Dr. Ashwina Mosakowski in the role of Director of Elementary Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.

Mosakowski came to WSSD as Assistant Director of Education in 2020 when the school district was in the midst of navigating through the changing educational landscape of Covid-19. The areas under her responsibility are K-12 ELA, social studies, world languages and the library department. She works closely with Elementary RTII teachers, grade level chairs, reading specialists and teachers of gifted students. In addition, she serves as the coordinator of federal programs. This year she has been deeply involved in the equity and curriculum audits the school district engaged in. Along with Dr. Marseille,  she is part of the Delaware County Intermediate Unit (DCIU) equity coalition that brings students and administrators from all fifteen school districts from throughout the county together.

Mosakowski received a B.A. in English and French from the University of Mauritius (the island she is from), an M.A. in English Literature from Durham University (U.K.) and an Ed.D. from Widener University. She draws from over twenty years of experience in education as a teacher at Penn Wood High School, and as an assistant principal, principal, and Director of Curriculum in the Southeast Delco School District. She is excited to continue her journey with the Wallingford Swarthmore School District.

Leslie Pratt, is the Director of Secondary Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.  Her responsibilities include the development and maintenance of curriculum, assessment, and instruction in grades 6-12 in the disciplines of English, Social Studies, World Language, Fine and Applied Arts, Library, and Literacy.

Prior to coming to Wallingford-Swarthmore, Dr. Pratt served as the Secondary Humanities Curriculum Supervisor in the Lower Merion School District.  Before assuming an administrative role, she was a high school English teacher for 16 years at Lower Merion High School and for 3 years at Benjamin Franklin High School in the School District of Philadelphia.  During her two decades of teaching experience, she partnered extensively with social studies teachers, science teachers, and world language teachers to build interdisciplinary experiences for students.  In both her administrative and teaching roles, Dr. Pratt offered expertise in innovative instructional planning, departmental leadership, strategic organization, and collaborative group processes. 

Dr. Pratt earned a Ph.D. in Literacy and a Masters degree in Reading, Writing, and Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania.  Her scholarly expertise is how learners’ identities as readers and writers are developed.  A first-generation college-student, she earned a B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College. She belongs to many professional organizations whose missions center on literacy, writing, inquiry, and professional learning.

She lives in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania with her husband, Todd, her two children, Josh and Catherine, and a cocker spaniel, Pepper.