Dr. Cassie Martin is the project director of the Inclusionary Practices Demonstration Sites Project at the UW Haring Center and in collaboration with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.  For the past 15 years Cassie has been an education consultant working across WA state specializing in the creation and continuation of inclusive practices in public schools. She provides professional development for everyone responsible for student growth, including: administrators, teachers, para-professionals, and families. Cassie's partnerships with school districts focus on best practices in inclusive education, both in terms of teaching and learning and organizational systems. Cassie’s teaching, research and consulting are guided by her passion to create inclusive school communities that work for each and every student. In her over 20 years in education, studying what works and scales in inclusive education, and as a former inclusion facilitator and administrator, she has seen first-hand how inclusion leads to better outcomes for all students. In Cassie's work at the Haring Center for Inclusive Education at the University of Washington she is currently partnering with OSPI and is the project director for the statewide demonstration sites project, working to create inclusive schools and districts across the state of Washington. Cassie is also partnering with the TIES Center out of University of Minnesota to help build statewide capacity on the inclusion of students with significant cognitive disabilities in WA state schools.