A former Denver teacher and administrator has been named Denver Public Schools’ chief academic officer, sources say.
Ana Tilton, 58, is currently chief program officer at the Texas High School Project in Dallas — a public/private organization dedicated to ensuring all Texas students graduate high school ready for college.
District officials on Wednesday would not confirm the high-level appointment but said a finalist has been chosen.
The chief academic officer is responsible for the overall academic mission of the district, including coordinating curriculum, instruction and assessment.
The job was vacated in September by Jaime Aquino, who served for three years.
Tilton has worked with charter and noncharter schools during three decades in education.
She was senior vice president for New American Schools, a group spearheading the adoption of whole-school reform models nationwide; senior vice president of Edison Schools, a charter school organization; and a longtime California public school administrator. She began in Denver as an elementary and secondary schoolteacher and also was a DPS curriculum coordinator and assistant principal.
