Patti came to education after careers in publishing and journalism.   In 17 years as a classroom teacher in St. Vrain, she taught English and drama to secondary students in grades 7 through 12 at Frederick Middle-Senior High School and Mead Middle School.   She has been deeply involved in teaching writing and also team-taught interdisciplinary language arts and social studies at eighth and eleventh grades.

As an induction coach, she serves as a coach and collaborator for first year teachers in middle and high schools.  In addition, Patti is one of the coordinators of the Alternative Licensure program in St. Vrain and provides professional support for administrative school teams as they implement Professional Learning Communities.  She is an instructor for the ATLP Cohort Session, Vocabulary Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers, and Classroom Instruction that Works. an induction coach, she serves as a coach and collaborator for first year teachers in middle and high schools.  In addition, Patti is one of the coordinators of the Alternative Licensure program in St. Vrain and provides professional support for administrative school teams as they implement Professional Learning Communities.  She is an instructor for the ATLP Cohort Session, Vocabulary Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers, and Classroom Instruction that Works.

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -- William Butler Yeats

Patti can be reached at taylor_patricia@svvsd.org

Alain Valette

  Alain has taught in the St. Vrain Valley School District for fifteen years. He started his career at Sunset Middle School teaching technology and math. Alain then moved to Niwot High where he taught math and coached swimming.  As an Induction Coach, Alain mentors beginning teachers and teaches classes in classroom management, Adaptive Schools, Classroom Instruction that Works, and Lesson Study.

  Before becoming an educator, Alain was a structural engineer in Chicago. Alain recently completed his Type D Administrative License in order to become a middle or high school principal.

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson         

Alain can be reached at valette_alain@svvsd.org

Kristine Hagemeyer

Kristine has been an educator in St. Vrain Valley Schools for 15 years.  Within those years, she has taught English, reading and science at the secondary level.  She received her Masters in literacy from CU and used this degree the last nine years as a Literacy Coordinator/Coach/Teacher at Longs Peak Middle School.  Her passion for secondary literacy carried over into district level groups, such as the Secondary Literacy Committee, 6 Traits Cadre, the Colorado Basic Literacy Act Committee.

  As an Induction Coach, she works with new teachers at the secondary level by coaching, consulting, and collaborating.  Believing that learning never stops, Kris is always taking classes to help her grow professionally.  Some courses that she has taken recently are Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar Parts I and II, Adaptive Schools Institute, A Framework of Understanding Poverty, Creating and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities, and Montano’s Academic Competence, Levels 1 and 2.

 “Intelligence plus character is the definition of true education.”  Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kris can be reached at hagemeyer_kristine@svvsd.org