Valor Collegiate Academies
Amber Buchanan has experience as a Teacher, Digital Literacy Specialist, and Associate Teacher at Valor Collegiate Academies since July 2015. Prior to this role, Amber served as an Americorps Member at the Martha O'Bryan Center, focusing on elementary school students and their families. Additionally, Amber worked as Support Staff at the Handicapped Development Center and managed a Day Camp for impoverished children with Mountain TOP. Amber holds a Master of Education from Lipscomb University and dual Bachelor's degrees in Sociology (with a concentration in social welfare) and Creative Writing from Augustana College.
Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor Collegiate Academies is the first diverse-by-design, public college preparatory charter school in Nashville, TN to serve a holistically diverse background of students. Founded with the mission to empower our diverse community to live inspired, purposeful lives, Valor currently serves 1,900 students across three schools in grades 5-12. At the core of our model is Compass, a nationally-recognized model for comprehensive human development and social-emotional learning. Ranked in the top 5% of Tennessee schools for growth and achievement since opening in 2014, we are proving that schools don’t have to compromise academic results for comprehensive human development.