Barbara Soots
Instructional Materials and Open Educational Resources Program Manager
OSPI
In her role as Instructional Materials and Open Educational Resources (OER) Program Manager at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in Washington, Barbara Soots implements state legislation directing collection of K–12 OER resources aligned to state learning standards and promotion of OER awareness and adoption throughout the state. Having led many events about the importance of OER in the changing educational landscape and their potential to provide equitable access to exemplar content, she is a national leader in the discussion about effective implementation of OER in K–12 and the importance of high-quality instructional materials.
Twitter: @waOSPI_OER