About me

Providing Information, Clarification, and Encouragement

My husband and I began homeschooling our four children in 1988 and retired when our youngest child graduated from high school at home in 2010. We did not retire from supporting homeschool families or from sharing a vision for homeschooling free of all unnecessary paperwork and requirements.

I have served the homeschool community by providing evaluations in northeast Pennsylvania since 2009. Based on other qualifications (see explanation below), I am currently approved to evaluate at the elementary and secondary levels in the following districts:

  • Abington Heights
  • Bedford Area
  • Blue Ridge
  • Carbondale
  • Carlisle
  • Dallas
  • Daniel Boone Area
  • Delaware Valley
  • Dunmore
  • East Penn
  • East Stroudsburg
  • Elizabeth Forward
  • Elk Lake
  • Erie
  • Everett Area
  • General McLane
  • Hanover Area
  • Lackawanna Trail
  • Lake-Lehman
  • Lakeland
  • Mid Valley
  • Montrose
  • Mountain View
  • North Pocono
  • Northwest Area
  • Old Forge
  • Pittston Area
  • Scranton
  • Susquehanna Community
  • Trinity Area
  • Tunkhannock Area
  • Upper Perkiomen
  • Wallenpaupack Area
  • Western Wayne
  • Wilkes-Barre Area
  • Wyalusing Area
  • Wyoming Area
  • Wyoming Valley West
Darlene

Darlene

Homeschool Evaluator & Encourager

B.A.Mus. (Music Education)
M.S.Ed. (Education)

Click here to contact me if you have questions about evaluators and evaluations, portfolios, logs, or standardized testing.

Click here if you would like to schedule an evaluation.

I evaluate based on other qualifications:

I don’t have a teaching credential, but I do have a B.A. and 22 years of homeschool experience. If you would like me to provide your homeschool evaluation, but your district is not listed above, I can provide a copy of my bachelor of arts degree and a letter that you can personalize and use to request that your district allow me to evaluate your family.

From the PA Home Education law:

The evaluation shall also be based on an interview of the child and a review of the portfolio required in clause (1) and shall certify whether or not an appropriate education is occurring. At the request of the supervisor, persons with other qualifications may conduct the evaluation with the prior consent of the district of residence superintendent. 

Abington Heights School District

Delaware Valley

Dunmore School District

East Penn School District

Elk Lake School District

Erie

Everett Area

Hanover Area School District

Lackawanna Trail School District

Lakeland School District

Mid Valley

Mountain View

North Pocono School District

Old Forge School District

Pittston Area School District

Scranton School District

Tunkhannock Area School District

Valley View School District

Western Wayne

Wallenpaupack Area School District

Wilkes-Barre Area

The information on this page was last updated on June 14, 2021