Ellen Hickmann
High School Reimagined Project Manager at Jeffco Public Schools - Colorado
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolEllen Hickmann is an education and nonprofit leader with two decades of experience designing systems and leading teams to produce measurable, long-term change across K-12 and adult learning organizations. Currently managing district-wide transformation for Jeffco Public Schools’ High School Reimagined initiative, she excels at aligning cross-departmental stakeholders around a shared vision and building practical monitoring systems to track progress. Previously as Chief Program Officer at Turing School she improved graduation rates, led national accreditation work, and scaled staff development and onboarding for a 200–300 student program. Ellen’s management philosophy emphasizes strength-based coaching, inclusive practice, and translating qualitative insights into quantitative goals—she often surfaces overlooked operational gaps and turns them into durable processes. Based in Denver, she combines classroom-tested instructional expertise with strategic program leadership to drive sustainable organizational improvement.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Political Science and English, Bachelor's degree, Political Science and English at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster's degree, Curriculum and Instruction, Emphasis in Teacher Leadership, Master's degree, Curriculum and Instruction, Emphasis in Teacher Leadership at University of Colorado DenverSan José State University
Github Skills (1)
backend9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
emhickmann/learn-co-sandbox
May 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:287 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
turingschool/gear-up
Oct 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:583 commits, 175 PRs, 550 pushes in 4 years 4 months
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