https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About An experienced educator who has been serving students for nearly three decades, Janet Valeri has been the principal of Ledge Street Elementary School since 2008. Part of the Nashua School District, Ledge Street Elementary is the only Franklin Covey Lighthouse School in New England and only the 67th Lighthouse School in the world. Janet Valeri is also the president of the Nashua Association of School Principals. Before assuming her current positions, Janet Valeri served the Nashua School District as a district-wide strategic planning coordinator, a principal at Amherst Street School, and an assistant principal at Mt. Pleasant Elementary. Her administrative achievements with the Nashua School District include securing $1.5 million in grants to support a United States Department of Education-affiliated Mental Health and Schools project for both the Ledge Street and Amherst Street schools. Outside of the professional environment, Ms. Valeri is an avid fitness enthusiast and world traveler. She also enjoys reading and crafting. en-us 2017-03-25 08:36:53 UTC 2025-10-24 12:55:30 UTC hello@padlet.com JanetValeri https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/162547747 2017-03-25 08:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/162547747 JanetValeri https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/162547777 2017-03-25 08:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/162547777 JanetValeri https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/162547790 2017-03-25 08:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/162547790 JanetValeri https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/167999149 With nearly three decades of experience working as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal in New Hampshire schools, Janet Valeri currently serves as principal of Ledge Street School in Nashua. Over the course of her career, she has received a number of awards for her work in education. Janet Valeri is listed among the Who’s Who of American Educators and was a two-time New Hampshire finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). 

Launched in 1983, the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching program is the nation’s top awards program for K-12 educators focused on math or science instruction. Teachers nominated for the awards are school and community leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing student learning in mathematics and/or science subjects.

To qualify for the awards, a nominee must be a full-time educator with least five years of experience working as a math and/or science teacher in a public or private school. Each year the president of the United States bestows the prestigious award on up to 108 teachers from across the nation as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. 

In addition to receiving the recognition of their peers, PAEMST national winners get a paid trip to Washington, D.C., and a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation. To find names of past award winners or learn more about the nomination and application process, visit www.paemst.org.]]> 2017-04-25 02:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/167999149 JanetValeri https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/172702314 An experienced education administrator, Janet Valeri has been principal of Ledge Street School in Nashua for nearly a decade. One initiative Janet Valeri has been part of in her time as a New Hampshire educator is the New Hampshire Task Force on Effective Teaching, which oversees the evaluation of teachers and education administrators. She participated in Phase I of the task force initiative, which found four core pillars of effective teaching.

The first pillar focuses on teacher preparation programs. These programs must successfully prepare teachers for their early teaching experiences and develop core teaching competencies. The second pillar, meanwhile, follows the first with extensive mentoring during the first few years of a new teacher's teaching career, refining the lessons learned in teacher preparation programs and applying them to practical situations.

The third pillar focuses on the long-term with hands-on professional development that refines the teacher's skills as well as those of the students, in compliance with state and federal education standards. The final pillar of the task force's blueprint focuses on developing evaluation policies that provide meaningful, valuable data on teacher performance, closing the loop of professional development with meaningful feedback.

Implementation of these pillars requires long-term cooperation between stakeholders and a commitment to evidence-based practice development.]]> 2017-05-18 23:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/JanetValeri/About/wish/172702314