Sandra Castor
Senior Team Lead

Sandra Castor has been part of  Denver Public Schools since 2011, including 12 years of experience in teaching and coaching with culturally responsive experience as an instructional coach at Grant Ranch School.

Sandra was a 1st grade bilingual teacher in 2 different elementary schools where students were taught in their native language while developing English language skills to ensure a trajectory of biliteracy. Sandra began her leadership journey 7 years ago in a coaching and reading intervention capacity to foster high-level instructional strategies with educators and create impactful student learning experiences. 

Sandra implements coaching cycles that include observations, feedback, and DDI with educators to ensure high impact instructional moves to propel student achievement. Sandra collaborates with colleagues to help implement and improve systems school wide for student’s educational success. 

Sandra is a lifelong learner who seeks educational knowledge to best serve and support students and teachers. She holds an Elementary Education Masters degree from the University of Phoenix and a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Masters from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  She’s inspired to improve and grow to best support multi-language learners and students who continue to have skill gaps and mirror the type of student she once was.