Jessica Valente

June Pre-K PE winner! #finishstrong #awesome @YatesSCSD @ScschoolsP @SCSchools

Pre-K Readiness at MLK- Saturday morning practicing sharing, lining up and walking down the hall, and how to stop an activity even when you don’t want to stop yet! These 3 and 4 year olds are getting acclimated to school.

@LisaMeade23 @WFL_BOCES Congrats @LisaMeade23 ! 🎉

I am honored to become part of the amazing team at @WFL_BOCES !

A great morning of PD for our UPK teachers!! Exploring the topics of meaningful interactions and intentional use of materials to promote language and literacy throughout the day. @SCSchools @ChisolmEd @cphistory27

From PreK to Secondary ELA, our @SCSchools teachers are learners and invested! #PD4All #SupCongDay

SCSD teachers getting into Physical Phonics at LETRS Training today. Love that Schenectady is ahead of the game with our first cohort of reading and spec ed teachers getting LETRS training!! And thankful to BOCES for supporting us! #schenectadyrising @SCSchools @Mrs_Wood_22

Save the date 📆 Be sure to add the #AIMSymposium2024 on 3/11/24 to your calendar. Join #literacy experts including @devin_kearns, @soniacabell, & @KPMilesPhD to learn about "The Intersection of Reading and Writing." Recordings Available. bit.ly/3RTJuTA

Today Mr. Delano's preK families were invited to come in and build gingerbread houses with their child. Oh what fun was had by all! #Lincolnrising @LaurieTimmis

⬇️ Thank you, Schenectady County Public Library! 🙌🏻 We know libraries play a critical role in early literacy development. @SCPL_NY

A great kickoff meeting this morning for the NY Campaign for Early Literacy. Thank you @jeffsmink and @EdTrustNY! Looking forward to the work ahead! #NYEarlyLiteracy

Great to be with @SCSchools last night to talk about the importance of early literacy. Excited to follow and share the community's progress in ensuring all students can read at grade level! @EdTrustNY

Kicking off round 2 of our Wit&Wisdom guided observations with our leadership cohort model. @cphistory27 @WitWisdomELA

You got that right, Kim!!! Shout out to @dcreagan1 and @Julia_Ciaccio ! 🙌🏻

A big thanks to everyone who joined us this evening for our call to action as we work together to address the literacy crisis! @SCSchools @EdTrust @RightToReadFilm @jeffsmink @AnibalSolerJr @ChisolmEd @cphistory27 #SoR

You are invited to attend our "Schenectady's Right to Read" event on12/11 @ Proctors GE Theatre. A reception will be held at 4:30 p.m. followed by the screening of the powerful film, "Right to Read." Refreshments will be served. Learn more & register here.

🧡UNITY DAY @YatesSCSD ! PreK marched to Choose Kind & stop bullying!

🎥 Watch our latest webinar On Demand now! From Confusion to Clarity: Defining Sight Words, High-Frequency Words, Red Words, and Heart Words 🔗 Watch Here: bit.ly/3JLr8PY

Keane Elementary Back to School BBQ August 30, 4-6 p.m. at Keane Come out and meet your new teachers, friends and staff!

A great morning planning and preparing for the new school year with our @SCSchools grade level leaders!

Can’t wait to welcome our new students!