Department Information

Department Directory

Special Education Department Directory

The easiest way to get in touch is through the Special Education contact form:

Special Education Program Teams

Sensory Services

Ann Curry
Student Support Services Supervisor
jacurry@seattleschools.org
206-252-0332

Early Childhood (Child Find/Preschool/Birth-Three/EEU)

Heather Brown
Director of Early Learning
habrown@seattleschools.org

Meredith Fourre
Special Education Early Childhood Specialist
206-252-0418

Private School Referrals and Service Plans

Robin Olney
Student Support Services Supervisor
reolney@seattleschools.org
206-252-0870

Stephanie Rincon
Private School Program Specialist

Lexi Garberg
Private School Admin Specialist

Transition/BRIDGES (Ages 16-21)

Rob Vander Stoep
Student Support Services Supervisor
ravanderstoe@seattleschools.org
206-252-9934

Chelsea Palmer
Program Specialist
206-252-0899

Skills Center

Rob Vander Stoep
Student Support Services Supervisor
ravanderstoe@seattleschools.org
206-252-9934

Dr. Laura Davis Brown
Director of Schools

Students assigned to a nonpublic agency

The supervisor of the student’s neighborhood school should be contacted with questions, even when their student is assigned full-time to a NPA.


Special Education Supervisor School Assignments

Teresa Swanson
Special Education Supervisor
taswanson@seattleschools.org
206-252-0876

Schools supported:

  • Adams Elementary
  • Bagley Elementary
  • B.F. Day Elementary
  • Cascadia Elementary
  • Catharine Blaine K-8
  • Coe Elementary
  • Green Lake Elementary
  • Greenwood Elementary
  • John Hay Elementary
  • John Stanford International Elementary
  • Lawton Elementary
  • Loyal Heights Elementary
  • Magnolia Elementary
  • McDonald International Elementary
  • North Beach Elementary
  • Queen Anne Elementary / VOPP K-5
  • Salmon Bay K-8
  • Viewlands Elementary
  • West Woodland Elementary
  • Whittier Elementary

Glenna Luiten
Special Education Supervisor
gmluiten@seattleschools.org
206-252-7156

Schools supported:

  • Beacon Hill Elementary
  • Boren STEM K-8
  • Broadview-Thomson
  • Concord Elementary
  • Dearborn Park Elementary
  • Dunlap Elementary
  • Gatewood Elementary
  • Graham Hill Elementary
  • Hawthorne Elementary
  • Highland Park Elementary
  • Lowell Elementary
  • Northgate Elementary
  • Rainier View Elementary
  • Roxhill Elementary
  • Sanislo Elementary
  • South Shore PK-8
  • West Seattle Elementary
  • Wing Luke Elementary

Gordon Fowlds
Special Education Supervisor
gsfowlds@seattleschools.org
206-252-0886

Schools supported:

  • Alki Elementary
  • Arbor Heights Elementary
  • Bryant Elementary
  • Cascade Parent Partnership
  • Cedar Park Elementary
  • Decatur Elementary
  • Fairmount Park Elementary
  • Genessee Hill Elementary
  • Lafayette Elementary
  • Maple Elementary
  • McGilvra Elementary
  • Montlake Elementary
  • Olympic View Elementary
  • Thornton Creek Elementary
  • Sand Point Elementary
  • Stevens Elementary
  • View Ridge Elementary
  • Wedgwood Elementary

Amanda McNaughton
Special Education Supervisor
ammcnaughton@seattleschools.org
206-252-0846

Schools supported:

  • Bailey Gatzert Elementary
  • Emerson Elementary
  • Hazel Wolf K-8 at Pinehurst
  • John Muir Elementary
  • John Rogers Elementary
  • Kimball Elementary
  • Laurelhurst Elementary
  • Leschi Elementary
  • Licton Springs K-8
  • Madrona Elementary
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary
  • Olympic Hills Elementary
  • Orca K-8
  • Pathfinder K-8
  • Rising Star Elementary
  • Sacajawea Elementary
  • Thurgood Marshall Elementary
  • TOPS K-8

Rob Vander Stoep
Special Education Supervisor
ravanderstoe@seattleschools.org
206-252-9934

Schools supported:

  • Skills Center

Caitlin O’Shea
Special Education Supervisor
cmoshea@seattleschools.org
206-252-0863

Schools supported:

  • Alan T. Sugiyama at South Lake
  • Center School
  • Chief Sealth High School
  • Denny International Middle School
  • Madison Middle School
  • Middle College
  • Nova High School
  • Seattle World School
  • West Seattle High School
  • Aki Kurose Middle School
  • Cleveland High School
  • Franklin High School
  • Garfield High School
  • Meany Middle School
  • Mercer Middle School
  • Rainier Beach High School
  • Washington Middle School

Chad Barnes
Special Education Supervisor
cpbarnes@seattleschools.org
206-252-0262

Schools supported:

  • Ballard High School
  • Eckstein Middle School
  • Hamilton International Middle School
  • Ingraham High School
  • Interagency High School
  • Jane Addams Middle School
  • Lincoln High School
  • McClure Middle School
  • Nathan Hale High School
  • Robert Eagle Staff Middle School
  • Roosevelt High School
  • Whitman Middle School

Directors

Concie Pedroza, Associate Superintendent: clpedroza@seattleschools.org

Rocky Torres, Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services: ratorres@seattleschools.org

Devin Gurley, Interim Executive Director of Special Education and Inclusion: dkgurley@seattleschools.org

Mike Bylsma, Director of Special Education: mebylsma@seattleschools.org

Ivory Stewart, Interim Director of Special Education: ivstewart@seattleschools.org