Irene McHenry, PhD

Education
PhD and MA, Human and Organizational Development, Fielding Graduate University
MS, School Psychology, Bucknell University
BA, English and Philosophy, Susquehanna University

Certification and Licensure

• Licensed Psychologist, Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology
• Certified Instructor, Elementary, K-8, and English, 7-12, Pennsylvania Department of Education

Academic Expertise and Areas of Interest

• Friends Education
• Moral Growth and Values-Centered Learning Environments
• Spirituality in Education
• Epistemology of Adolescents
• Child Development
• Creative Conflict Resolution
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Systems-Centered Practices

Professional Experience

• Executive Director, Friends Council on Education
• Founding Head, Delaware Valley Friends School, a 7-12 college preparatory school for adolescents with learning differences
• Co-founder, Greenwood Friends School, K - 8
• Private Practice as Consultant to Independent Schools
• Private Practice as Licensed Psychologist specializing in adolescents, families, and women's development
• Adjunct Faculty, Master's of Human Services Program, Lincoln University
• Co-chair, Religious Studies Department, William Penn Charter School, K-12

Memberships and Affiliations

• Board member, Council for American Private Education (CAPE)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• Insight Meditation Society
• Millville Monthly Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends
• Noetic Sciences Institute · Systems-Centered Training Institute (SCTI)

Publications and Awards

• McHenry, I. (2001). Book Review of Assessing Student Learning and Looking Together at Student Work. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 6(3), 305-308.
• McHenry, I. (2000, November). "Conflict in Schools: Fertile Ground for Moral Growth," Phi Delta Kappan, 82 (3).
• McHenry, I. (1999). Passionate Community. In S. Levine (Ed.), A passion for teaching. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• McHenry, I. (1998). Embracing the tension: The evidence for conflict as the locus of moral growth, a study of moral growth in Friends high schools. Philadelphia, PA: Friends Council on Education.
• McHenry, I. (1998). Practicing fire. In P. McPherson (Ed.), Stories of Change in community: Essays from the 2nd International Congress on Quaker Education. Philadelphia, PA: Friends Council on Education.
• McHenry, I. (1995, July). The mutual arising of Buddhism and SCT. Systems-Centered Training News, 3 (2). Selected Presentations
• "Embracing the Tension: A study of moral growth in Friends high schools." Annual conference of Friends Association of Higher Education, Earlham College, Earlham, Indiana, June 2000.
• "Subgrouping as a Method for Facilitating Dialogue in the Classroom." Systems-Centered Training Institute, annual international conference, Atlanta, GA, April, 2000.
• "Mother-Daughter Connection," a workshop for junior girls and their mothers, William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, March 1996
• "Programs for Students with Learning Differences," Specialists of Schools conference, The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA, February 1996.
• "Values in a Changing World," Chestnut Hill Academy and Springside School faculties, Philadelphia, February 1996.
• "The Middle School Years," Germantown Academy faculty, Fort Washington, PA, February 1996.
• "The College Connection," Independent School Teachers Association, Episcopal Academy, Merion, PA, November 1995.
• "Reaching and Teaching Students with ADD and Dyslexia," Friends School Day, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, October 1995.
• "Teaching Values," Cardigan Mountain School, Lebanon, NH, Spring, 1995.