Darlene Fortier is a Teach Plus New Mexico Teaching Policy Fellow. Darlene teaches a full inclusion 3rd grade class at Cochiti Elementary School, where she leads the 3rd grade interim assessment development study. Darlene has chaired the school’s literacy goal team, helping to secure a writing program to help the school’s struggling writers. Darlene was recognized by Fine Arts for Children and Teens (FACT) for bringing art into the classroom as a means of self-discovery. She earned a BA in Elementary Education and a MA in Curriculum and Instruction: Reading emphasis from New Mexico Highlands University.
