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Meet Our Team: OPL

Office of Professional Learning

Dr. Daniel Richards

Director of
Professional Learning

Phone: 610-987-8370  
E-mail: danric@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • Berks County Curriculum Coordinators (BCCC) Network
  • Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units – Curriculum Coordinators (PAIUCC)
  • PDE Liaison
  • Superintendents’ Advisory Committee (SAC)
  • Berks County Equity Committee (BCEC)
  • Teacher Induction Series
  • Principal Effectiveness
  • Non-Teaching Professionals
  • Strategic Planning and Data Retreats
  • Future Ready PA Index
  • eMetric
  • Keeping Kids Safe Conference
  • Administrators’ Conference
  • PA Inspired Leadership (PIL)
  • Berks Online Learning (BOL)
  • Vendor Consortium Pricing
  • Community Partnerships
  • Statewide Projects (CDTs, PA Science Standards, Career, CSI)

Dr. CHRISTINA FOEHL

Assistant Director of Professional Learning

Phone: 610-987-8538
E-mail: chrfoe@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • Teacher Effectiveness (Act 13, Comprehensive Evaluation Process)
  • K-12 Literacy
  • Text Dependent Analysis (TDA)
  • Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
  • Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
  • Act 45/48
  • Leadership Series
  • District Comprehensive Planning
  • School Improvement and Planning
  • Equity and Inclusion (Audits, Facilitation, Instructional Practices)
  • ELA Network
Program Administrators

Dr. Kevin
Andreyo

Phone: 610-987-8468
E-mail: kevand@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • Fund Development / Grant Assistance
  • IT-PLC
  • Reading Olympics
  • Pennsylvania Instructional Media Services (PAIMS)
  • Discovery Education
  • Instructional Technology
  • Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
  • Canvas LMS
  • Facilitating Online Learning / Course Development
  • Open Education Resources (OER)
  • Assessment Literacy
  • Interlibrary Delivery Services
  • PBS Resources
  • STEM Coaching

Stacy
Dunleavy

Phone: 610-987-8496
E-mail: stadun@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • Career Readiness / Career Pathways
  • Career Ready Berks (CRB)
  • Inside Berks Business (iBb)
  • Berks County School Counselors (BASCA)
  • K-12 Literacy
  • Common In-service
  • Social Studies
  • Curriculum Design
  • Text Dependent Analysis (TDA)
  • Literacy Leaders Network

Candace
Hall

Phone: 610-987-8298
E-mail: canhal@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • Act 89 Nonpublic School Program
  • Federal Programs
  • Health & Physical Education
  • Elementary Principals Network
  • Youth Mental Health First Aid
  • QPR (Suicide Prevention)
  • Nonpublic Principal Meetings
  • Nonpublic School Grants

Lyn
Hilt

Phone: 610-987-8299
E-mail: lynhil@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Initiatives and Resource Library
  • Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System (PVAAS)
  • Gifted Education
  • STEM Student Competitions
  • K-12 Science
  • STEM Network
  • Google Workspace for Education
  • Apple Education
  • Middle School Principals Network
  • Instructional Delivery Models (Blended Learning, Station-Rotation, etc.)
  • Makerspace/Maker Learning
  • Personalized Learning

Dr. Josh
Hoyt

Phone: 610-987-8535
E-mail: joshoy@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • High School Principals Network
  • Math Design Collaborative (MDC)
  • K-12 Mathematics
  • Standards-Aligned System (SAS)
  • Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA)
  • Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDT)
  • Google Workspace for Education
  • Instructional Technology Integration
  • Station-Rotation
  • Schoology
  • STEM
  • Computer Science
  • Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI)
  • Apple for Education
  • Microsoft for Education
  • Strategic CSforALL Resource and Implementation Planning Tool (SCRIPT)
  • Math 24 Competition

Katie
Kehm

Phone: 610-987-8977
E-mail: katkeh@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • ESL PD and Services
  • ESL Administrators/ESL Teachers Network
  • Instructional Technology
  • Academic Challenge
  • STEM
  • School Climate, SEL, Bullying Prevention
  • Core Connections Conference
  • Act 89 Professional Development and Coaching
  • Library and Resource Sharing (SIMCA, StarLab, Library Network)
  • Trauma Informed Professional Development and Coaching

Carissa
Noel

Phone: 610-987-8506
E-mail: carnoe@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • Instructional Coach Mentoring and Professional Development (PA CMC)
  • Berks Instructional Coaching Collaborative Network
  • School Climate Leadership Initiative / Learning Environments
  • Social Emotional Learning
  • Trauma Skilled Schools
  • Bullying Prevention
  • Core Connections Conference
  • School Climate Network Group

Heather
Wamsher

Phone: 610-987-8648
E-mail: heawam@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • Berks Administrators of Special Education (BASE)
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
  • School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS)
  • Positive Behaviors Support Plans
  • Functional Behavior Assessment
  • Classroom Management
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Special Education Plan
  • Academic (reading, math, written language) Intervention
  • Progress Monitoring
  • Paraprofessional 6-Day Academy
  • Indicator 13
  • Speech
  • Assistive Technology
  • Safety Care
  • Autism
  • Executive Functioning Skills
  • Low Incidence
  • Young Mental Health First Aid
  • Trauma Training
  • Behavioral/Emotional Self-Regulation
  • Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
  • Secondary Transition (Assessment / Employability / Self-Determination / Post-Secondary)
  • QPR Suicide Prevention Training
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