About Us

The Boulder Valley School District's Community Access Mentoring Program (CAM) began in 2007 as a result of the assessed needs in the community. Dr. Jan Hittelman, a local psychologist, together with Chris King, BVSD's superintendent, developed the idea for the program to be a portal connecting middle school children to the community activities that will help them to thrive, not merely survive. The long-term goal of the program is to serve all of Boulder County's Middle Schools and some of Boulder County's private schools by the year 2010.

Program Coordinator

Patti Ashley

Patti has over twenty-seven years of experience working with children and families. She has been a special education teacher, a parent educator, a child and family therapist, and a parent advocate. She has written workbooks for parents, sits on the Board of Directors for Kid's Pages Cares Foundation, and presents workshops on various topics.

Currently as Program Coordinator for CAM she hopes to help many families feel supported by providing them with a volunteer Access Coach and parent support. patti.ashley@bvsd.org

Consultants

Dr. Jan Hittelman

Dr. Jan Hittelman developed the initial program design for Community Access Mentoring for the Boulder Valley School District. He previously helped develop mentoring programs for the County of Broomfield, Boulder County BEST program, and the Family Learning Center.

Dr. Hittelman, a licensed psychologist with over 20 years experience working with children and families, authors monthly columns for the Camera, Boulder Valley School District under the sponsorship of the Parent Engagement Network, and online for Rosen Publishing Group. He is currently the Director of Boulder Psychological Services.

Access Coaches

We can be contacted at 720-203-6844.