Mrs. Valerie Payne

8th Grade Math Teacher

478-988-6285

Courses Taught:

8th Grade Math

Valerie Payne

Bio

I began teaching at Perry Middle School in 2014, and I have 27 years of teaching experience in mathematics. I obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics (Albany State University), a master's degree in mathematics education,(Fort Valley State University) and a specialist degree in mathematics education (Georgia Southwestern State University). I began my teaching career as an adult literacy instructor for Middle Georgia Technical Institute and a workplace instructor for Georgia Pacific. My public school career as a mathematics teacher began at Sumter County Middle School (Americus, GA), where I was named Teacher of the Year (2006-2007). After 8 years in Sumter Co., I have had the pleasure of teaching at Warner Robins Middle School (Warner Robins, GA), McCool Elementary / Middle School - DoDEA (Santa Rita, Guam), and Broadmoor Middle School (Shreveport, LA). Additionally, I have served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College Asia (Andersen AFB, Yigo, Guam).