Mrs. V. Payne began teaching at Perry Middle School in 2014 and has 26 years of teaching experience in mathematics. She has 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). She began her teaching career as an adult literacy instructor for Middle Georgia Technical Institute. Her public school career as a mathematics teacher began at Sumter County Middle School (Americus, GA), where she was named Teacher of the Year (2006-2007). After 8 years in Sumter Co., she has 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, she has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College Asia (Andersen AFB, Yigo, Guam).
