ILP - Director
Valerie Feit
Dr. Feit
What I have learned in life is simple: Invest in yourself.
Always find ways to:
- be a trusted leader
- show up for others
- be courageous
- explore questions
- apply effort
- and, have fun.
Strive to be a good person who contributes to your community.
Valerie Feit holds a Master’s in School Counseling and Doctorate in Education with specializations in school counseling, gifted and talented education, and school redesign. As Director of School-wide Enrichment for the Rye Neck School District in Mamaroneck, New York, she spent 20 years as an educational leader who built nationally recognized K-12 enrichment programs. While at Rye Neck, she originated the Independent Learner Program (ILP), the largest individualized program for the development of real-world projects for high school students in the United States. In that role, she has supported hundreds of students in projects that resulted in acceptance to the most competitive colleges and universities in the United States and abroad.
Dr. Feit is the originator and host of LMC Media’s Value Education and in the summer of 2022, will debut Education Today: Conversations with experts about trends in education, also airing on LMC Media. She is the co-author of Student Research for Community Change, published by Teachers College, Columbia University (2020). She has hosted two TEDx conferences that featured youth speakers.
Dr. Feit is the originator and host of LMC Media’s Value Education and in the summer of 2022, will debut Education Today: Conversations with experts about trends in education, also airing on LMC Media. She is the co-author of Student Research for Community Change, published by Teachers College, Columbia University (2020). She has hosted two TEDx conferences that featured youth speakers.
Dr. Feit with students at a United Nations event.
Since her childhood in South Africa, Dr. Feit’s personal passion is dance. She was formerly the Board President of Dance Parade New York, and as a performer was a member of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Eliot Feld Ballet and Eglevsky Ballet. As the Artistic Director of the Dutchess Ballet Company and Ballet Arts Studio in Beacon, New York, conservatory programs, she spent 20 years providing educational advisement for pre-professional dancers. Dr. Feit continues to pursue her passion for dance in New York and her love of hiking in the Hudson Valley. Those hobbies have earned her a reputation as a ballet hiker.
