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Welcome to Ashley Marshall New Lovett Lower School Principal Ashley Marshall will join Lovett in July 2015 as Lovett’s new Lower
“Ashley has a firm sense of what matters for children and education. She has a strong core knowledge of elementary school skills and knows how to implement them. She also has a creative imagination, so she complements traditional approaches with non-traditional ideas.” —From an Academic Dean
School Principal. Ashley Marshall is currently the Early Childhood Director at Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, N.C., where she oversees junior kindergarten through second grade. The Country Day Lower School is known for its balanced, inquiry-based curriculum that forms the foundation for future success. Prior to leading the faculty and students at Charlotte Country Day, Ms. Marshall was with The Spence School on New York City’s Upper East Side. There, at this storied all-girls school, she taught kindergarten, first, and fourth grades and was the recipient of the Margaret Duckett Award for Outstanding Teaching. In addition to her classroom experience, Ms. Marshall directed Spence’s Lower School community service committee and affinity group for students of color, was a leader in the school’s technology initiatives, developed curricula, and served on the admissions committee. She has also been an instructor in the Center for Technology and School Change at Teachers College, Columbia University. In discussing why she chose to come to Lovett, Ms. Marshall noted: “I had heard accolades for Lovett’s educational program, master teachers, and visionary leadership. At Lovett, Lower School students are developing the habits of mind and values deemed essential by the school’s mission. Decisions are based on the latest
research, passion, and the utmost respect for children and their families. This is the Lovett I so eagerly hoped to join! I believe so strongly in the mission, vision, and people of Lovett that I would gladly have moved wherever Lovett happened to be located.” Ms. Marshall holds two master’s degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University: an Ed.M. in educational leadership, with a concentration in private school leadership, from the Klingenstein Center; and an M.A. in elementary education, with an emphasis on differentiated instruction. Her undergraduate studies were in English and education from Simmons College, a private liberal arts college for women in Boston. Away from school, she is a voracious reader (Mary Oliver, Zadie Smith, and Margaret Atwood are among her favorites); an avid runner (achieving a new personal record in the 2014 Brooklyn Half Marathon in New York City); and an enthusiastic cook and host (well-known for her appetizers and desserts!).
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