Pamelia Denise Valentine has been selected as Shelton School District’s Teacher of the Year

Pamelia Denise Valentine has been selected as Shelton School District’s Teacher of the Year
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Pamelia Denise Valentine has been selected as Shelton School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2013. This marks the start of the 2013 National Teacher of the Year selection. She will represent Shelton School District in the regional ESD 113 Teacher of the Year this fall and if selected could move onto the Washington State Teacher of the Year and the National Teacher of the Year for 2013.

Pamelia Denise Valentine’s contributions to Oakland Bay Junior High School continue to be irreplaceable as she is always ready to lend her teacher-leadership in support of increased student academic achievement. Her free thinking and new age conceptualization have made her an agent of change on the School Improvement Plan committee (SIP). Her work on the School Improvement Plan team has been instrumental in helping to change the professional climate and Teaching and Learning environment at Oakland Bay by fostering and adopting a School Wide Vision & Mission and energizing all staff trainings and staff development days. Denise makes a positive difference in our building. She is highly involved in SIP, Renaissance, PRIDE, Drama, PTSA and the Arts. Regularly, Ms. Valentine stands before the entire staff giving instruction and guidance on assessment concerns and issues as she helps faculty make the state assessment targets more transparent to students.

Ms. Valentine has National Board Certification in Art. Her assessments expose her students to rubrics and make them use higher level thinking skills. While planning lessons and delivering instruction, Ms. Valentine differentiates instruction to address the learning levels and Multiple Intelligences of all her students. Over the school years, Ms. Valentine volunteered with a ninth grade English teacher to lend her artistic expertise in producing three separate dramatic evening performances held in the school’s commons. She also fosters Shelton High School students as they create their own productions in support of Senior Projects. Ms. Valentine took a role in promoting a new look at classroom discipline called Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) now known as the Pride Committee. She is a catalyst on the electives team at Oakland Bay Junior High School. She is an active member of the Renaissance Committee which has invigorated student recognition for all students and she fosters and supervises Oakland Bay Junior High School’s Timberwolf News Broadcasts during her planning period. Ms. Valentine hosts the annual Arts Night where industrial arts, drama, and choir as well as the arts are highlighted and recognized.

Just this year, Denise was invited to present at The National Art Education Association’s National Convention in New York City. Denise Valentine provided substantive professional development services that included the advancement of knowledge in sessions, events, and activities for the purpose of improving visual arts instruction in American schools. She is Shelton School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2013.