Peggy Littleton has served on the State Board of Education since Feb. 2004. Her involvement in education spans many years. She taught for 15 years in a variety of educational settings, including home-schooling her three children and serving as a faculty member at Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy and Colorado Springs Christian School. She was also appointed as the director for Colorado’s GEAR UP grant, which was administered by the office of Governor Bill Owens.
In her extensive experience as an educational consultant, Peggy has conducted professional staff development seminars for teachers nationwide. Her focus is training teachers to use both data-driven and differentiated instruction in the classroom. Her passion is literacy, for she believes that a child must learn to read in grades K-3 in order to best prepare them for a lifetime of learning. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the Regents University of New York and has numerous graduate hours in literacy and education.
Peggy serves on many boards and commissions, including Read to Achieve, The Dyslexia Center and PACE (Parental Alliance for Choice in Education). Of the awards she has received, she feels most honored to have been given the Charter Friend Award for Policy. Peggy has contributed to many reports published by NASBE, some of which are “E Pluribus Unum (ELL)”, “Adolescent Literacy” and “From Planning to Practice (ECE).”
In addition to serving on the state board, Peggy is a commercial real estate consultant in Colorado Springs. She and her husband, Don, are the proud parents of three grown children.