Our teachers and staff are all faithful, active members at Valley Forge Baptist Temple. Each of them is committed to teaching and loving the students here at VFBA.

K-4 Terri Shaw - Bob Jones University & Radford University, 15 years experience.

K5 Jackie Wendal, Baptist Bible College Springfield, 1981, BS in Christian Education, minor in Drama, 4 years at Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy, 19 years at VFBA.

1st Grade Nikki Wendal, graduate of VFBA 2005, New England Baptist College, 2009, BS in Elementary Education, 3 years at VFBA.

2nd Grade Becky Vallette, Northland Baptist College, 1993, BS in Elementary Education, MA in Christian Education, West Coast Baptist College 2005,16 years at Koolau Baptist Academy, 2 years at VFBA

3rd Grade Susan Kobus, Liberty University, 1977, B.S. in Elementary Education and minor in Bible, 31 years teaching experience, 7 years at VFBA.

4th Grade Jane Bryson, Gordon College, 1970, B.A. in Elementary Education; West Chester Univ. 1976, MEd in Elementary Education, 5-1/2 years at Lower Salford Elem., Harleysville (Souderton Area Schools),1-1/2 years at Chapel Christian Academy, Limerick; many years of home-school and assisting home-school families; 2 years at VFBA.

5th Grade George Corbin, Citadel Bible College, 1982, B.R.E. in Bible and Elementary Education, 24 years at Chapel Christian Academy, 4 years at VFBA.

6th Grade Carol Cobb, East Carolina University, 1983, B.A. History, minor in Political Science, 10 years at VFBA.

Math teacher Bob Adams, Eastern Baptist College, 1968, B.S. in mathematics with master’s equivalency in education, 30 years at Perkiomen Valley School District, 6 years at VFBA.

Music teacher & girls Bible teacher Melissa Baker, FaithWay Baptist College, Ypsilanti, MI, 1979, B.S. Music Education; Pensacola Christian College, M.A. Sacred Music, 1994. 1 year FaithWay Baptist School, MI, 15 years FaithWay Baptist School, Canada; 15 years FaithWay Baptist College of Canada, 2 years at VFBA.

Elementary Music teacher Maggie Eddie, FaithWay Baptist College of Canada, 2008, B.S. in Sacred Music, West Coast Baptist College, 2009, Masters of Education, 1 year at Bethel Baptist School, 2 years at VFBA.

Speech/Drama teacher Pam Kuhlewind, Bob Jones University, 1982, B. S. in Elementary Education and minor in English, 14 years at Chapel Christian Academy, 2 years at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary, 8 years at VFBA.

Drama assistant & 7th/8th Grade Girls Bible teacher Kristen Davis, graduate of VFBA 2007, West Coast Baptist College, 2010, B.R.E in Secondary Education, 2 years at VFBA.

Bible/History teacher Carl Pleasants, attended Bob Jones University for 4 years and received draft notice, joined the Army Reserve which allowed him to pastor a church while serving his country. After over 30 years in the ministry, he finished degree at Northeastern School of Theology. During years in the ministry, he has been a youth pastor, music minister, senior pastor, assistant pastor, school administrator, and has taught elementary through college classes, 6 years at VFBA.

Computer/English/Geography teacher Dawn Pleasants, attended Bob Jones University for 3 years and graduated from Portland State University in 1971 with a B.S. in Elementary Education and minor in Spanish. 33 years teaching experience, 5 years at VFBA.

Science teacher Debbie Bilboe, Bloomsburg University, 1978 B.S. Biology, Patriot University 1999, B.S. Christian Education, 13 years at VFBA.

English teacher Nicole Dzedzy, West Coast Baptist College, 2008, B.S. in Religious Education and a major in English education, 3 years at VFBA.

English teacher Sarah Manney, a graduate of West Coast Baptist College, 2011, B.A. in Secondary Education and Bible, 1st year at VFBA.

Science teacher Vicki Meyers, a graduate of Delaware Valley College, 1993, B.S. in Science-Agronomy and Environmental Science; Masters of Liberal Arts-Environmental Studies, 2000, University of Pennsylvania, 3 years at VFBA.

Tutoring Specialist Karen Melchior, East Stroudsburg College, 1984, B.S. in Early Childhood Development & Elementary Education; Masters of Education in Reading, 1 year teaching at Boyertown School District, 9 years at Perkiomen Valley School District, 4 years at VFBA.

In addition to these teachers, we have various men on our full-time church staff that teach our Bible Classes: Matthew Wendal, Rick Schneider, Josh Berg.

Computer Programming Sam Batterman, Bob Jones University, 1991, BS in Computer Science. Currently works as a Data Visualization Engineer at Microsoft Corporation. He has attended VFBT for nine years. This is his third year teaching Introduction to Computer Programming. Sam has also written two Christian novels, Wayback in 2007 and the forth coming Maximal Reserve in February, 2011; 4 years at VFBA.

Principal/Bible teacher Todd Comstock, a graduate of Tennessee Temple University 2002, BS in Math Education , 1st year at VFBA.

Administrator Lois Rall, Pensacola Christian College, 1985, B. S. Elementary education minor in History, 2 years at Clinton Christian School, 4 years at Lower Bucks Christian School, 19 years at VFBA.

E-mail: dhoskinson@VFBT.org