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Employees

Meet Our Team: OPL

Office of Professional Learning

Dr. Daniel Richards

Director of
Professional Learning

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

ABOUT

Areas of Focus:

  • Berks County Assistant Superintendents (BCAS) Network
  • Berks County Curriculum Coordinators (BCCC) Network
  • Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units - Curriculum Coordinators (PAIUCC)
  • PDE Liaison
  • Superintendents’ Advisory Committee (SAC)
  • Teacher Induction
  • Principal Effectiveness
  • 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

ABOUT

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)
  • Continued Professional Education (CPE)
  • Act 45/48
  • Leadership Series
  • District Comprehensive Planning
  • School Improvement and Planning
  • ELA Network
Program Administrators

Stacy
Dunleavy

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

Areas of Focus:

  • Career Readiness / Career Pathways
  • Career Ready Berks (CRB)
  • Berks County School Counselors (BASCA)
  • 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
ABOUT

Areas of Focus:

  • Act 89 Nonpublic School Program
  • Federal Programs
  • Health & Physical Education
  • Elementary Principals Network
  • Youth Mental Health First Aid
  • Nonpublic School Grants
  • QPR (Suicide Prevention)
  • Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS)
  • Nonpublic Principal Meetings

Lyn
Hilt

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

Areas of Focus:

  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Initiatives and Resource Library
  • Gifted Education
  • STEM Student Competitions
  • Science, Technology & Engineering, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability (STEELS) Standards and 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

Abigail Houck

Phone: 610-987-9598
E-mail: abihou@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)
  • Data Informed Instruction / Flexible Grouping
  • Schoology
  • Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI)
  • Student Centered Learning
  • Mass Customized Learning
  • Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System (PVAAS)

Katie
Kehm

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

Areas of Focus:

  • Academic Challenge
  • Secondary Art Exhibit
  • English Language Development (ELD) Professional Development and Services
  • ELD Administrators/ELD Teachers Network
  • Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI)
  • STEM
  • Library and Resource Sharing (SIMCA, StarLab, Library Network)
  • Core Connections Conference
  • Trauma Informed Professional Development and Coaching
  • School Climate, SEL, Bullying Prevention

Carissa
Noel

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

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

Kendy
Schiffert

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

Areas of Focus:

  • Fund Development / Grant Assistance
  • Pennsylvania Instructional Media Services (PAIMS)
  • Discovery Education
  • Instructional Technology
  • Facilitating Online Learning / Course Development
  • Open Education Resources (OER)
  • Assessment Literacy
  • Computer Science
  • Strategic CSforALL Resource and Implementation Planning Tools (SCRIPT)
  • ESports
  • Technology Education
  • STEM Resource Library
  • STEM Student Competitions
  • PA Invention Convention
  • Common Inservice
  • PA Media & Design Competition
  • Interlibrary Delivery Services

Heather
Wamsher

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

Areas of Focus:

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
  • Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
  • Check & Connect
  • Framework for Access and Belonging (FAB)
  • Special Education Teacher Networking Groups (Low Incidence and Emotional Support)
  • Functional Behavior Assessment
  • Classroom Management
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Special Education Plan
  • Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
  • Academic (reading, math, written language) Intervention
  • Progress Monitoring
  • Paraprofessional 6-Day Academy
  • Speech
  • Assistive Technology
  • Safety Care
  • Autism
  • Verbal Behavior
  • Executive Functioning Skills
  • Behavioral/Emotional Self-Regulation
  • Low Incidence
  • Secondary Transition (Assessment / Employability / Self-Determination / Post-Secondary)
  • Indicator 13
  • Youth Mental Health First Aid
  • Trauma Training

Jillian
Darlington

Assistant Program Administrator
Phone: 610-987-8649
E-mail: jildar@berksiu.org

Areas of Focus:

  • PA Dream Team, Berks County
  • Career Ready Berks (CRB) Platform
  • Internship Coordinators
  • Discovery Education
  • STEM Student Competitions
  • Reading Olympics
  • Administrative Professional Support
  • PERMS/Act 48
  • PBS Resources
  • Interlibrary Delivery (IDS)
  • inside Berks business (iBb)
  • Common Inservice
  • STEM Resource Library
  • Pennsylvania Instructional Media Services (PAIMS)
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