Pamelia D. Valentine is a teacher leader in the school, the district, and in both State and National professional organizations. She is National Board Certified in Early Adolescent and Young Adult Visual Arts. Currently, Pamelia is the Washington State Co-President-Elect, serving on the Washington Arts Education Association Board (WAEA). In 2012, she served as the Pacific Regional Middle Level Arts Director for the National Arts Education Association (NAEA).
Pamelia is a published author in Educational Leadership Magazine, writing about engaging students in thinking and learning across curriculum. Her work appeared in the WASCD Fall publications, about engaging students in thinking, problem-solving and learning. She has been an annual State Presenter of teaching and learning in the arts classroom, as well as in cross curricular environments, at the WAEA Fall and Spring Conferences from 2002 to the present. Pamelia was a National presenter of teaching and learning at the NAEA National Conference in Seattle, WA in 2011, in New York, NY in 2012, and in Fort Worth, TX in 2013. This year she will present in San Diego, CA.
Pamelia was honored as the Washington State ESD 113 Regional Teacher of the Year in 2013, and the Washington State Middle Level Art Teacher of the Year in the same year.
We are honored and delighted to have Pamelia Valentine as one of our presenters at WCCA 2014, where she will deliver a fascinating presentation entitled, The Computer in Your Pocket. “Now is the time for teachers to understand and use the electronic culture of today’s generation to enhance their learning, kindle their passion and deepen their curiosity. Attendees will receive complete lesson plans for all lessons discussed, parent release forms (to use student work in publications and put work on the internet), instruction on using Internet sites for educational purposes and many new and unique ideas on using the connections between Science and Art with today’s technology and today’s students.”