Director of Special Education & Pupil Services

Dr. Christine Sipala
Director of Special Education and Pupil Services
(203) 794-8616
[email protected]


Dr. Christine Sipala was appointed to the position of Director of Special Education and Pupil Services of the Bethel Public Schools in July 2019. Prior to joining the Bethel school district, she worked in the New London Public Schools for ten years, as a School Psychologist, and later, as a Supervisor of Special Education. She was the Director of Pupil Personnel Services for two years in the Brookfield Public Schools. Dr. Sipala is also an adjunct instructor in Sacred Heart University's Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership. Her professional interests include dyslexia, social-emotional functioning/mental health, and multi-tiered systems of intervention.