Valery is an expert speaker.
Invite Valery to Speak at Your Next EventValery has worked for over a decade in the Washington, D.C., area as a Multilingual Learner Specialist, language teacher, and instructional coach before leading a Pre-K–8 school as a principal. After training with New Leaders and the Relay Graduate School of Education, she transitioned to a national organization as a managing director of instructional support to focus on leadership actions and practices. In this role, Valery crafted development for district/network leaders through targeted cycles of improvement anchored in operationalizing instructional improvement plans, auditing systems and structures through the lens of internal coherence, and modeling and developing coaching practices anchored in content-specific pedagogy.
Valery believes fidelity to our mission will empower partners and school leaders to own their input in school-based outcomes and allow them to intentionally launch their influence as change agents in hopes that their affirmed identities and leveraged leadership will position them to build a strong coalition for change.