Kimberly Evans

 Kimberly Evans

406-594-7053
Teacher Learning Hub
Instruction Coordinator

Work-Related Duties:

  1. Daily monitoring and operations of The Teacher Learning Hub
  2. New Course Development
  3. Instructional Design

Kimberly comes to OPI with a wide variety of experience in education. She started out as an elementary school teacher in a one school, school district. She then moved on to teach at a charter school with Independent Study High School students, and most recently worked with homeschool families and their parent educators. She developed a semester plan for each student on her caseload and worked to vet curriculum and closely monitor student progress. She brings the “teacher hat” to the Teacher Learning Hub Team. She graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies and then continued her education at UC Davis where she earned her multi-subject CLAD teaching credential. She has two daughters and lives in Helena with her husband, dog, and a cat.

 

Allyson Briese

 Allyson Briese

406-444-0716
Teacher Learning Hub Coordinator
 

Work-Related Duties:

  1. Daily operations and maintenance of the Teacher Learning Hub serving 27,000 Montana Educators.
  2. Development and instructional design of high-quality online professional development courses for educators.
  3. Collaborate with a variety of OPI units and partners within the state to provide programs and online opportunities that benefit Montana Schools.

Allyson joined the OPI Teacher Learning Hub team in June of 2020. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in K-8 Elementary Education from Montana State University in Bozeman, a Master’s degree in K-12 Curriculum & Instruction from Boise State University in Boise, ID, and a second Master’s degree in K-12 Educational Leadership/Administration from the College of Idaho. She feels fortunate to have found her passion in life early on and as a result, has “never gone to work a day in her life—only to school!” She loves her ‘work’ in education and has taught grades 3 through 6 as well as multi-grade classrooms in both public and private school settings, served as a 5-8 Middle School Principal, a K-12 Curriculum Director, a School Board Chair, and developed and served as the Director of a developmentally-based, parent-involved preschool. Her experiences in education have been many and varied and she is thrilled to continue her work in education at the state level with the Office of Public Instruction. She deeply values her Montana roots, and in her free time, she loves spending time with family and enjoying the great outdoors.