DENVER SCHOOL BOARD AT-LARGE
DEBORAH SIMS FARD
Championing our neighborhood schools, ensuring a safe and supportive learning environment for all and empowering our teachers as the true leaders of our classrooms.
Deborah Sims Fard is a Horticulturist of Brilliant Minds and a licensed teacher with three decades of experience serving Denver Public Schools. Known for her dedication to improving literacy, she has worked with Partners in Literacy and was featured as a Denver7 Everyday Hero for helping students fall in love with reading. Her passion for reading success has led her to pursue a master's degree in reading.
I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them.
–Asa Hilliard
ABOUT
Our campaign is focused on three key areas:
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Championing Public Education for all
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Ensuring a safe and supportive learning environment for Optimal Learning
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Teacher tenure/recruitment and a lens of Equity.
As the founder of the Dr. Justina Ford STEM Institute, Deborah empowers girls of color in STEM while also working to provide parents with the tools to foster strong literacy skills through her program "Readers Rise”. Her work is guided by a deep commitment to community, church, and a world-view lens on education. She believes every student deserves the optimal learning outcomes needed to compete on a global stage and become their best self.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
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