Michele Palermo
Michele Palermo Special Education Teacher
About the Teacher
Mrs. Michele Palermo-
I have been working in education since 1987 after receiving my Bachelor of Science and Master’s of Science degrees in Education from Northern Illinois University. I was a special education teacher in Illinois for 16 years, and for my last year in Illinois, I was a general education, 6th grade Social Studies and ELA, teacher. In 2004, I moved to Phoenix and started my Arizona journey as a special education teacher at Desert Mountain School. During the 2008-2009 school year, I was an Intervention Specialist at two Deer Valley schools. In 2009, my beautiful daughter was born, and I took 6 years off to stay home with her.
I returned to teaching special education in 2015 in the Paradise Valley School District to be close to home and to my daughter’s school. I also taught for 2 years for the Cave Creek School District before moving to Anthem. I happily returned to the Deer Valley Unified School District in 2020, and I have been at Anthem School ever since.