Dr. Holly Porter

Dr. Holly Porter, author of Intentional Co-Teaching for Multilingual Learners, is the director of the Language Supports and Services Department in the Cherry Creek School District, located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. She has more than 29 years of specialized experience in the field of education and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish: Bilingual/Bicultural Elementary Education, a Master of Arts degree in Special Education: Moderate Needs with an endorsement in Deaf Education, an Educational Specialist degree in Educational Leadership, and a Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership—all from the University of Northern Colorado.

Dr. Porter has served in several Colorado school districts as well as at the Colorado Department of Education. She has been an adjunct professor for Regis University, the University of Colorado, the University of Northern Colorado, and Adams State University. Dr. Porter received recognition as the Language Culture and Equity Director of the Year for the State of Colorado in 2014 and was recently received the Colorado Association of Educational Specialists' Distinguished Service Award. The department she supervises received an annual Excellence Award from the state for high growth and achievement of the students in their program during the years it was awarded to districts (from 2014 to 2017). She was also the 2015 Spring graduate commencement speaker for the University of Northern Colorado.

Dr. Porter is a fifth-generation Coloradan and was born and raised in Aurora, Colorado. In her free time, she loves to enjoy the Colorado outdoors through snowboarding, hiking, and Jeeping, with her husband and son. She also enjoys scrapbooking, cooking, gardening, and helping her husband coach their son’s baseball team.