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This is an online resource for student support service providers and parents at Green Valley Elementary. Psychologist: Diane Shields is our School Psychologist. She is at Green Valley Elementary School on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and serves three other DPS schools. She can be reached by phone any school day. Diane has been a School Psychologist for over 30 years, and has been with DPS for 16 years. She earned her BA at Hiram College, in Ohio, and her MEd and EdS at Kent State University. Diane is a learning specialist who also has expertise in emotional and behavioral concerns.Diane loves to talk about her children: her daughter has just graduated from Creighton University with a Spanish major and is now at Johnson and Wales University Culinary School; her son is a Junior at Tufts University, studying Bio-medical Engineering. You can find Diane walking her fluffy little white dog, reading, working on her genealogy, or watching birds. Social Worker: Doris Chandler Speech Pathologist: Jennifer Buckland Mild/Moderate Special Educators: Renee Carney is one of the Mild/Moderate Special Educators at Green Valley Elementary. She received her teacher certification at Metropolitan State College of Denver, a Master's degree in Theater Production-(Playwriting and Directing) from Humboldt State University, and she received a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Before moving to Denver, she taught English in Korea. This is her fifth year as a teacher, but she has spent her life in the classroom. She utlizes the Wilson and LLI reading programs to teach phonemic awareness, phonics, alphabetic principle, fluency, comprehension, and writing with her students. She lives in Stapleton with her partner and her three pets and her best friend--Sophia, G, Kitty G (aka Barbra Streisand), and Carla Botox. She spends her free time bike riding, playing soccer, watching films and tv, playing video games, traveling, going to shows/theater, and reading. Molly Kasper is the other Mild/Moderate Special Educators. She received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology from Wellesley College and is currently working on her teacher certification through Metropolitan State College of Denver. She is from Massachusetts and this is her second year living in beautiful Colorado. Before becoming a special educator at GVE, Molly was a 4th grade math fellow. This year she teaches literacy using the Language! program and math using the Do The Math program. Outside of school Molly enjoys hiking, camping, and walking her dog Ed. MI Special Educator grades K-3: Holly Caouette Interventionists: Deean Ferrone and Susana Chavez Deean Ferrone is one of the reading interventionists at Green Valley Elementary School, as well as the RTI coordinator for our buidling. She has been teaching for 4 years. She earned her Bachelor's degree in theatre at Florida State University and her Master's degree in Elementary Education at the University of Central Florida. Deean's focus is building students' knowledge of phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary in a small group setting so they can be successful in the classroom. She is married and lives in southeast Denver. Deean loves snowboarding, riding bikes, traveling and of course, reading. ||
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