Dr. Mary Valerio
Associate Professor and Interim Chair Dept. of Teacher Education

- School of Education
- Adams State College
- Alamosa, CO 81102
- Office Hours:
- by appointment
- ES 206A
- maryvalerio@adams.edu
- (719)587-7936 (office)
- (719)587-7873 (fax)
- (719)480-1245 (cell)
Mini Bio:
B.A. 1973, Elementary Education & Special Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
M.S. 1981, Special Education and Educational Diagnostician, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Ph.D. 1990, Bilingual Special Education & Multicultural Teacher Ed, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Classes Taught
- ED 230 Language and Literacy Development I
- ED 521 Foundations of Literacy
- ED 426 Educational Practice and Assessment
- LLC 510 Foundations of Bilingual Education
- LLC 520 Language Acquisition
- Supervision of Interns
Research Areas
- First & second language acquisition
- Literacy development
- Teacher education
Other Areas of Interest:
- Walking my yellow lab Bonita and Australian Shephard puppy Tillie
- Reading mysteries
- Historical biographies
- Food!
- Teaching
- Traveling
- Planning my vacation to Italy & Spain
- Visiting family in N.M.
- Home improvement projects






