About The Teacher

NAME: Mrs. Valaina Maher

SCHOOL: Bennett Elementary School

EMAIL: maherv@pwcs.edu

SCHOOL PHONE: 703-361-8261

A Little Bit About Me

      I was born and raised in Pennsylvania.  I received a BA in Education 
from Concordia Teacher's College in River Forest, IL.  I received a MAEd 
from SouthEast Missouri State University with a major in Early Childhood 
Education.  After many years of teaching, I decided to make a change and 
went back to school and received my MSEd from Nazareth College in Rochester, 
NY. My major was Educational Technology Specialist. After receiving my 
degree and living through many cold winters, I decided to move south and was 
hired to be the Instructional Technology Resource Teacher (ITRT) at Bennett 
Elementary School in Manassas, VA.
    I have two cats, Grace and Zoe and love lambs(especially black ones or 
ones with black faces) and butterflies.  I enjoy listening to audio books 
and collect books autographed by authors that I enjoy.  I love peanut butter 
but unfortunately chocolate and I do not get along.  I enjoy living in VA as 
it reminds me of the north without the severe winters.

My Mission

Technology is a reality in today's world.  It is important for the youth of 
today to be ready for their future.  My mission is to be assist the staff of 
Bennett Elementary to help our students become proficient with technology.  
The best way to do that is to use technology in ways that are useful to the 
students in their everyday work.