Claudia Lann Valore

Claudia Lann ValoreChief Program Officer

Claudia Lann Valore, Chief Program Officer, was honored with Beechbrook's distinguished Hearts of Hope Award.
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Claudia Lann Valore, PEP Chief Program Officer, was recently awarded the 2008 Beech Brook Hearts of Hope Award.This award recognizes caring Northeast Ohioans who give hope to children in need.

Award winners are both professionals and volunteers who have been helping children for at least five years.They were chosen by an independent panel of judges and were presented the award at a luncheon on February 7th.

Nominated for this award by her colleagues, Claudia has been with PEP for 30 years.Beginning as a teacher-counselor, she was promoted through many positions before becoming a key member of PEP's leadership team.

Working as front line staff, and well before the No Child Left Behind Act mandated effective education for all children, Claudia designed a model of effective instruction that allowed teachers to effectively teach all children, regardless of their academic or mental health challenges.She recognized that building academic competence, in and of itself, is emotionally healing.Claudia took this belief and operationalized it, creating processes by which teachers could instruct children who exhibit significant emotional and behavioral challenges.It is because of her instructional system that children at PEP have been taught successfully, possibly for the first time in their lives.

Through her personal commitment to troubled and troubling children and her motivational teaching, thousands of children in Greater Cleveland have new skills, and new hope for a brighter future.

Claudia Lann Valore Chief Program Officer Positive Education Program 3100 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 361-7760 ext. 116 (216) 361-8600 (fax)