This week I am joined by Mrs. Valerie Mara, Assistant Superintendent of Academics for the Archdiocese of Hartford's Catholic Schools. Val discusses all the various roads that led her to the Archdiocese of Hartford's Catholic schools from working with troubled youth to assistant superintendent. She details her academic and testing role in curriculum for the Archdiocese as well as her passionate vision for special education including her detailed plan for working with students with disabilities. For more information about Val, please email her at [email protected]. For more information about the Archdiocese of Hartford, Catholic Schools please visit http://catholicedaohct.org/about.