Valerie Kibler
Biography
Valerie J. Kibler, MJE, teaches at Harrisonburg (Va.) H.S., where she advises the print and online newspaper and the yearbook. She taught 10 years at Marion Senior High School where she began advising. She earned her B.A. from Virginia Tech in 1988 and her Master鈥檚 in Journalism Education from 黑料网 in 2014. Kibler currently teaches the Advising Student Media course for Kent State鈥檚 online master鈥檚 program.
She was local chair for the 2009 and 2014 JEA/NSPA conventions in Washington, D.C. She currently serves as the JEA President and has been the State Director for Virginia as well as President and Treasurer of the Virginia Association of Journalism Teachers and Advisers. She was a NSPA board member for three years. Kibler helped begin jCamp and jDay in Virginia and helped found the JEA Partner Project to reach underserved regions. She was named the 2010 Dow Jones News Fund鈥檚 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year and has received NSPA鈥檚 Pioneer Award, JEA鈥檚 Medal of Merit and Carl Towley Award, CSPA鈥檚 Gold Key Award, and SIPA鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award. Kibler was the initial writer of the leadership module for the JEA curriculum.