
The
Virginia
Science
Education
Leadership
Association
(VSELA)
has
elected
Julia
Renberg,
supervisor
of
science
and
family
life
education
for
Prince
William
County
Public
Schools,
as
its
next
president.
Renberg
was
voted
in
as
president
at
the
2021
VSELA
spring
conference,
and
her
appointment
took
effect
immediately.
She
will
serve
a
two-year
term.
"Renberg's
extensive
knowledge
of
science
education
will
be
an
asset
to
the
organization,
as
she
is
to
PWCS,"
said
Ken
Bassett,
director
for
the
PWCS
Office
of
Student
Learning.
Renberg
is
also
the
director
for
the
annual
Prince
William-Manassas
Regional
Science
Fair
and
serves
on
the
Virginia
Department
of
Education
Science
Advisory
Board.
Her
bachelor's
degree
in
biochemistry
is
from
Belarussian
State
University.
She
received
her
master's
in
curriculum
and
instruction,
with
a
concentration
in
English
for
speakers
of
other
languages,
from
George
Mason
University
and
recently
defended
her
doctoral
proposal
in
education
leadership
with
a
minor
in
special
education.
Renberg
began
her
career
in
education
as
a
middle
school
life
science
teacher
in
Florida.
After
relocating
to
Prince
William
County
in
2001,
she
taught
high
school
chemistry
and
forensic
science,
and
served
as
high
school
assistant
principal
and
as
the
administrative
coordinator
for
the
Center
for
Applied
Sciences,
Interactive
and
Information
Technology
at
Battlefield
High
School.
In
2013,
she
was
named
PWCS
Teacher
of
the
Year
and
received
The
Washington
Post
Agnes
Meyer
Outstanding
Teacher
Award.
"During
my
term
as
president
of
VSELA,
I
plan
on
working
collaboratively
with
other
district
science
supervisors,
as
well
as
leaders
at
the
state
and
the
national
levels,
to
broaden
access
and
inclusion
of
all
students
in
STEM-education,"
said
Renberg.
VSELA
is
a
nonprofit
organization
dedicated
to
ensuring
excellent
science
education
for
all
Virginia
students.
Members
of
the
association
include
state
and
Division-level
science
leaders,
higher
education
faculty,
and
leaders
in
the
science
education
community.