Valerye Boles Salazar Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, CA, US

Placer County, California, United States

Rocklin, California

Lafayette, LA

• Supporting an informed change movement in the United Way of Acadiana service delivery area.
• Leading efforts to measure and evaluating the progress and results of UWA efforts and collaborations.
• Blazing a path for measurement and evaluate outcomes of all UWA programs, investments, collaborations and other community-wide indicators in support of organizational and community level impact goals.

Lafayette, Louisiana Area

• Coordinated over 200 active funded projects summing to over $25,000,000;
• Effectively communicated and developed strong relationships with diverse constituents to resourcefully negotiate complex agreements; and
• Strategically streamlined office efficiency through spear-headed tool kits and written procedures, and proactive education of university community through newsletters and trainings.

• Influenced 145 students per year to achieve significant academic gains (80%, 82.5%, and 80% over three years) measured by cumulative mastery on all authentic assessments;
• Researched, strategically planned and fundraised over $8,000 in a 6 months for an educational summer trip to Costa Rica for students from a rural, low-income, and hurricane-stricken community; and
• Selected as National Sue Lehmann Award Regional Finalist for extraordinary academic student gains and Opelousas Rotary Club Excellence in the Teaching Profession Award.

• Selected as one of 2,200 of over 13,400 (16%) applicants to be a Teach for America Corps Member;
• Chosen from a competitive field to advise 12 new teachers build the habits of rehearsal and reflection;
• Supervised teachers in four classrooms, evaluating them weekly on teaching rubric with 13 components to identify and suggest next steps for best practices; and
• Successfully guided 5 area language teachers through curriculum challenges, recruited nationally recognized creator of effective foreign language pedagogy to present a no-cost state-wide workshop to 30 teachers.

Ba, Biopsychology, Spanish

Activities and Societies: Michigan Marching Band, Dance Marathon, Detroit Project, Project Quito

Master'S, Experimental Psychology