within LEAP, she supports the Las Cruces PD team and assists with the LEAP program management.
With both a MA and BA in Early Child-hood Multicultural Education from UNM, Ali’s passion is helping teachers create performance-based assessments tied to Project-Based Learning (PBL), differentiated instruction, and the modernization of station teaching and facilitation.
Some of Ali’s professional accomplishments include her PreK-12 Administrative License, National Board Certification, Level Three-A Instructional Leader B-3 Early Childhood License with Endorsement in TESOL, Modern and Classical Languages and Bilingual Education, and Pepsi/APS Education Foundation Teacher of the Month for May 2013.