Background
Berry, Barbara Joyce Marcus was born on July 30, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Seymour Hal and Ruth Annette M.
educational association administrator
Berry, Barbara Joyce Marcus was born on July 30, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Seymour Hal and Ruth Annette M.
AB, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1963. Master of Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1973.
Master of Business Administration, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985. Master of Arts in Educational Leadership, Eastern Michigan University, 1993.
Teacher Royal Oak (Michigan) Dondero High School, 1964-1967. Graduate teaching assistant Wayne State University, Detroit, 1963-1964, 67-68. Substitute teacher Ann Arbor Public Schools, 1969-1970.
Teacher East Junior High School, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1970-1971, Ypsilanti High School, 1971-1990, 91-98. Uniserv director Michigan Education Association, 1990-1991. Head foreign language department Ypsilanti High School, 1973-1990, 91-98.
Director of personnel School District of City of Pontiac, Michigan, 1998—2002. Director human resources Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, since 2002. Foreign language consultant, Ann Arbor, 1986-1998.
Reader consultant Scott, Foresman Company, Glenview, Illinois, 1986-1998. Member state selection committee United States Congress-Bundestag Scholarship Program, 1985-1992. Secondary summer school principal Ypsilanti Public Schools, 1991-1993.
Member bond issue advisory committee Washtenaw Intermediate Schools, Ann Arbor, 1988-1989. Member budget task force Ypsilanti Public Schools, 1990, budget review committee, 1992. Member National Education Association (delegate representative assembly 1979, 82-87, 97-98), American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages, Foreign Language Academy Alliance (board directors 1987-1990), Michigan Education Association (member international understanding commission 1984-1987, delegate representative assembly 1981-1988, 97-98), Ypsilanti Education Association (president 1980-1985, chief negotiator 1984-1988, 97, service award 1985, chair professional rights and responsibilities committee 1991-1995), Washtenaw-Livingston Education Association (chairman bargaining committee 1987-1990, vice president 1985-1987), American Association Teachers French (president Michigan chapter 1981-1983, vice president 1983-1985), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa (secretary Eastern Mediterranean University chapter 1994-1995).
Married Sheldon W. Berry, June 21, 1964.