Content and Learning Team

Division for Academic Excellence
Team Directory

Rebecca Vail, Team Director
Phone: (608) 266-2364

Emilie Amundson, Assistant Team Director
Phone: (608) 267-3726

Noy Aphayrath, Education Specialist, (608) 267-2443
Refugee Children Grants, Title III Immigrant Children and Youth, Title III, ESEA Consolidated Applications

Connie Ellingson, Office Operations Associate, (608) 267-9155
American Indian Studies, American Indian Language Revitalization Grants, English/Language Arts, Fine Arts, Reading Education

Gerhard Fischer, Education Consultant, (608) 267-9265
International and World Languages Education

Connie Haas, Office Operations Associate, (608) 267-9267
Advanced Placement, Gifted and Talented, Hessen Exchange Programs, Mathematics, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Title III, ELL, Refugee Children Grants, and Immigrant Programs

Jill Haglund, Education Consultant, 608-267-9625
Early Childhood and 4- and 5-yr-old Kindergarten

Jacqueline Iribarren, Education Consultant, (608) 266-7292
Title III, Effective Practices for ELLs, ESEA Monitoring, ELL Legal Requirements/Compliance

Diana Kasbaum, Education Consultant, (608) 266-7712
Mathematics Education, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Bev Kniess, Operations Program Associate, (608) 266-3706
Days and Hours of Instruction, Waivers, Team Director/Assistant Director Support

Steve Kretzmann, Education Specialist, 608-267-9278
AmeriCorps, Community Education, and the Rural Education Achievement Program

Shelley Lee, Education Consultant, (608) 266-3319
Science Education, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, WKCE Science Assessment

Linda Leonhart, Education Consultant, (608) 261-2137
State Head Start Collaboration Director

Tamara Maxwell. Education Consultant, (608) 266-3551
English Language Arts Education

Kris McDaniel, Education Consultant, (608) 266-2207
Social Studies Education

Chrystyna Mursky, Education Consultant, (608) 267-9273
Advanced Placement and Gifted/Talented

David O'Connor, Education Consultant, (608) 267-2283
American Indian Studies

Laura Paella, Office Operations Associate, 608-264-9325
Early Childhood

Victoria Rydberg, Education Consultant, (608) 266-0419
Environmental Education

Tolu Sanabria, Education Specialist, (608) 267-9235
Title III, Bilingual-Bicultural Education (state aided program), LEP Data Collection, Legal Requirements and Effective Practices for ELLs

Sharon Toellner, Education Consultant, (608) 267-9268
Reading Education

Dan Woodbridge, Office Operations Associate, (608) 267-9279
Environmental Education, Science, Social Studies, Title III, Bilingual, ELL, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, U.S. Senate Youth Program

For questions about this information, contact Beverly J. Kniess (608) 266-3706

Last updated on 4/24/2012 9:30:44 AM