The Office of Professional Learning (OPL) is constructed to respond to the curricular, instructional program, and professional learning needs of Montgomery County School Districts and provides an array of dynamic, effective, and valued programs and services. Workshops, academies and courses for continuing professional education and graduate credit and job-alike councils are offered. Specific offerings are customized to meet the needs of individual schools and districts.
The following list is representative of the variety of services/supports available to our clients:
- Comprehensive/Continuous Improvement Planning
- Workshops and courses that satisfy Act 48 and Act 45 requirements
- PDE initiatives
- On-site professional development
- Consultation services
- Curriculum and job-alike councils
- Coordination of county-wide student events
- On-line Learning course creation
- Consortium purchases
- PIIC – Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching
- MVP – Montgomery Virtual Program
- Title III/ESL
- STEM
- PIL
- CPR/First Aid
- Student Assistance Program (SAP)
Customized Professional Development and presentations recently offered to districts include topics such as:
- Content-area best practices
- Differentiated instruction
- Curriculum and assessment support in meeting the demands of a standards aligned system
- Data analysis to inform instruction, programmatic changes and school improvement
- Instructional coaching and leadership
- Intervention and enrichment
- Training for educational specialists
- Technology integration
- Comprehensive Planning
- Educator and Principal Effectiveness
- State Standards and Assessment
- District-specific use of Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System (PVAAS)
The Office of Professional Learning (OPL) Team:
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Dr. Donna Gaffney Director of the Office of Professional Learning Email: dgaffney@mciu.org Phone:610-755-9311 Lisa Moore, Assistant, 610-755-9319 Holley Moyer, Assistant, 610-755-9460 Lisa Cullen, Registrar, 610-755-9315 |
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Dr. Michael Webb Assistant Director of the Office of Professional Learning Email: mwebb@mciu.org Phone:610-755-9317 |
Program Administrators:
| Brandon Langer | Instructional Technology | 610-755-9324 | blanger@mciu.org |
| Amber Molloy | Literacy/PIIC Mentor | 610-755-9435 | amolloy@mciu.org |
| Stephanie Schwab | STEM | 610-755-9369 | sschwab@mciu.org |