Dr. Ghirmay Alazar is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Leading.
Dr. Alazar was born in Eritrea, which is a country in Eastern Africa. He overcame the adversity of living in a developing country through education. He moved to the United States of America in 1989, where he began his education in Denver Public Schools as an English language learner. After graduating from high school, he attended Colorado State University and majored in Fine Arts. Inspired from mentoring at-risk students, Dr. Alazar realized his passion was in teaching. He earned a Master in Special Education from Regis University, and after some experience in the classroom became curious about how to better support students with special needs, which led him to earn a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Denver.
Dr. Alazar recently moved from Indianapolis, Indiana, where he worked as a director of student services in an urban school district. He was also an Associate Faculty at Indiana University in Indianapolis. Dr. Alazar loves sports and spending quality time with his three beautiful daughters and his wife. Dr. Alazar is a life-long learner and educator. Dr. Alazar’s mission is to coach, to grow, to inspire, to love, to live freely with passion.
- Special Education Policy and Procedures
- Effective Classroom Management
- School Culture and Climate Assessment
- Executive Function Skills
- Teacher Leadership
- School Leadership
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Effective Assessment
- Culturally Responsive Instruction
- Thinking Collaborative – Cognitive Coaching
- Teacher Leadership
- Teacher’s collective efficacy
- Executive Function Skills and neuroscience
- Founder of Stay Teacher (www.stayteacher.com), an organization that provides Mentoring and Coaching services for educators.