Meet the Education Team
Megan Isenberg
Megan serves as the Four Oaks Education Director which includes oversight of school-based programming, therapeutic classrooms, professional learning services, and ensuring coordinated educational practices for youth in residential care with Four Oaks.
Megan has 18 years of experience working with schools and families across the state, but with a specialized focus on high-risk, high-need neighborhood and school communities. With a background in school social work, Megan has partnered with vital neighborhood schools to bring much needed resources to youth and families. She has mentored numerous social workers, educators, and administrators in implementing a coordinated care model for integration of education and community-based support services.
As a Licensed Master Social Worker, Megan provides essential support to the Education Team as well as district and AEA partners of Four Oaks. She can assist schools with developing a consultation process for educators seeking assistance with students experiencing Adverse Childhood Experiences, Emotional Dysregulation, Mental Health needs, and/or Trauma histories. She provides consultation on establishing a coordinated referral and care system within a school setting and facilitating ongoing communication and case management between the school system, community service organizations, and families.
Outside of Megan’s role at Four Oaks, she serves as an adjunct faculty at Mount Mercy University’s Department of Social Work. In this role Megan serves as an educator and mentor to students as they pursue higher education in the helping fields. She holds an BASW from Mount Mercy University, a MSW from University of Iowa, and is licensed through the state of Iowa as an LMSW. She has two young children at home and is passionate about baseball and football!
Her mission is “to help people feel supported so they can learn and grow”
Brittany Roberts
Brittany Roberts is a Professional Learning Coordinator with Four Oaks Education. She worked in a public school system as a high school teacher and instructional coach prior to joining Four Oaks Education.
In her role, she partners with school districts and AEA teams to determine goals for SEBH work and then provides coaching and consultation to districts and educators around those goals. This work centers around implementing best classroom practices in social-emotional learning, trauma-informed care, Restorative Practices, and other aspects of wellness and regulation. Brittany is a certified trainer in Youth Mental Health First Aid and in the International Institute for Restorative Practices. She is very passionate about helping adults practice a work/life balance, emotional regulation, and self-awareness in order to model real strategies and thinking for students.
Her mission is to “love people well and ease suffering by showing grace and compassion.”
Jeremy Petersen
Jeremy Petersen is an Education Liaison and the West Des Moines CSD Healthy Lifestyles Coordinator for Four Oaks Education. He has served as an educator for over a decade including roles as a Physical Education and Health teacher, a Special Education Teacher, and a Therapeutic Classroom teacher.
Healthy Lifestyles is an approach utilizing Restorative Practices to help students feel connected to their school community and make healthy decisions that foster connection when substance use violations occur. This service is designed to help schools offer alternative opportunities to build connections with students when “harm” has been done to the relationship.