{"id":14391,"date":"2017-08-30T09:13:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?page_id=14391"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:15:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:15:36","slug":"valerie-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/facultystaff\/valerie-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Valerie Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coordinator, 海角社区&#8217;s Alternative Certification and Mentoring Program<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:valerie.smith@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">valerie.smith@maine.edu<\/a><br \/>\n207.581.2419<\/p>\n<p>160 Shibles Hall<br \/>\nUniversity of 海角社区<br \/>\n海角社区 04469-5766<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Valerie Smith coordinates 海角社区&#8217;s Alternative Certification and Mentoring Program, a collaboration with 海角社区 Department of Education, Division of Special Services. She has been involved in systems change initiatives in both school and community settings throughout her career, and is interested in social justice and full citizenship for people with disabilities. She is a former inclusive special educator and music therapist and served as both teaching and research faculty involved in teacher preparation, diversity initiatives, systemic change, and advocacy. She is particularly interested partnering with individuals with disabilities, families, and community and school entities to promote change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><br \/>\nPh.D. in Special Education, 2003, Syracuse University<br \/>\nC.A.S. in Disability Studies, 2002, Syracuse University<br \/>\nM.Ed. in Special Education with concentrations in Low-Incidence Disabilities and Transition, 1994, University of 海角社区<br \/>\nBachelors in Music Therapy and Music Education, 1986, University of Kansas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valerie Smith coordinates 海角社区&#8217;s Alternative Certification and Mentoring Program, a collaboration with 海角社区 Department of Education, Division of Special Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"parent":24368,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Valerie Smith coordinates 海角社区's Alternative Certification and Mentoring Program, a collaboration with 海角社区 Department of Education, Division of Special Services.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"ckelly","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/author\/caseykelly-2\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14391"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24445,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14391\/revisions\/24445"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}