Meet the Innovation Council
CONTACT
Authorizing & Accountability
Emily Griffith Campus
1860 Lincoln St., 11th Floord
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (720) 423-3262
Email: authorizing@dpsk12.net
Kartal is a Lead Partner (co-principal) at Denver Green School Northfield. This is his second year on the Innovation Council. He hopes to represent the perspective of the Luminary Learning Network, which is an Innovation Zone, as well as the perspective of school administrators running an innovation school. Kartal was a founding teacher of one of Denver's first Innovation Schools, Denver Green School. After working there for nine years, he helped found DGS Northfield, which is a high performing innovation school in the Greater Park Hill Central Park Enrollment Zone.
She has served in Denver Public Schools (DPS) for the past 16 years as a teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, and currently as a principal. DPS runs in her veins, as she is a proud product of Denver Public Schools, graduating from North High School. She has worked in both innovation and non-innovation schools and strongly believes in the power of autonomy and equitable practices for every student. She is dedicated to fostering a culture of culturally and linguistically sustaining schools and leverages innovation to bring that vision to life. Jennifer loves collaborating with teachers, parents, and all stakeholders to turn innovative ideas into reality.
Julie Stephens is the proud Principal at Skinner Middle School in Northwest Denver. Julie spent 15 years serving the Denver East High School community as a Language Arts teacher, before transitioning to Hinkley High School (Aurora Public Schools), where she spent five years as an Assistant Principal. In her 5th year as Principal at Skinner, she is excited to be leading the community in its first year as an Innovation School.
