Valerie Milligan

Valarie Milligan is in her third year as the Academic Coordinator for K-6 Music for Dayton Public Schools. She has 40 years of experience in teaching K-6 General Music. She taught for Middletown City Schools for 34 years and Wyoming City Schools for 3 years. She is trained in and has obtained all three levels of certification in Orff-Schulwerk. Her role in the Dayton Public Schools is to oversee the implementation of Orff-Schulwerk in the elementary general music classrooms and to provide coaching and professional development for elementary music teachers. She has been instrumental in formalizing the elementary general music curriculum for Dayton Public Schools and has worked to secure Save the Music grants for each school. Her ultimate goal is that each teacher enjoys making music with their children and that each child comes to love the music-making experience.